The following is information provided for incoming students to assist with the transition process to university life:
Differences Between High School and University Services for Students with Disabilities:
High School:
- The school identifies students with disabilities.
- The school will often conduct testing and assessments of learning disabilities.
- Parents or guardians are involved with accommodation and placement decisions.
- The school structures the student’s academic schedule.
- The school prepares the IEP/504 Plan (Individual Education Plan).
- The student may be in a separate class.
- All teachers are informed of the student’s IEP or other disability.
College/University:
- The student is responsible for seeking out the CSP Disability Services office and requesting assistance.
- Many universities do not provide any testing services for learning disabilities.
- The student is responsible for providing the CSP Disability Services office with current documentation of an existing disability.
- The university will inform the student of privacy and confidentiality issues surrounding his/her disability status as well as his/her rights and responsibilities.
- The university makes the determination of appropriate accommodations after evaluating and assessing the documentation.
- The student will be provided with an accommodation letter, which is the student’s responsibility to present to each of his/her professors.
- It is the student’s responsibility to ask for assistance and learn the various services that exist on the campus.
- The university will make reasonable adjustments to teaching methods, which do not alter the essential requirements of the course or program.
- It is the student’s responsibility to organize his/her schedule.
- There aren’t special classes for students with disabilities; students with disabilities are in classes with all other students.
- Course work requirements are the same for all students.
- Parents are not involved with decisions about accommodations or course work; college students are emancipated adults.
Additional Information
For Family Members:
For the Transition:
- Getting Students with Learning Disabilities Ready for College
- Cost Cutting Strategies for Purchasing College Books
- College Resources for Students with Disabilities
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