Helping Students with Learning Disabilities Transition to College
From: THE Journal - 12/16/2014
By: Dennis Pierce

As an occupational therapist and assistive technology specialist for
Florida's Alachua County Public Schools, Elisa Wern works with students who
have various learning disabilities - such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, or a lack
of executive functioning - every day.

Assistive technology "plays a critical role" in these students' success, Wern
said. Students with a documented learning disability are eligible for a
variety of supports and services, and Wern collaborates with each student's
individualized education program (IEP) team to identify the accommodations he
or she needs to be successful. These can range from adaptive papers and
portable word processors to operating system accessibility features, word
prediction software and screen reader technology.

A national longitudinal study from the United States Department of Education
found that 87 percent of students with learning disabilities received some
kind of support at the K-12 level - but when these students moved on to
college, only 19 percent continued to get support.

Read the entire article at:
http://thejournal.com/articles/2014/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-transition-to-college.aspx

Links:
National Longitudinal Transition Study
http://www.nlts2.org/

CAST - Transforming Education through Universal Design for Learning
http://www.cast.org/