Transitioning To College with a Disability

Best Colleges For Students With Disabilities on March 2024 Shopping Deals at Bestonio.com

  • The K&W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Differences, 14th Edition: 338 Schools with Programs or Services for Students with ADHD, ASD, or Learning Differences (College Admissions Guides)

    • ASIN: 0525567895
    • ISBN: 0525567895
    • Manufacturer: Princeton Review

    FIND THE RIGHT SCHOOL FOR YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS. Hundreds of thousands of students with ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, or other learning differences head to college every year. This comprehensive guide makes it easy for those students and their families and guidance counselors to tackle the daunting process of finding the school that fits their n... [Read More]

  • From High School to College: Steps to Success for Students With Disabilities

    • ASIN: 0865865205
    • ISBN: 0865865205
    • Manufacturer: Council for Exceptional Children

    College is a different world from high school and the laws, expectations, and culture around disability services and accommodations are different, too. Elizabeth Hamblet, a Columbia University Learning Specialist/Consultant and recognized transition speaker and writer, has written a one-of-a-kind, step-by-step guide that is an essential resource fo... [Read More]

  • College for Students with Disabilities: We Do Belong

    • ASIN: 184905732X
    • ISBN: 184905732X
    • Brand: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
    • Manufacturer: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

    Sharing the personal stories of individuals with disabilities who describe both the challenges and successes of their time in higher education, and with a major section on the findings of broad ranging research into the experiences of such students, the book explores the current situation, what works, and how things can be improved. "You are not co... [Read More]

  • College Success for Students with Learning Disabilities: Strategies and Tips to Make the Most of Your College Experience

    • ASIN: 1593633599
    • ISBN: 1593633599
    • Manufacturer: Prufrock Press

    The complete handbook for college-bound kids with learning disabilities. Planning for college can be one of the biggest moments in a teen's life, but for those students with learning and other disabilities, the college experience can be fraught with frustration, uncertainty, and lowered self-confidence. College Success for Students with Learning Di... [Read More]

  • Rules (Scholastic Gold)

    • ASIN: 0439443830
    • ISBN: 0439443830
    • Brand: Scholastic Press
    • Manufacturer: Scholastic Paperbacks

    Rules joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules from "a peach is ... [Read More]

  • Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder

    • ASIN: 0307743152
    • ISBN: 0307743152
    • Brand: Unknown
    • Manufacturer: Anchor

    Groundbreaking and comprehensive, Driven to Distraction has been a lifeline to the approximately eighteen million Americans who are thought to have ADHD. Now the bestselling book is revised and updated with current medical information for a new generation searching for answers.  Through vivid stories and case histories of patients—both adults an... [Read More]

  • Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap (Multicultural Education Series)

    • ASIN: 0807758795
    • ISBN: 9780807758793
    • Brand: Teachers College Press
    • Manufacturer: Teachers College Press

    This influential book describes the knowledge and skills teachers and school administrators need to recognize and combat bias and inequity that undermine educational engagement for students experiencing poverty. The Second Edition features two new chapters―“Embracing a Structural View of Poverty and Education: Ditching Deficit Ideology and Quit... [Read More]

  • Academic Instruction for Students With Moderate and Severe Intellectual Disabilities in Inclusive Classrooms

    • ASIN: 141297142X
    • ISBN: 141297142X
    • Brand: Corwin Press
    • Manufacturer: Corwin

    Packed with instructional strategies for students with significant disabilities, this research-based resource helps teachers adapt their curriculum, work collaboratively, develop accurate assessments, track student progress, and more.

  • Accommodations -- Or Just Good Teaching?: Strategies for Teaching College Students with Disabilities

    • ASIN: 0275956067
    • ISBN: 0275956067
    • Manufacturer: Praeger

    Thirty-five teaching practitioners in higher education collaborated to provide this resource about the accommodation process for students with disabilities in the college classroom. It provides the educator with concrete teaching strategies for addressing the individual needs of students and a model illustrating the components necessary for student... [Read More]

  • What Were You Thinking?: Learning to Control Your Impulses (Executive Function)

    • ASIN: 1934490962
    • ISBN: 1934490962
    • Manufacturer: Boys Town Press

    Third-grader Braden loves to be the center of attention. His comic genius, as he sees it, causes his friends to look at him in awe. But some poor decision-making, like ill-timed jokes in class and an impulsive reaction during gym that left a classmate teary-eyed and crumpled on the floor, forces the adults in Braden's life to teach him about impuls... [Read More]

