Advising High School Students with Disabilities

1. Advising High School Students with Disabilities Online Sources and Resources The GW HEATH Resource Center Donna Martinez

2. HEATH Resource Center • Director, Donna Martinez • The GW HEATH Resource Center • Online Clearinghouse on Postsecondary • Education for Individuals with Disabilities • Graduate School of Education and Human • Development • 2134 G Street NW • Washington, DC 20052 • Voice: 202-973-0904 • Web: www.HEATH.gwu.edu • Email: AskHEATH@gwu.edu

3. AGENDA • A call to raise expectations • College for ALL • “Workforce Readiness” report card • Issues for students • Challenges to overcome • Resources from HEATH • More resources on their way

4. The Need to Raise Our Sights No High School Senior Left Behind • The tyranny of low expectations devastates life chances for many students • Senior year: A lost opportunity to link students with either postsecondary studies or work • Guidance needed about opportunities and requirements for continued study or work WOODROW WILSON NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION & NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR YEAR January 2001

5. “In the agricultural age, postsecondary education was a pipe dream for most Americans. In the industrial age, it was the birthright of only a few. By the space age, it became common for many. Today, it is just common sense for all.” WOODROW WILSON NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION & NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR YEAR January 2001

6. PSE: OPTIONS OPENING FOR ALL Now that we're making strong progress in K-12 schools, the next frontier is college. Especially now that higher education is becoming more and more essential for everyonein our global knowledge economy. • U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, October 3, 2007 announced U.S. Department of Education will provide 1.5 million dollars for TA Center to help colleges and universities develop/expand programs for students with intellectual disabilities.

7. Survey Data on Workforce Readiness "Workforce Readiness Report Card” Business Leadership: Supporting Youth Development and the Talent Pipeline. (p.7) http://www.uwmb.org/businessmeetscommunity/docs/Business_Leadership.pdf

8. Survey Data on Workforce Readiness "Workforce Readiness Report Card” Business Leadership: Supporting Youth Development and the Talent Pipeline. (p.7) http://www.uwmb.org/businessmeetscommunity/docs/Business_Leadership.pdf

9. Survey Data on Workforce Readiness "Workforce Readiness Report Card” Business Leadership: Supporting Youth Development and the Talent Pipeline. (p.7) http://www.uwmb.org/businessmeetscommunity/docs/Business_Leadership.pdf

10. Issues for Students • New Admissions Policies • Academic Accommodations • Technology • Student’s Self-awareness • Knowing Rights and Responsibilities • Accessing Resources for Support • Keeping Focus/Organization

11. Challenges to Overcome • Self-determined and Self-advocating • Self-monitoring and regulation • Independence (being on their own) • New learning and living environments • Becoming one’s own BEST advocate • Problem-solving • Making friends and establishing boundaries • (finding social support) • Developing on-going communication • HOW?

12. Resources from HEATH www.HEATH.gwu.edu • ABOUT US • CALENDAR • PUBLICATIONS: * From the Director’s Desk * Quarterly Newsletters * Research Papers * Fact Sheets * Archived Paper * Archived Fact Sheets • NEWS • FAQs • Links

13. Welcome to the New Face of HEATH

14. Welcome to the New Face of HEATH SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW SOMETHING BORROWED SOMETHING BLUE

15. Resources from HEATH • Guidance and Career Counselors' Toolkit: Advising High School Students with Disabilities on Postsecondary Options This resource contains answers to counselors’ most frequently asked questions about Postsecondary opportunities for students with disabilities. http://www.heath.gwu.edu/files/active/1/Toolkit.pdf

16. Part One: Tools for Counseling Students with Disabilities Part Two: Services and Strategies for Students with Disabilities Part Three: College, Career, and Other Postsecondary Options Part Four: Procedural Concerns for Successful Transitions Toolkit Table of Contents

17. Lumina Foundation for Education Supported in part by Lumina Foundation for Education, an Indianapolis-based, private, independent foundation dedicated to expanding success in education beyond high school.

18. * From the Director’s Desk * Quarterly Newsletters * Research Papers * Fact Sheets* Archived Papers* Archived Fact Sheets

19. Federal Financial Supports, Scholarships HEATH IS NOT A FUNDING SOURCE

20. Summer Pre-College Programs

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25. OTHER RESOURCES Links page: 43 Categories of topics AskHEATH: Telephone 202-973-0904 Email: askheath@gwu.edu

26. Accommodations Working with Faculty Managing Finances Emotional Supports Independent Living Skills Self-Advocacy Skills Rehabilitation services Campus Life Awareness Postsecondary Options Community College Career Technical Vocational Education College Application Process Financial Aid Legal Issues PLANNED RESOURCES NEW STUDENT FOCUSED MODULES:

27. We do not extend help to children solely because of moral obligations. It is also because we have faith in the future of our society, in its progress, its values, and its traditions, and we want our children to have every possible opportunity to participate in the society and contribute to it. Marian Wright Edelman, Founder: Children’s Defense Fund

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