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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education, Higher Education Programs, is currently recruiting peer reviewers to evaluate applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Model Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSID) program.
May 7, 2020
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As students prepare for college, it’s important they become familiar with the technology that can help with important skills for college such as organizing, planning, note-taking, communication, scheduling, etc.
April 24, 2020
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Staff at the National Coordinating Center are aware that our diverse community is in need of a wide range of supports at this time. College staff and faculty migrated from classroom-based learning to virtual environments. Internships are being done remotely.
April 9, 2020
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In this one-hour webinar, originally broadcast in May 2017, Clare Papay and Cate Weir from Think College presented the process for programs to become approved as Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary program (CTP) for the purpose of being able to offer federal student aid to students with intellectual disability.
March 31, 2020
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A guide to help students work on important college and career skills.
March 31, 2020
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This learning module is for college programs who are beginning the application process to become an approved comprehensive transition and postsecondary program. It walks through each step of the application process and offers guidance on all application requirements.
March 31, 2020
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Universal Design for Learning offers an approach to teaching and learning that can support all types of learners, including those with disabilities. This video features a faculty member who has implemented universal design strategies in his class materials and instructional approach.
March 31, 2020
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The times, they are a-changin'.... Bob Dylan's words from 1964 have a new meaning today. With students being sent home from schools, shopping malls closing, and news updates happening multiple times a day, it's hard to keep up.
We wanted you to know our team at the Think College National Coordinating Center, housed at the Institute of Community Inclusion at University of Massachusetts Boston, has been following all recommendations made at state and local levels with regards to COVID-19.
March 19, 2020
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Just remember, we’re all in this together, even if we are at a distance.
Staff at the National Coordinating Center are aware that our diverse community is in need of a wide range of supports at this time. College staff and faculty migrated from classroom-based learning to virtual environments. Internships are being done remotely. Learning opportunities are being embedded in the home environment. There is a lot of uncertainty about the future.
Below are some resources we believe may be helpful as we all cope with this ongoing reality brought on by the COVID pandemic.
March 18, 2020
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A PACER Center advocate vividly recalls the pivotal moment in an Individualized Education Program (IEP) team meeting she attended with the mother of a young boy with Down syndrome. As the school district administrator began to make a case for placing him in a segregated special education classroom, the parent interjected, "But we are planning for our son to attend an inclusive college program when he grows up. How will he be able to be included in college if he can’t be included in kindergarten?"
March 17, 2020