Areas of our country are headed toward significant social and political unrest if education ignores the demographic trends reshaping our schools. This article describes how one teacher training program in South Carolina examined its cultural context, accreditation standards, and course offerings to restructure its curriculum to address cultural…

This project built upon the AchieveAbility initiative, which develops materials and training for teaching specific learning difference learners in schools and colleges. AchieveAbility devised the concept for the "InCurriculum" Project and brought together a consortium of United Kingdom higher education institutions to deliver the…

The article lists books, guides, news sheets, and resources on postsecondary programs for learning-disabled students. Entries cover sources of college programs, recently funded programs, existent college programs, college tests, funding sources and employment, information sources, government supported/related publications, and adult groups. (SW)

The article reviews the major components of the Ventura College (California) program for learning disabled adults. (SBH)

The thrust of the program is to provide special services and support to the learning disabled college students in three areas: academic, tutorial, and counseling/advising. (DLS)

Increased postsecondary opportunities for learning disabled (LD) students have resulted from such factors as extension of secondary LD programs, advocates' pressure, and federal legislation. Characteristics of LD college students are summarized from the research. Steps in program development, from convincing the adminstration through funding the…

In a survey of the 106 California Community Colleges, it was found that over 75 percent operated formal programs for the learning-disabled (LD), while an additional 12 percent provided informal services for their LD student population. Though diversity existed among the college LD programs surveyed, a consistency of process and practice was…

Beaumont College in Lancaster, England offers 2 year courses with emphasis on social learning and personal development (including career and leisure skills) for students 16 to 19 years old with physical disabilities and specific learning difficulties. (CL)

This paper describes current issues and challenges faced by students with learning disabilities, staff, and faculty at Canadian colleges and universities. Programs and initiatives that have proven to be successful are described. An appendix lists resources (mostly Canadian) for further information. (DB)

A strategy, based on organizational change literature, for establishing a college program for learning-disabled students includes such crucial steps as assessing the change effort (nature of the change, environmental factors, initiators of change), establishing a campaign plan (program and decision centers), and developing deployment tactics…

Reviews 1993 book by Marybeth Kravets and Imy F. Wax. Describes text as comprehensive and accurate. Suggests utility for counselors, parents, and students. States that guide's most valuable resource is state-by-state comprehensive listing and evaluation of every program for learning-disabled individuals in the United States and Canada. (CRR)

Alerts high school guidance counselors to the availability of college programs for learning disabled students. Suggests ways counselors can judge the quality of special programs available at many colleges. (Author/ABB)

Landmark College is exclusively for precollege and college students with dyslexia and related learning disabilities, and the students respond to the program with academic success, relief, and increased self-confidence. (MSE)

Questions designed to help college-bound learning-disabled students and their parents evaluate a college's support services and programs cover such areas as pre-admission counseling, parent counseling, access to course syllabi, orientation programs, library services, modified admissions procedures, visits to college classrooms, testing options,…

The paper describes the Three Stage Transition Model of service delivery for postsecondary learning disabled students. Identified are activities colleges can implement to help a student (1) entering college, (2) managing the academic and social changes during college, and (3) exiting college to enter employment. (Author/DB)