1. Colleges Support Students with Intellectual Disability to Succeed
ACE, March, 2017
Florida Consortium On Inclusive Higher Education
Kathleen Becht, Ph.D.

2. Why College?
Florida Consortium
On Inclusive Higher Education

3. Getting a Life
An Adult Life
A job with benefits!

4. Session Planner College Outcomes FCIHE – A Federal Grant
Florida’s Inclusive Postsecondary Education
What Does it Take to go to College?
Academics
Life Skills
Employment
Resources
Hartwick Symposium
Website

5. Meet Pete He’s a UCF KNIGHT
Pete’s had a number of jobs: Public SpeakerPublix 8 months, Pollo Tropical – 4 yrs, and he’s been volunteering at the YMCA for at least 6 years. None is a career…. nor his dream job.

7. OUTCOMES GETTING a LIFE Graduation, Credential, Employment,
Independent Living,
GETTING a LIFE
Postsecondary Institution, Non-profit, Nationally Accredited, public or private institutions

8. What is the FCIHE? Florida Consortium on Inclusive Higher Education
A Federally Funded 5 yr. grant
Mission: To enhance and expand inclusive postsecondary education for
students with intellectual disabilities

9. Institutions of Higher Education
4 year University
2-4 year College
Career & Vocational/Technical College

10. Inclusive Post-Secondary Education
COLLEGE!
Inclusive Post-Secondary Education
Enrolled in General courses with students w/o ID
Participating in Career–Focused Internships
Living Campus Life
Employment Outcomes

11. Florida’s Current IPSEs
Florida Atlantic University
Florida International University
Florida Keys Community College
Florida State College Jacksonville
Florida Panhandle Technical College
Santa Fe College
Tallahassee Community College
University of Central Florida
University of North Florida/Arc
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Southeastern University
Florida’s Current
IPSEs
Individual supports: mentors, tutors, travel training

12. What Does it Take
to Go to College?

13. College Academics
Students’ participation at least half-time on academics with students without disabilities through:
regular enrollment in credit-bearing courses offered by the institution,
auditing or participating in courses offered by the institution for which the student does not receive regular academic credit,
enrollment in noncredit-bearing, non-degree courses and/or
participation in internships or work-based training

14. College Academics
Keeping a Calendar/Schedule Sending & accepting invites, scheduling classes, homework, appointments, s Making & Responding to Requests (teachers, parents, friends) Smart Phone Texting, Alarms, Messaging, Calendar, GroupMe, Contacts, Personal Information, Doctors, Medications Internet/Phone Safety/Etiquette

15. College Academics Taking Notes/Studying Notes
Cornell Notes, Text to speech, Bookshare
Technology
Text-to-speech, Bookshare, Read-Write-Gold,
Word, Power Point, Files, Documents, Desktop
Self-Determination
Asking questions, problem solving, knowing accommodations, asking for accommodations

16. College Life social and academic members of their ‘college’ community
Students with intellectual disabilities as
social and academic members
of their ‘college’ community
(non-disabled students)

17. College Life
Time Sense: Calendar/Schedule
Sending & accepting invites, scheduling meet-ups, Texting, Answering Texts/Phone calls
Money Sense:
Debit Card, Spendee phone app, dollar plus
Smart Phone:
Alarms, Contacts, Information
Health:
Personal Information, Doctors, Medications, Tylenol

18. Career Directed Employment
Students with intellectual disabilities seeking to continue:
academic,
career and technical, and
independent living instruction
Toward the GOAL of gainful employment!

19. What’s in it for Families?
Annual Hartwick Symposium
February, 2017
University of Central Florida, Orlando
Attendees: Families & College Programs

20. What’s in it for Families?
What’s in it for Families?

22. What’s in it for Teachers?
Transition Resources
Student Focused
Summer Institute Free
In-service Points

23. $7,000 Annual Student Scholarships

24. Florida Consortium on Inclusive Higher Education
   Kathleen Becht, Ph.D., Director
Adam Meyer, Ph.D., Principal Investigator
Ilisa Patterson, Project Assistant
Student Accessibility Services, Inclusive Education Services
University of Central Florida, Orlando FL
Phone:
UCF: FIU: FSCJ:
www. FCIHE.com