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• Life Success for Children with Learning Disabilities
  Drawing on more than 20 years of groundbreaking research tracing the lives of children and adults with LD, researchers at the Frostig Center in Pasadena, California have identified key factors that contribute to success. More...
  
  
• Resources for College for Students with Learning Disabilities or AD/HD
  Kids with LD and/or AD/HD continue to struggle when they reach college. Fortunately, information and help is available! Here' a list of resources for college students seeking information on college planning and selection, test accommodations, financial aid, legal rights and responsibilities, and study skills. More...
  
  
  
• Transition: School to Work
  A successful transition for individuals with learning disabilities from school to school, college, or work often requires collaboration. Students play an important role in planning their transition, and should be included throughout the process. Read more about how to engage in successful transition planning. More...
  
  

• LD InfoZone: Transition to College and Work for Teens
  Exploring post-secondary options is often a daunting task for parents and students alike, but with the right planning, support, and information this can be a positive and truly successful next step for every student. You'll find all the information needed to make the right transitional decisions below, including useful tips, key websites, and in-depth research reports. More...
  
  
• The Positive Side of Learning Disabilities
  By: LD OnLine (2007)
  LD OnLine presents the positive side of learning disabilities each Thanksgiving. Every year, we collect stories from people who read the LD OnLine Monthly Report. We edit and publish selected ones for all of our viewers to read. We believe that learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, dyslexia, and other challenges can often present possibilities for personal growth and achievement. More...
  
  
• College Planning for Students with Learning Disabilities
  (thanks to Linda Zimring for this item)
  Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
  High school personnel, as well as students with learning disabilities and their parents, are often frustrated in searching out a suitable postsecondary setting that will afford opportunity for success. While there are many directories of postsecondary college programs (Hartman & Krulwich, 1984), they often result in more confusion than clarity. Since there is no consistent pattern of programming for students with learning disabilities at the college level, selecting an appropriate college is often an overwhelming task. Since there are many more colleges seeking, or at least admitting, students with learning disabilities than actually have well-developed programs, it is imperative that professionals help these students act cautiously during the selection and application process. Simply finding a "good" program or the one with the most services is not the solution. A match must be made between the unique needs of the student and the characteristics of the college and its learning disabilities program (McGuire & Shaw, 1987). More...
  
  
• The Why, When, What, and How of Disclosure in an Academic Setting, After High School
  Deciding what to do after high school is a complex decision for all youth. For starters, it is the first time additional schooling is not compulsory. You may choose to enter the work world or obtain additional training or education. Youth with disabilities are significantly less likely to start postsecondary education than are their peers without disabilities (27% of students with disabilities transition to postsecondary education compared to 68% of their peers without disabilities). More...
  
  
• DisabilityInfo.gov
  This is the federal government's one-stop Web site for people with disabilities, their families, employers, veterans and service members, workforce professionals and many others. A collaborative effort among twenty-two federal agencies, DisabilityInfo.gov connects people with disabilities to the information and resources they need to actively participate in the workforce and in their communities. More...
  
  
• Advances in Technology and Passage of Civil Rights Laws Help a Deaf Professional Succeed
  By J. Rod MacInnes
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• Services for Students with Disabilities in Los Angeles County Community Colleges
  This downlodable chart lists community colleges that provide services for students with learning and developmental disabilities, acquired brain injuries, visual impairment/blindness, hearing impairment/deafness, and communication disorders, as well as adapted P.E. and High Tech Centers.
  Downloadable PDF Chart - 63KB
  Downloadable Excel Chart - .xls file, 28KB
  
  
• Entrepreneurship for Youth with Disabilities
  By: Office of Disability Employment Policy, Department of Labor (2007)
  Entrepreneurship is an employment strategy that can lead to economic self-sufficiency for people with disabilities. Self-employment provides people with disabilities and their families with the potential to create and manage businesses in which they function as the employer or boss, rather than merely being an employee. More...
  
  
• LD.Org Now Features New Material on Transitioning to College
  The transition from high school to college and the workplace can pose special challenges for students with learning disabilities. NCLD can help navigate the sometimes rough waters surrounding the transition to college or the workplace for teens and young adults with learning disabilities. More...
  
  
• PDF: College Transition Planning for Students with Learning Disabilities (.pdf file, 61KB)
  
  
• The Law After High School
  Questions and Answers related to the legal rights of students with disabilities. More...
  
  
• Preparing for Employment: On the Home Front
  Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams can help young people with disabilities develop a plan that includes employment goals. Schools can also help youth develop specific career skills by guiding students to courses needed to enter a particular field, helping students practice interviewing and asking for employment accommodations, or offering work-based learning opportunities. More...
  
  
• The Riley Guide - Employment Resources for the Disabled
  rileyguide.com/abled.html
  Technology is making it easier for individuals with disabilities to pursue a wider variety of career options. The Riley Guide has put together a list of online resources to help disabled workers organize a job hunt and learn more about overcoming challenges in the workplace. (Thanks to Career Pro News for this item)
  
  
• Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)
  http://ahead.org/students.php
  AHEAD is a professional organization that serves the educational, information and networking needs of its members who are largely disability service providers. While we do not serve parents and students with disabilities directly, we can point you in the direction of some possible resources that might assist you in pursuing your educational goals.
  
  
• Stanford University, Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY)
  http://epgy.stanford.edu/
  This new, independent online high school, offered through Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY), is a three-year, fully-accredited, diploma-granting program opening April 2006; it is designed for gifted students in 10th through 12th grade. The EPGY-OHS can help students realize their full potential and develop their ideas in a unique educational environment through university-level courses. The program allows gifted students everywhere access to an education tailored to their unique needs. Students also have an opportunity to take part in an eight-week summer residential program at Stanford for work difficult to complete online. Tuition is estimated at about $12,000 a Year.