ERIC Number: ED467984
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2002-Feb
Pages: 4
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Serving Students with Disabilities at the Community College. ERIC Digest.
Prentice, Mary
This digest looks at two community college programs designed to aid students with disabilities in accessing the educational offerings of the college, as well as two programs that help students with disabilities attain jobs after their educational goals have been met. Longview Community College, in Lee's Summit, Missouri, offers the Academic Bridges to Learning Effectiveness (ABLE) program. ABLE is a support service program designed to teach students with learning disabilities or brain injuries the skills needed to become independent learners. Florence-Darlington Technical College in Florence, South Carolina, designed the Program Accessibility Committee (PAC) in order to recommend appropriate action to the administration to ensure access for students with disabilities. North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City, Iowa, has developed a career placement project with four areas of placement services to assist students with disabilities to prepare for successful careers. In addition, the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, has a career placement and preparedness program designed to help community college students with disabilities find employment after college. This digest makes recommendations to community colleges regarding working with students with disabilities, stressing the need for training staff members in disability issues. (NB)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Disabilities, Special Needs Students, Student Personnel Services, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges
ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges. University of California at Los Angeles, 3051 Moore Hall, P.O. Box 951521, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1524. Tel: 310-825-3931. For full text: http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/ERIC/eric.html.
Publication Type: ERIC Publications; ERIC Digests in Full Text
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges, Los Angeles, CA.
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