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Videos

Videos of students with disabilities sharing their stories about their college experience
In the videos, students with disabilities share strategies to successfully stay in school, graduate and get jobs. Students reveal their struggles with self-reporting their disability, and negotiating accommodations in school and at work.
http://adaptiveenvironments.org/neada/site/student_videos

Regional Transition Assistance

ACCESS
ACCESS is Boston’s leading provider of financial aid advising and scholarships. These services are free of charge and provided to students from every public high school and neighborhood in Boston.
http://www.accessboston.org

Boston Youth Zone
College links, scholarships, resources for planning for, applying to, and financing college.
http://www.bostonyouthzone.com/resources/college_guide

The Bottom Line
The Bottom Line partners high school students and college counselor mentors to provide help for college decision making and preparing students for college admittance.
http://www.bottomline.org/

Massachusetts Office of Student Financial Assistance
The mission of the Massachusetts Office of Student Financial Assistance is to enhance access to higher education by delivering quality student financial aid information and services.
http://www.osfa.mass.edu

TERI College Planning
Search for Massachusetts scholarships with the TERI College Planning Massachusetts Local Scholarships Database
http://www.localstudentfunding.org

Tuition Break
Tuition Break is a program to help New England residents enroll at other New England Schools without paying astronomical out of state fees. This program helps match you with other New England schools that have your specific major at in-state tuition rates.
http://www.nebhe.org/explain.html

National Resources

The Post-outcomes network
The Postoutcomes Network is one of four networks at the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET).
http://www.ncset.hawaii.edu/

The National Center for Secondary Education and Transition
The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) coordinates national resources, offers technical assistance, and disseminates information related to secondary education and transition for youth with disabilities in order to create opportunities for youth to achieve successful futures.
http://www.ncset.org/

Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
The mission of PACER Center is to expand opportunities and enhance the quality of life of children and young adults with disabilities and their families, based on the concept of parents helping parents.
http://www.pacer.org/

Post-ITT Web Site
The Post-ITT Web Site is a collection of resources and activities to help students, parents and educators plan for transition from secondary to postsecondary schools.
http://www.postitt.org/index.shtml

Association of University Centers on Disabilities
http://www.aucd.org/template/page.cfm?id=618

IDEA 1997: Implications for Secondary Education and Transition Services
http://www.ncset.org/publications/policy/2002_06.asp

What does Health Have to Do with Transition? Everything!
http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=2967

PACER Center
http://www.pacer.org

HEATH Resource Center
http://www.heath.gwu.edu/

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
http://www.nichcy.org/

Colleges with Programs for Learning Disabled Students
http://www.college-scholarships.com/learning_disabilities.htm

Think College: College Options for People with Intellectual Disabilities
http://www.thinkcollege.net/

Health Transition Resources

Teens Health: Going to College–Answers and Advice
This is a great website that gives great advice on how to stay healthy during the college transition. It gives tips on:
Reducing Stress
Roommates
Making Friends
Staying Healthy
Insurance Plans
Emergency Care
Illness Prevention
First Year Food- Avoiding the "Freshman 15"
First Year Fitness
http://kidshealth.org/teen/school_jobs/school/college.html

Teens Health: Diseases and Conditions
This is the link to a page that deals with many types of medical conditions and diseases that teens experience. It also provides some personal stories from teens, just like you, who have learned to manage their condition and grow in positive ways.
http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/

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Burghstahler, S., & Whelley, T. (2001). "Parent Involvement in Post-Secondary Education." Retrieved from University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Inclusion, National Center on Secondary Education and Transition Web site: http://www.ncset.org/teleconferences/transcripts/2001_08.asp

Getzel, E., McManus, S. and Briel, L.W. (2004) "An Effective Model for College Students With Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders." Improving Secondary Education and Transition Services through Research. 3:1 http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=1415

Mandel, L.A. & Qazilbash, J. (2005) "Youth voices as change agents: Moving beyond the medical model in school-based health center practice." Journal of School Health. 75(7): 239-242.

NCSPES (2001). "Preparation of Youth with Disabilities for Participation in Postsecondary Education & Lifelong Learning." National Capacity Building Institute 2001 Proceedings. University of Hawaii at Manoa.

NSET. (2002) Parenting Post-Secondary Students with Disabilities: Becoming the mentor, advocate, and guide your young adult needs. Retrieved from the NCSET website. http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=208

Stodden, R.A., & Dowrick, P.W. (2000) Postsecondary education and employment of adults with disabilities. American Rehabilitation, 24(3), 19-23.

U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights. 2004, (Rev. 2007). "Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities." http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/transition.html

Wagner, M., Newman, L., Cameto, R., Levine, P., and Marder, C. (2007). Perceptions and Expectations of Youth With Disabilities. A Special Topic Report of Findings From the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2) (NCSER 2007-3006). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.

Wright, R., John, L. and Sheel, J. (2007). "Lessons learned from the National Arts and Youth Demonstration Project: Longitudinal study of a Canadian after-school program." Journal of Children and Family Studies. 16:49-59.