  • ACCUPLACER Secrets Study Guide: Practice Questions and Test Review for the ACCUPLACER Exam

    • ASIN: 1627335188
    • ISBN: 1627335188
    • Brand: Mometrix Media LLC
    • Manufacturer: Mometrix Media LLC

    Mometrix Test Preparation's ACCUPLACER Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass their ACCUPLACER Exam. The exam is extremely challenging, and thorough test preparation is essential for success. Our study guide includes:Practice test questions with detailed answer explanationsStep-by-step video tutorials to help yo... [Read More]

  • Developing College Skills in Students with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome

    • ASIN: 1843109174
    • ISBN: 1843109174
    • Brand: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
    • Manufacturer: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

    Going to college can be a daunting prospect for any young person, but for teenagers on the autism spectrum this is especially true. This book describes the unique needs that ASD students entering further or higher education are likely to have. The author identifies the key skill-sets they will need to develop in order to be successful in college an... [Read More]

  • Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom

    • UPC: 787721851448
    • ASIN: 047059196X
    • ISBN: 047059196X
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass

    Easy-to-apply, scientifically-based approaches for engaging students in the classroom Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham focuses his acclaimed research on the biological and cognitive basis of learning. His book will help teachers improve their practice by explaining how they and their students think and learn. It reveals-the importance of story, e... [Read More]

  • Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges

    • ASIN: 0143122304
    • ISBN: 0143122304
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    The groundbreaking guide to the 40 best colleges you've never heard of—colleges that will change your lifeChoosing the right college has never been more important—or more difficult. For the latest edition of this classic college guide, Hilary Masell Oswald conducted her own tours of top schools and in-depth interviews, building on Loren Pope's ... [Read More]

  • Empowering Students with Hidden Disabilities: A Path to Pride and Success

    • ASIN: 1598577352
    • ISBN: 1598577352
    • Manufacturer: Brookes Publishing

    How can you empower students with invisible disabilities to manage their challenges, accept and advocate for themselves, and reach their goals and dreams? This guidebook has inspiring and informative answers. Told with the authentic voices of adults with hidden disabilities, this encouraging, eye-opening book will help you guide students on the Pat... [Read More]

  • Teach Like a Champion 2.0: 62 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College

    • ASIN: B00OQAFRBW
    • Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass

    One of the most influential teaching guides ever—updated! Teach Like a Champion 2.0 is a complete update to the international bestseller. This teaching guide is a must-have for new and experienced teachers alike. Over 700,000 teachers around the world already know how the techniques in this book turn educators into classroom champions. With ideas... [Read More]

  • Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men

    • ASIN: 0465040829
    • ISBN: 0465040829
    • Brand: Basic Books
    • Manufacturer: Basic Books

    Why America's sons are underachieving, and what we can do about it.Something is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. The gender gap in college attendance and graduation rates has widened dramatically. While Emily is working har... [Read More]

  • A Young People's History of the United States: Columbus to the War on Terror (For Young People Series)

    • ASIN: 1583228691
    • ISBN: 1583228691
    • Brand: Triangle Square
    • Manufacturer: Triangle Square

    A Young People's History of the United States brings to US history the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others whose stories, and their impact, are rarely included in books for young people. A Young People's History of the United States is also a companion volume to The People Speak, the film adapted from A Pe... [Read More]

  • Peterson's Colleges With Programs for Students With Learning Disabilities or Attention Deficit Disorders (Peterson's Colleges With Programs for ... Or Attention Deficit Disorders, 5th ed)

    • ASIN: 156079853X
    • ISBN: 156079853X
    • Brand: PETERSONS
    • Manufacturer: Petersons

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  • The IEP from A to Z: How to Create Meaningful and Measurable Goals and Objectives

    • ASIN: 047056234X
    • ISBN: 047056234X
    • Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass

    A truly comprehensive, teacher- and parent-friendly guide to creating clear and effective IEPs With the skyrocketing diagnoses of ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, and related conditions in U.S. schools, there is a growing need for information on creating effective IEPs for exceptional students. The IEP From A to Z is a step-by-step guide showing te... [Read More]

  • Transitioning To College with a Disability

    I have a learning disability. Can I still get into college?

    Reimagining Disability & Inclusive Education | Jan Wilson | TEDxUniversityofTulsa