Education Update ? Lead On Update

2012 TATRA Conference: Middle School and Beyond ? Current Issues for Families of Youth with Disabilities

REFERENCE POINTS is an activity of TATRA, a project of PACER Center

Register now for the 2012 TATRA National Conference! This year?s conference is being held Monday, May 7th, 2012, in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the Hilton Charlotte University Place. Click here to find out more information on this year?s speakers and presentation topics. Registration deadline is March 30th, 2012. Note: The registration fee is $100 to attend.

The TATRA conference is being held in conjunction with the Annual Capacity Building Institute, co-sponsored by the IDEA Partnership at NASDSE, NDPC-SD, NPSO Center, and NSTTAC. The annual Institute consists of both content sessions and time set aside for State Transition teams to meet. It will also take place at the same Hilton Charlotte University Place, May 8th through May 10th, 2012. For more information and to register, click here.

The Arc Stands Up For Safety of Kids with Disabilities in the Classroom, Questions Report that Promotes Restraint and Seclusion

Monday, March 19, 2012

In a letter to U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, The Arc expressed serious concerns about a recent report from the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) that promotes the use of restraint and seclusion as tools to protect students and school personnel.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) March 19, 2012

In a letter to U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, The Arc expressed serious concerns about a recent report from the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) that promotes the use of restraint and seclusion as tools to protect students and school personnel. The Arc supports the Keeping All Students Safe Act, introduced by Senator Harkin and Representative George Miller (D-CA), to allow the use of physical restraint only when someone is in danger of being harmed, while ensuring that personnel receive proper training, that parents are aware of any restraint or seclusion used with their children and that the most dangerous types of restraint and seclusion are eliminated

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An assortment of postsecondary resources for youth and families

From REFERENCE POINTS ? an activity of TATRA, a project of PACER Center

Recent Changes to the Student Aid Programs

As a result of recent legislative changes, please be aware of a number of new requirements for the federal student aid programs. Most of these changes are effective with the 2012-13 school year (July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013). Click here to learn more.

College Preparation Checklist

The College Preparation Checklist is one of the most popular resources for students and parents on the US Department of Education?s Federal Student Aid Web site. It includes a ?to do? list to help students prepare academically and financially for education beyond high school. Each section is split into subsections for students and parents, explaining what to do.

Website for Students with Disabilities Interested in College

Going to College is a website with Information about living college life designed for high school students with disabilities. The site provides video clips, activities, and resources that can help them get a head start in planning for college. Video interviews with college students with disabilities offer a way to hear firsthand from students with disabilities who have been successful. Modules include activities that will help students explore more about themselves, learn what to expect from college, and equip them with important considerations and tasks to complete when planning for college.

Planning for Assistive Technology in College

This article from the National Center for Learning Disabilities provides helpful information for youth with learning disabilities who use assistive technology and are also planning to go on to college. http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/whatsitworth-complete.pdf.pdf

New Cross-Disability Student Organization for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities

DREAM (Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and Mentoring) is an organization-in-process, initiated in the hopes of promoting a national disabilities agenda for post-secondary students and their allies and serving as an educational resource and source of support for both individuals and local campus-based groups. A genuinely cross-disabilities effort, DREAM aims to fully include students with the full range of disabilities?psychiatric, cognitive, developmental, mental, physical, intellectual, sensory, and psychological? explicitly including groups who have been traditionally marginalized or under-represented within the larger Disability Community.

Peer-Written Handbook Helps Autistic Students Navigate College

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) has published,?Navigating College: A Handbook on Self Advocacy,?a guide for autistic students written by autistic adults, and also launched the companion Website, www.navigatingcollege.org. The handbook provides first-person insights from current and past college students on the autism spectrum on various aspects of the higher education experience including disclosure, classroom accommodations, dorm life and sexuality.

Disability Friendly Colleges for Students with Physical Disabilities

Disability-Friendly Colleges: A Guide for Students with Physical Disabilities is an online college guide for students with physical disabilities containing interactive charts of the most disability friendly colleges and profiles of the colleges that provide services necessary for students with physical disabilities to live on campus.

Off to College: Tips for Students with Visual Impairments

This short handout provides information on how to make the transition to college, including how to find the best school and visiting their office for students with disabilities, determining whether any accommodations will be needed, communicating with teachers about one?s disability, getting books and other materials and orienting oneself around the campus.

Getting Accommodations at College

The Transitions RTC has produced a helpful tip sheet outlining the supports and services colleges are required to offer students with mental health challenges. The Transitions RTC focuses supports for youth and young adults, ages 14-30, with serious mental health conditions who are trying to successfully complete their schooling and training and move into rewarding work lives, but these strategies are relevant to students with other disabilities.

Think College Website

Visit the student and family sections of the Think College Website for many helpful tools and resources geared for youth with intellectual disabilities who want to go to college and families. Postsecondary education for students with intellectual disabilities.

Postsecondary education for students with intellectual disabilities

The HEATH Resource Center at George Washington University produced this 36-page publication that answers many commonly asked questions about college experiences for students with intellectual disabilities.

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