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Strategies for Supporting Learners with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education
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Carol Rogers-Shaw; Tulare Williams Park; Kayla D. Mohney – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2023
Through thoughtful course design and the use of targeted strategies, postsecondary instructors can assist students with disabilities in attaining academic goals. When success within the classroom increases, more positive evaluations of instructors who support student achievement can result, and both graduation and retention rates can rise. This…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Students with Disabilities, Curriculum Design, Academic Achievement
Co-Creating Equitable Teaching and Learning: Structuring Student Voice into Higher Education
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Cook-Sather, Alison – Harvard Education Press, 2022
"Co-Creating Equitable Teaching and Learning" invites readers to help forge a more inclusive and accessible college education by incorporating student voices via pedagogical partnerships. Alison Cook-Sather, a pioneer of this co-creative approach, draws on more than twenty years of experience developing student-teacher partnerships in…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Higher Education, College Instruction, Inclusion
Understanding Asperger Syndrome: A Professor's Guide [DVD]
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Organization for Autism Research (NJ3), 2011
College can be a trying time in any individual's life. For adults with Asperger Syndrome this experience can be overwhelming. This title in the new DVD series Asperger Syndrome and Adulthood focuses on educating professors, teaching assistants, and others on what it means to be a college student on the spectrum and how they might best be able to…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Self Advocacy, Video Technology, Teaching Assistants
Essential Skills for College Living: "It's My Life!" Transition to Postsecondary Training for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Students. Teacher's Guide
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Franklin, Jason M. – PEPNet 2, 2013
The Essential Skills Team knows that each student has a unique learning style, home and school environment, academic and personal strengths and experiences, and family backgrounds. One of the goals when creating the Essential Skills Campus was to provide resources that harness the strengths and experiences students bring with them to their first…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Study Skills, Goal Orientation, Cognitive Style
College Students with Disabilities: A Student Development Perspective
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Hadley, Wanda M. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2011
High school students with disabilities are attending colleges and universities in growing numbers, with their rate of college participation doubling in the past twenty years. Students with disabilities in the secondary educational system are protected by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) of 2004, which requires…
Descriptors: College Students, High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Academic Achievement
Opening Doors to Postsecondary Education and Training: Planning for Life after High School, a Handbook for Students, School Counselors, Teachers, & Parents
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Kallio, Ann; Owens, Laura – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 2004
This article presents a handbook for students, school counselors, teachers, and parents. This handbook is designed as a guide to help students with disabilities take another step in preparing for "life after high school." It includes information to help students understand their strengths and identify the support and resources they need…
Descriptors: Individualized Transition Plans, Guides, High School Students, College Bound Students