Post+Secondary+Education+and+Training


 * Please refer to Section B of the Transition Toolkit for many other resources.**

College options for people with Intellectual Disabilities.
 * [|Think College!]**

The PA Dept. of Ed. issues new regulations for Post-Secondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities, 10/29/09.

For individuals with ADHD For individuals with a Learning Disability For individuals with a Psychological Disability For individuals with Medical issues
 * Bucks County Community College Documentation Forms:**

This document has been provided by Bucks County Community College, Office of Disability Services. Please note, however, that BCCC does not recommend any of these services, but provides this only for informational purposes.

Pennsylvania Department of Education has just signed on to Complete College America. The goals are for more students to go to college from ethic and racial groups that are under-represented and to have more student complete college. Pennsylvania has just joined so they are seeking funding from outside sources. As an introduction PDE shared this data with the PA State Board of Education. The facts and figures are specific to Pennsylvania and are very current.

The goal of this practice guide is to formulate specific and coherent evidence-based recommendations for use by educators addressing the challenge of increasing access to higher education. The guide provides practical, clear information on critical topics related to what schools can do to help students navigate the path to college and is based on the best available evidence as judged by the panel.

Webinar presented on March 30, 2011, including Strategies for Success, Perspectives from 2 Students, PAS Project (OVR), and ECE Program for HS students and perspective college freshman. From the March 30, 2011 Webinar (Penn State Office of Disability Services) National Post Secondary Enrollment Trends Links to Practice Exams for Post Secondary Education

[|Colleges with Programs for Learning Disabled Students] This is a resource from American Educational Guidance Center. (Disclaimer: not an endorsement of any program listed.) Incomplete list of colleges/universities with "Programs" for students with special needs.

Information about college programs specifically for individuals on the autism spectrum: [|Autism Resource Links] [|College for Individuals on the Spectrum] (originally published in 2003, information may be dated)

Incomplete list of local colleges/universities with programs for students with intellectual disabilities.

Neshaminy School District created a formal visit to the Bucks County Community College, using these 3 documents: