Tag: post-secondary

Supporting Families of Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education

The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth) assists state and local workforce development systems to better serve all youth, including youth with disabilities and other disconnected youth. NCWD/Youth works to ensure that transition age youth are provided full access to high quality services in integrated settings to gain education, employment and independent living.

Among NCWD/Youth’s many resources are numerous “Info Briefs” including:

Supporting Families of Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education  is intended to create increased understanding of the important role that families can play in the post-secondary success of students with disabilities.

The many other “Info Briefs” Fact Sheets and other publications, all organized by topic, can be found at  NCWD/Youth Publications

Demystifying Post-Secondary Terms

Elizabeth Hamblet,  Consultant and Learning Specialist at Columbia University, has developed an “unofficial” glossary of terms designed to define and explain words and phrases commonly used in the post-secondary environment.

The vocabulary used at the college level can be confusing and intimidating. High schools can do all students a favor by introducing and explaining these terms. . . .The explanations provided here are not dictionary definitions and should not be considered official, but are provided simply to help demystify the terminology.

Click on the image below to access a PDF of the glossary. It can also be found at: Unofficial Explanations of Typical College Vocabulary

Postsecondary Vocabulary list.

 

Take time to explore Elizabeth’s site as it contains many resources of value to students and parents. LDAdvisory.com