What should you do to take the fear out of your child transitioning to college - how do you make sure their special needs are still met when they walk on a college campus. The underlying fact you must consider is a college, unlike a public K-12 school, does not have a legal obligation to provide your child an education; the laws become civil about discrimination.
While this is by no means and exhaustive list of what to consider, it is important to plan and consider these so help create a smooth transition.
- Relevant laws for college: Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act, and The Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
- Laws make colleges accountable for equal opportunity not identical results per student
- Colleges are required to provide auxiliary aides, but not required to provide the most sophisticated technology available
- In higher education the responsibility for documenting a disability falls on the student not the school
- An example of an accommodation change that students and parents of a college student with a disability could anticipate: student might be given extended time to take test, however college is not obligated to adjust content of exam to make accommodations
Assistive Technology In the Classroom: Enhancing the School Experiences of Students with Disabilities, Second Edition 2012 by Amy G. Dell, Deborah A. Newton, Jerry G. Petroff, Pearson
Chapter 14 pages 324-344
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