1. Navigating the 3 c’s: cancer, campus, and career
Ann Knettler-Smith, M.A. Director, Office of Disability Resources Drexel University
Christine Brennan Associate Director of Programs Cancer and Careers
April 18, 2015

2. Preparation The College Search Admission and Beyond The First Semester
From Here to There
Preparation
The College Search
Admission and Beyond
The First Semester

3. Preparation
What do I need to know and do before I start my college search?
Slide Notes:
-maybe you are getting ready to go to college for the first time
-maybe you have taken some time off (for treatment or otherwise) and are looking to get back in to education

4. Become an Active Participant Keep Calendar
Who Am I?
Become an Active Participant
Keep Calendar
Develop Self-Advocacy Skills
Reflect on experiences
Who Am I?
Strengths and needs as learner
Learning Style
Interests
Goals
Active Participant
IEP meetings, meetings with doctors, etc
Suggest some of your goals
Calendar
Paper or electronic-assignments and projects, extracurricular/jobs, appointments
Develop S/A
Do I understand my disability and impact on learning and other MLAs
Learn how to communicate via, modeling and role play, practice with teachers
Reflect, learn from your experience, revise-be good to yourself

5. Differences between High School and College
Laws Governing K-12 Students
IDEA and Section 504
Success and protection from discrimination
Laws Governing Post-secondary Education
ADAAA (2008) and Section 504
Access and protection from discrimination
HS-FAPE, Success, SDI, RTI - handout
College-Access and Protection from Discrimination

6. Search What do I need to consider when looking for a college? Weighing
Academic Needs
Social Needs
Financial Needs
Disability-related Needs

7. Finding The Right Fit Size Location Admissions Standards Accessibility
Medical and other resources
Disability office
Residence Halls
Commuting
MOST OF THIS YOU COULD FIND ONLINE AT THE SCHOOL’S WEBSITE:
Admissions Standards
SAT/ACTs
Placement Tests
Portfolios
Size
School size and class size
Location
City/rural
Terrain
Climate
Access to cultural events/co-curricular opportunities
Accessibility
Age and how campus has added accessible features
Financial Resources
Access to financial aid?
Access to scholarships?
Medical Resources
Access to appropriate care or therapy
Disability Office
Separate office or just an add-on to someone’s job?
Residence Halls
Do they have residence halls?
Do they have rooms established to meet the needs of students who use durable medical equipment, personal care assistants, etc?
Do they have special interest floors/theme housing/etc
Do they have single spaces, or options for students who have disability-related need for single?
Commuting
Access to accessible transportation?

8. Resources Disabilities Services Tutoring Learning Center Counseling
Medical Care
Activities
Disability Services-
Staff
Accommodations and auxiliary services
Experience with students on campus with same disability
Assistive technology
Housing accommodations
Dining services
Tutoring services & Learning Resources
Free and fees
How much support per week
Peer or professional
Individual or group
Counseling-
Is Counseling available?
How many sessions available
Referral services
Psychologists? Psychiatrists?
Medical care-
What is available?
Extra curricular activities
Clubs- academic/social/honorary/Greek Letter organizations?

9. Acceptance and Beyond
How can I be ready to go when I arrive on (or back to) campus?

10. To Do Before I arrive on Campus
Connect with Disabilities Services
Update documentation
Locate physicians, therapists, etc. and schedule appointments
Finalize arrangements for prescriptions
Personal assistant care?
Food and nutrition
Technology needs and equipment
Meet or speak with advisors
Contact DS Office-Skype, in person, phone
Updated documentation-university guidelines
Obtain referrals from physicians and therapists, etc or student health and counseling for referrals, SCHEDULE appointments when possible
Personal assistant care-ask disability office, OVR
Food-dining services
Technology and equipment-accessible formats, interpreters? Should be arranged well in advance
Speak with advisors-in person or on phone .

11. Accommodations to consider
Attendance
Classroom
Adaptive Technology
Studying
Testing
Course load
Scheduling

12. The First Semester and Beyond
How can I be proactive and prepared when I am on campus?

13. Self-Determined Students
Pre-orientation activities
Meet with disability office
Meet with professors, TAs
Meet with advisors
Identify and seek services needed
Organize your schedule
Identify extracurricular activities
Other resources
Introduce yourself to other students
Disability Services- staff, accommodations and auxiliary services, experience with students on campus with same disability, assistive technology, housing accommodations, dining services
Tutoring services-free and fees, how much support per week, peer or professional, individual or group
Learning Resources-what kind of assistance? Peer or professional, free or fee, how much support, what do they provide? Individual or group
Counseling-how many sessions available, referral services, psychologists? Psychiatrists?
Medical care? What is available
Extra curricular