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Enhance Access to Postsecondary Education for Students with Disabilities
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Shaw, Stan F.; Madaus, Joseph W.; Banerjee, Manju – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2009
Postsecondary education is a realistic and necessary option for successful adult outcomes. An understanding of the realities in postsecondary education is necessary if students with disabilities and their families are to be prepared to make wise choices for successful transition. School personnel should use the high school years to implement…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Independent Study, Disabilities, School Personnel
The Impact of the IDEA 2004 on Transition to College for Students with Learning Disabilities
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Madaus, Joseph W.; Shaw, Stan F. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
The newly reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 contains several significant changes that will directly impact students with learning disabilities (LD) who are preparing for transition to postsecondary education. These modifications include transition planning, reevaluations, new criteria for the diagnosis of LD, and the…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Educational Policy, Federal Legislation, Postsecondary Education
Preparing Learning Disabled High School Students for Postsecondary Education.
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Shaw, Stan F.; And Others – 1987
Increasing numbers of capable learning disabled students are attempting to make the difficult transition from high school to postsecondary programming. A comprehensive approach to better serve the college-bound learning disabled high school student includes early transition planning, instructional programming, social skills intervention, and…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Decision Making, Education Work Relationship, High School Students