Building Bridges

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Building Bridges From High School to College
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IDEA/Section 504 ADA Responsibilities
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Section 504/ADAPost-Secondary Responsibilities

• Ensure that all programs and services are offered
  in the most integrated setting possible
• Make modifications to academic requirements as
  necessary to ensure requirements do not
  discriminate or exclude students with
  disabilities.
• Evaluate student performance using appropriate
  accommodations. (Extended time on exams.)
• Provide auxiliary aids and servicessign language
  interpreters note takers taped texts screen
  enlarger Brailled material.
• NOTE
• Institutions are not required to provide for
  personal attendants, individually prescribed
  devices, adaptive equipment for personal use, or
  anything of personal nature.

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Services Must be RequestedDelivery of Services

• 1.) Disclosure/Eligibility
• 2.) Request for Accommodations/Adequate Notice
• 3.) Documentation of Disability
• 4.) Temporary Accommodations

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Disclosure/Eligibility

• Students who request services or accommodations
  must disclose the nature of their disabling
  condition and provide documentation of the
  disability. This disclosure is considered
  confidential, and is released with the consent of
  the student on a need to know basis.

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Request for Accommodations/ Adequate Notice

• Some accommodations require more time to
  coordinate. Students should request services as
  soon as they register for classes.
• Students should register early. Many schools
  have timelines.
• Every effort is made to provide services, no
  matter when requested.
• Evaluation of appropriateness of accommodations
  will occur.

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Documentation of Disability

• Current documentation (varies by institution)
• Specific Diagnosis
• How it impacts students academic performance
• Suggest educational accommodations appropriate to
  a post-secondary setting
• State how diagnosis limits a major life activity
• Qualified Diagnostician
• Transferring to another post-secondary school?

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Disabilities

• Mental Disability
• Behavior Disorder
• Deaf/Hard of Hearing
• Visual Impairment
• Specific Learning Disability
• Speech/Language Impairment
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Orthopedic Impairment
• Autism
• Other Health Impairment
• Multiple Disability

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Accommodations

• Notetakers
• Extended test time and/or quiet environment
• Sign language interpreters
• Textbooks on audio tape
• Brailled materials
• Reader/scribe for test
• Audio taping of lectures
• Enlarged texts/handouts
• Special adaptive equipment
• Text enlargers
• Speech synthesizers
• Assistive listening devices

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Accommodation at the secondary level does not
guarantee services at the post-secondary level.

• The college decides what is the most reasonable
  accommodation it is not necessarily what the
  student requests.

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Temporary Accommodations

• Temporary Accommodations may be provided during
  the time it takes to acquire appropriate
  documentation of disability. This also varies by
  institution.

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Issues to Keep in Mind

• 1.) Cost
• 2.) Parental Involvement
• 3.) Start Early
• 4.) Keep a Documentation Folder

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Cost

• Free public education K-12

• Colleges charge for tuition/fees/books and
  housing. Some assistance is available.

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Parental Involvement

• F.E.R.P.A.
• Family Educational Right to Privacy Act
• Signed Consent Form

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Start Early

• Career planning
• Transition Specialist
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Financial aid/Scholarships
• Early registration at college
• Contact College Disability Services Office

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WIN AHEAD

• WWestern
• I Iowa and
• NNebraska
• AAssociation of
• HHigher
• EEducation
• AAnd
• DDisability

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WIN AHEAD
Members

• Bellevue University
• Central Community College
• Clarkson College
• College of St. Mary
• Creighton University
• Dana College
• Doane College
• Iowa Western Community College
• Metropolitan Community College
• Midland Lutheran College
• Morningside College

• Northeast Community College
• Peru State College
• Southeast Community College
• Union College
• University of Nebraska-Kearney
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• University of Nebraska-Omaha
• University of Nebraska-Medical Center

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Keep a Documentation Folder

• Copies of documentation
• Psychological evaluations
• IEP/MDT
• Transcripts/Diploma
• Transition documents
• Voc Rehab documents
• College Consent Forms

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