Nazareth University
4245 East Ave
Rochester, NY 14618
Program Contact | Nuala Boyle |
Program Contact Email | lifeprep@mail.naz.edu |
Phone | 585-389-2670 |
Website | Program website |
link to program Facebook page |
LifePrep@Naz is an innovative program designed to provide students with intellectual and developmental disabilities with a college experience, strengthening their life skills, vocational skills, self-sufficiency, and independence. Created through the collaborative relationship between Nazareth, Victor Central School District, and The Arc of Monroe, the LifePrep@Naz program thrives on the passion and commitment of everyone involved.
Through campus employment, matriculated Nazareth students serve as peer mentors to the LifePrep students, providing consistent peer-to-peer interaction. The mentors assist and support LifePrep students in LifePrep and Nazareth classes, and accompany them to lunch, as well as to their on-campus vocational experiences.
LifePrep students are fully immersed in campus life, including but not limited to:
* Enrollment in Nazareth courses
* Involvement in clubs & organizations
* Attendance at college functions and athletic events
* Internships on campus
* Participation in Commencement upon completion of the LifePrep program
Alumni of LifePrep are also granted auditing privileges at greatly reduced rates.
Program information submitted: January 23, 2024
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Public or private: | Private |
Type of school: | 4-year college or university |
Is this program a federally funded TPSID program? | No |
Number of students: | 20 |
Affiliates | |
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School district or agency partner: | Victor Central School District |
Contact person: | Karyn Ryan |
Email: | ryanka@victorschools.org |
Requirements | |
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Program serves students who have left high school? | Some of our students have left high school |
Regular high school diploma required? | No, an IEP/non-standard diploma/certificate of attendance is accepted |
Deadline to apply to this program: | School-Age is Feb. 14th. Adult-Agency is March 1st. |
Link to admissions process: | Admissions link |
Criteria for admission |
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Accepts out-of-state students? | No |
Please indicate which disabilities students in this program have: |
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Planned program length | 4 years |
Acceptance, Retention, and Completion Rates | |
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Retention rate for first year students from the previous academic year to the current one: | 100.00% |
Notes on acceptance and attendance: | We don't track acceptance rates for new students. |
Cost | |
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Is this program able to provide federal financial aid as a Comprehensive Transition Program (CTP)? | No |
Students pay for the program in the following ways: |
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Academic | |
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Students enrolled in this program take the following types of inclusive courses (with students who don't have disabilities): | Typical college courses for audit |
More about course access: | LifePrep students are able to search the course catalogue and, with permission of the instructor, enroll in the course. As with any student's registration process, a LifePrep student can not register for a course that is waitlisted. Alumni of the LifePrep program can continue auditing a Naz class each semester at a very reduced rate. |
Students take courses that are only for students in this program: | Yes |
Information on special classes: | Life-Centered Education, Vocational Education, Fitness, Cooking, Music Presentation, keyboarding |
Percentage of academic time spent in inclusive courses (with students who don't have disabilities): | 25-49% |
Do all students in this program enroll in at least one inclusive college/university course for credit or audit each semester? | Yes |
Credential(s) students earn upon completing the program: | Certificate of Completion of the LifePrep@Naz program |
Is the credential approved by the college/university? | Awarded by program, not officially recognized by the IHE |
Employment | |
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Other career development activities are: |
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Additional information about career development and work experience: | two pre-vocational specialists from The Arc of Monroe teach vocational skills classes and support students in their internships on campus. |
Does this program have a working partnership with VR to provide funding, supports and/or services to students in the program? | Yes |
Housing | |
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Housing is provided to students: | No |
Extracurricular | |
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Students participate in student organizations on campus: | Yes |
Percentage of social time spent in inclusive activities (open to all students on campus): | 100% |
Students may participate in the following extra-curricular activities |
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Students participate in these campus-wide events: |
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