Post-Secondary Preparation
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This section contains advice for students on preparing for post-secondary education. It includes information on academic and personal preparation as well as a look at the process of applying for admission and obtaining needed services at post-secondary institutions.
“Increased awareness of learning challenges such as dyslexia and attention-deficit disorder, together with improved diagnosis and treatment, has helped millions of students improve their academic performance. But, as they enter their senior year of high school and begin the college admissions process, they face a whole new set of challenges. Now is the time to begin preparing to meet them. Here are seven things parents of college-bound students…should start doing right away:
1) Update diagnostic testing results.
2) Consider requesting special accommodations for standardized tests.
3) Prepare to disclose [disabilities].
4) Begin establishing independence early.
5) Ask what services prospective colleges offer.
6) Find out about classroom accommodations for [disabilities].
7) Explore whether a college offers suitable living and studying alternatives.
Managed properly, the college admissions process, and the transition from high school to college, can be seamless for students with [disabilities]. But success won't come without effort, and the time for students and their parents to begin making that effort is now.” 5, 6
Information on each of the above seven topics (and more!) is discussed in the pages that follow.
5 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/higher-ed/
6 Written by, Paula M. Rooney, President of Dean College.
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