Transition Planning for High
School Students with Disabilities
Are you thinking about attending
college?
If so, be sure to make an
appointment with the college's
Disability Services
Office well before you plan to start. They can tell you about the services and
accommodations available to help you be successful in college.
Determine your strengths,
problem areas and abilities.
Learn about your disability, and how
it affects you in school and in work. You will want to be able to describe your
disability, your strengths, and areas of difficulty. Also, be prepared to
describe strategies that help you. Work with your high school teachers to
create an effective, complete transition plan.
While you are still in high school,
you may want to get help completing your
college application , and
financial aid forms . This
is also a good time to develop self-advocacy skills, learn about
assistive technology that may be important for you in college classes, and
receive career and college program advising our counseling. You and your
teacher will want to research the college's requirements for
disability documentation that will determine your
eligibility for accommodations. Work closely with your teacher, transition
specialist, or counselor while you complete the following tasks:
- Check the college's
website
- Make a list of questions for the
Disability Services staff
- Tour the college campus
- Find out where to take the
college placement
tests (and whether you need to take them)
- Get help in developing a
schedule of classes you plan to take (based on the results of your placement
tests), and learn how to register
for classes.
Meet with the Disability
Services Office staff
Set up a new student intake
appointment as soon as possible. Bring your disability documentation, if you
have access to it. Check
the college's admission
procedures
Look at the website or in the
catalog
for details, and plan to attend any new student information sessions.
Attend the
Program Orientation for your chosen major, or for undecided majors, if you plan
to take credit courses.
Develop some basic skills to
cope in college
College is fun, but it is also hard
work. Consider limiting difficult courses to 1-2 each term. Plan to spend 3-4
hours studying outside of class for each hour spent in class, especially when
it involves a lot of homework. Take a course to learn how to organize your
schedule, so that everything gets done. Develop some strong study habits.
Become familiar with
on-campus and off-campus support services
Check the college's website,
Counseling Office ,
and catalog for
resource lists. Other
Suggestions:
- Remember that you must provide
recent documentation
in order for the college to determine if you are eligible for
accommodations.
- Once you are attending college,
be sure each of your instructors understand the accommodations you will
need.
- It is important to develop and
practice using self-advocacy skills to make sure your needs are met.
- Give yourself every chance
possible to succeed... get help early when problems come up.
- There are many interesting
activities in college. Check with the college's
Student Life and Leadership
DevelopmentDepartment to learn about clubs and events. College is fun, so
take time to enjoy yourself!
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DS
Disability Services :
Student Services building (#1), room 218
(541) 463-5150
voice, (541) 463-3079 TTY only, (541) 463-4739 FAX
Direct any
questions or comments about Disability Services to:
disabilityservices@lanecc.edu
Direct comments
about this page,
http://www.lanecc.edu/disability/TransitionPlanning.htm
to : Cathie Reschke
reschkec@lanecc.edu or David Peaslee
peasleed@lanecc.edu
Revised:07/28/05
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Community College
