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向大学过渡

The transition from high school to college is an exciting and sometimes anxious time, especially for students with learning disabilities.

Recognizing and reviewing the differences between high school and college environments can make the process easier to navigate. 整体, college students are expected to rely on their own self-advocacy skills to obtain and utilize accommodations. We thought it helpful to outline some of the other differences between high school and college to prepare students for a smooth transition.

 

高中时期:在大学:
法律 guidance is provided by Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).美国残疾人协会提供法律指导, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Fair 住房 Act (for housing accommodation requests).
The school is responsible for identifying students with disabilities.The student must self-identify or disclose their disability.
The school must provide the assessment of disability, classify disability, and involve parents.The student must provide documentation of their disability to the Office of 可及性服务.
Teachers will remind students of assignment due dates and provide missed information when the student is absent.Students are responsible for asking professors for help and for keeping track of their projects, 作业, 测试日期.
Services include individually designed instruction, 修改, 以及基于IEP的住宿.Reasonable accommodations may be made to provide equal access and participation.
The parent is expected to advocate for the student.The student is expected to advocate on their own behalf.

 

转型策略

We recommend that students and parents take some time to reflect on strategies that will maximize academic success during the first year on campus. The resources linked below will help you reflect and discuss.

How College is Different From High School (PDF)
准备好大学日历(PDF)

父母的过渡策略

The parents of students with learning differences play an important role as they support their student through the high-school-to-college transition. Here is a list of specific things parents can do to help students prepare for college-level academic expectations.

How did the learning difference affect their academic performance in high school, and how will it likely affect them in college? 

A useful book on this topic is Jennifer Sullivan’s “Sharing the Transition to College: Words of Advice for Diverse Learners and their Families.” 潮池图书(2020). Reading this book together with your Centre-bound student can help you initiate these important conversations.

如果是这样的话, encourage them to register their learning difference with Centre’s Office of 可及性服务 access@dehuavn.net, 位于 学习共享bwin体育.

Information about arranging accommodations may be found online via Centre’s webpage for 可及性服务 

Review with your student the helpful resources and help your student gather and submit their supporting documentation 在这里.

Help your student find effective words and phrases to describe how their learning differences affect them when they are doing homework, 当他们在上课的时候, 当他们在考试的时候.

Role play conversations with a professor when your student describes their learning differences, 谈论他们的困难, 或者在办公时间寻求帮助.

Ask your student to describe the strategies they used in high school to manage time and stay organized? Will these strategies be effective in college?  今年夏天, help your student practice using a weekly planner or calendar (digital or paper) and organizing important papers.

Help your student identify three distractions that might keep them from completing their Centre schoolwork, then make a plan to reduce them so they can stay on task. What is their ideal environment to do homework? W在这里 do they plan to do their homework on campus?

Ask your student to describe three coping strategies they can use to reduce stress when schoolwork gets challenging (e.g. exercise, journaling, talking with friends and family).

Part of being an adult is making difficult decisions about how to spend your time wisely and at times, 做你不想做的事. Discuss with your student ways they can keep themselves motivated and engaged in important tasks, even when they would rather be doing something else.

Help your student visualize and describe what academic success look like after your first semester at Centre? 他们具体会做什么, and what specific tools and strategies will they use, 为了实现这一愿景? 查看以下列表 有用的链接 to a wide variety of academic support resources.

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