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Plan Your Future

Plan Your Future. Supports Available in Post-Secondary Settings NDE Innovative Grant in collaboration with NDE and ESU 13.

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Plan Your Future

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  1. Plan Your Future Supports Available in Post-Secondary Settings NDE Innovative Grant in collaboration with NDE and ESU 13

  2. A committee of Professionals have planned a series that will help you Explore and Prepare for Post-Secondary Options4 Sessions: Post-secondary Training and Educational Options Financial Supports for CollegeSupports Available in Post-Secondary SEttingsSkills Needed for Post-Secondary Settings Committee Pam Brezenski, ESU 13; Pat Comfort, NE Department of Labor; Nicole Fisher; NE VR, Andrew Hunzeker, Education Quest; Ashley Meyer, NE Autism Network/ESU 13; Bill Moore, LifeLink NE

  3. Be Present Phones off and away, please Share-Participate, It’s a safe Place! • Respect Everyone’s View Remember, we all may see different things! Group Norms To make this work………

  4. Supports Available in Postsecondary settings Pam Brezenski; ESU 13 Bill Moore; ESU 13/LifeLink Sonja Peetz; NE Autism Network

  5. What Legal Obligations do Postsecondary Settings follow? NOIndividuals With Disabilities Act! Colleges do not have to provide the same level of support as High Schools What did you learn? DO Follow Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Purpose is to ensure equal access to people with disabilities to protect them from discrimination

  6. Modifications Change the Requirements/Outcomes of the Assignments i.e. Number Questions/Format of Response/Page Number Adjustments • Accommodations Allows Access to the Material i.e. Location to Test/Extended Time/Increased Size/Interpreter/Copies of Notes What Are the Key Differences Between Modifications and Accommodations? What did you learn?

  7. What is the Key Difference Between a 504 and an IEP for Students What did you learn?

  8. What is the Key Difference Between a 504 and an IEP For Parents What did you learn?

  9. Visit the Disability Support Office when touring • Meet with Disability Coordinator • Fill out an application for a 504 to be deemed eligible • Complete an accommodations plan/accommodations letter • Students must advocate and share plan with their professors • Schedule follow up appointments with Disability Support Office Process for Accessing Supports in College What did you learn?

  10. Student supports that may be available on campus: • Math/Writing Lab for Support • Tutoring Services • Mental Health • Testing Centers • On Campus Activities • Organizations • Social Opportunities • Recreational Opportunities What Other Supports/Service are Available on Campus What did you learn?

  11. Resources You May need

  12. AHEAD: Association on Higher Education and Disability https://www.ahead.org/professional-resources/accommodations

  13. NE VR 505 Broadway, Scottsbluff, NE 69361 (308) 632-1321 http://www.vr.nebraska.gov/

  14. Education Quest 1601 E 27th St, Scottsbluff, NE (402) 479-6658 AndrewH@educationquest.org https://www.educationquest.org/11th-12th-grade-students/

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