Advising High School Students with Advising High School Students with

DisabilitiesDisabilities Online Sources and Resources

The GW HEATH Resource Center

Donna Martinez

•Director, Donna Martinez

•The GW HEATH Resource Center

•Online Clearinghouse on Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities

•Graduate School of Education and Human Development

2134 G Street NWWashington, DC 20052

Voice: 202-973-0904 Web: www.HEATH.gwu.eduEmail: AskHEATH@gwu.edu

HEATH Resource CenterHEATH Resource Center

•A call to raise expectations

•College for ALL

•“Workforce Readiness” report card

•Issues for students

•Challenges to overcome

•Resources from HEATH

•More resources on their way

AGENDAAGENDA

The Need to Raise Our The Need to Raise Our SightsSights

No High School Senior Left Behind

• The tyranny of low expectations devastates life chances for many students

• Senior year: A lost opportunity to link students with either postsecondary studies or work

• Guidance needed about opportunities and requirements for continued study or work

WOODROW WILSON NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION &NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR YEAR

January 2001

“In the agricultural age, postsecondary education was a pipe dream for most Americans. In the industrial age, it was the birthright of only a few. By the space age, it became common for many.

Today, it is just common sense for all.” WOODROW WILSON NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION &

NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR YEARJanuary 2001

PSE: OPTIONS OPENING FOR ALL

Now that we're making strong progress in K-12 schools, the next frontier is college. Especially now that higher education is becoming more and more essential for everyoneeveryone in our global knowledge economy.

U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, October 3, 2007 announced U.S. Department of Education will provide 1.5 million dollars for TA Center to help colleges and universities develop/expand programs for students with intellectual disabilities.

"Workforce Readiness Report Card”

Survey Data on Workforce Readiness

Business Leadership: Supporting Youth Development and the Talent Pipeline. (p.7)

http://www.uwmb.org/businessmeetscommunity/docs/Business_Leadership.pdf

"Workforce Readiness Report Card”

Survey Data on Workforce Readiness

Business Leadership: Supporting Youth Development and the Talent Pipeline. (p.7)

http://www.uwmb.org/businessmeetscommunity/docs/Business_Leadership.pdf

"Workforce Readiness Report Card”

Survey Data on Workforce Readiness

Business Leadership: Supporting Youth Development and the Talent Pipeline. (p.7)

http://www.uwmb.org/businessmeetscommunity/docs/Business_Leadership.pdf

Issues for StudentsIssues for Students• New Admissions Policies

• Academic Accommodations

• Technology

• Student’s Self-awareness

• Knowing Rights and Responsibilities

• Accessing Resources for Support

• Keeping Focus/Organization

•Self-determined and Self-advocating

• Self-monitoring and regulation

•Independence (being on their own)

•New learning and living environments

•Becoming one’s own BEST advocate

•Problem-solving

•Making friends and establishing boundaries (finding social support)

•Developing on-going communication

HOW?

Challenges to OvercomeChallenges to Overcome

Resources from HEATHResources from HEATHwww.HEATH.gwu.edu• ABOUT US• CALENDAR• PUBLICATIONS:

* From the Director’s Desk

* Quarterly Newsletters

* Research Papers

* Fact Sheets

* Archived Paper

* Archived Fact Sheets• NEWS• FAQs• Links

Welcome to the New Face of Welcome to the New Face of HEATHHEATH

Welcome to the New Face of Welcome to the New Face of HEATHHEATH

SOMETHING OLD

SOMETHING NEW

SOMETHING BORROWED

SOMETHING BLUE

Guidance and Career Counselors' Guidance and Career Counselors' Toolkit: Advising High School Students Toolkit: Advising High School Students

with Disabilities on Postsecondary with Disabilities on Postsecondary OptionsOptions       

This resource contains answersto counselors’ most frequently asked questions about Postsecondary opportunities for students with disabilities.

http://www.heath.gwu.edu/files/active/1/Toolkit.pdf

Resources from HEATHResources from HEATH

Toolkit Table of ContentsToolkit Table of Contents• Part One: Tools for Counseling Students

with Disabilities

• Part Two: Services and Strategies for Students with Disabilities

• Part Three: College, Career, and Other Postsecondary Options

• Part Four: Procedural Concerns for Successful Transitions

Lumina Foundation for Lumina Foundation for EducationEducation

Supported in part by Lumina Foundation for Education, an Indianapolis-based, private, independent foundation dedicated to expanding success in education beyond high school.

* From the Director’s Desk * Quarterly Newsletters * Research Papers

* Fact Sheets* Archived Papers* Archived Fact Sheets

Federal Financial Supports, ScholarshipsFederal Financial Supports, Scholarships

HEATH IS NOT A FUNDING SOURCE

Summer Pre-College ProgramsSummer Pre-College Programs

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Links page: 43 Categories of topics

AskHEATH: Telephone 202-973-0904

Email: askheath@gwu.edu

PLANNED RESOURCESPLANNED RESOURCES

• Accommodations• Working with Faculty • Managing Finances• Emotional Supports• Independent Living

Skills• Self-Advocacy Skills• Rehabilitation

services• Campus Life

• Awareness Postsecondary Options

• Community College• Career Technical

Vocational Education

• College Application Process

• Financial Aid• Legal Issues

NEW STUDENT FOCUSED MODULES:

We do not extend help to children solely because of moral obligations.

It is also because we have faith in the future of our society, in its progress, its values, and its traditions, and we want our children to have every possible

opportunity to participate in the society and contribute to

it.

Marian Wright Edelman, Founder: Children’s Defense Fund

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