Using a qualitative design, this study offers an understanding of the lived experience of students with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), learning disability (LD), or traumatic brain injuries (TBI) who are integrating into an academic community within a higher education institution located in the southern United States. Additionally,…

Surveyed 15 college students with learning disabilities to obtain their perceptions of obstacles and problems encountered in college setting. Findings revealed that parents had substantial influence on educational aspirations of respondents and that professional school counselors had little impact on their decision to attend college. Students…

College counselors can increase the likelihood of school success for learning-disabled students by developing long-term therapeutic relationships in which they help students maneuver through the system, acknowledging their limitations and celebrating their triumphs. Proper motivation is crucial to success. (Author/CB)

Many college students who have been labeled semi-literate because of their excessively poor writing ability in fact possess a neurological dysfunction known as dysgraphia. The symptoms of this disorder range from a consistent but minor inability to spell to a major disarrangement of letters and syntax. The best way to identify dysgraphic students…

Direct and indirect intervention strategies involving family, peers, and college faculty and administration can prevent the learning disabled student from being severely maladjusted in the college environment. The terminology of primary prevention is defined and potential problems of specific disabilities identified. (Author/CB)

Student questionnaires were administered to 61 students with disabilities currently enrolled in community colleges in Kansas (n=20), Minnesota (n=23), and California (n=18). This information was collected through two campus visits during the fall of 1999. Students reported an average of 1.3 disabilities per person, ranging from 1-6. The most…

Describes a writing instruction project called the "landmark method" that fosters writing skills in students with learning disabilities. Outlines specific strategies that have proven effective in teaching writing to students with dyslexia or other learning disabilities. (HB)

Ten University of Montevallo (Alabama) students diagnosed as having learning disabilities were interviewed concerning their feelings about being labeled learning disabled, their strategies for coping with the disability, their outlook for the future, advice for other learning-disabled students, and services offered by the university. Eight of the…

This paper explores the characteristics and problems many language learning disabled (LLD) and dyslexic students have in college and suggests ways for college English composition teachers to help them. LLD students are often poor spellers and their handwriting looks like that of a younger child. Constant difficulty with certain grammatical…

The practicum reported here was designed to address the problem of a group of six college-bound 11th- and 12th-grade learning disabled students who attended a high school that did not have in place a program that would prepare them for the transition from secondary school to college. The intervention used cognitive techniques to raise the…

Accommodations that can aid in the learning process for disabled students at Clarion University of Pennsylvania are outlined in this handbook funded by the college's Affirmative Action Committee. Objectives of the guide are: to define and describe the major disabilities (hearing impairment, learning disability, mobility impairment, speech…