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Want to Learn What it Takes to Join the UMass Boston Transition Leadership Certificate Program? Are you a rehabilitation counselor, special educator, guidance counselor, or school social worker looking to brush up on your transition knowledge and skills? The UMass Boston Transition Leadership Program (TLP) is hosting three information sessions in November and December about our spring 2025 online TLP certificate program! In the UMass Boston TLP, you will learn how to support students with disabilities during their transition from high school to postsecondary activities and assist young adults with disabilities to lead more independent lives. You will also develop advocacy skills to influence state and national disability policies. Join one of our information sessions on Zoom to learn more about this exciting opportunity to advance your skills! Register today for one of these sessions: · Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 4pm · Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 4pm · Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 4pm If you can’t make one of these sessions, visit the UMass Boston Transition Leadership Program website to learn more and stay tuned for future information sessions!

We are thrilled to see the ClemsonLIFE program covered in this CBS News story on students with intellectual disability joining the rush process and fraternities and sororities across campus. As Charlie highlights perfectly at the end of the piece: "Something magical happens whenever you're accepted." #ThinkHigher #ThinkCollege #InclusiveRush https://lnkd.in/eEuHJCQQ

Yesterday, Think College & Institute for Community Inclusion Senior Research Fellow Russ Thelin, M.S., LVRC, CRC, CRL co-presented at the CSAVR conference in Seattle, Washington, on the importance and efficacy of collaborations between Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Agencies and Inclusive Postsecondary Education (IPSE) Programs. 🤝 Alongside Melinda Fruendt, the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation and Rachel Hoard, the Supported Employment Program Manager at the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, these three experts really hit home the ways VR & IPSE programs can work together to increase competitive and meaningful career opportunities. What a perfect month to present this important information - #NDEAM. Here at Think College, have a variety of valuable resources on how VR can support college students with intellectual disability. Get started learning more at thinkhighered.net or at the link in our bio. #ThinkHigher #ThinkCollege #THTC #IPSE #VR #CSAVR

The Elevate program at North Carolina State University is hiring for a variety of open positions in their program, including an Academic Access Coordinator, a Campus Community Engagement Coordinator, and others! Check out these openings, as well as job openings for #IPSE programs across the country on the Employment Opportunities page on the Think College website: https://lnkd.in/dKVR34xg Does your program have openings? Send them our way at thinkcollegeTA@umb.edu! #NowHiring #EmploymentOpportunities #InclusiveHigherEd #IPSEJobs

Think College team members Dr. Belkis Choiseul-Praslin and Dr. Mindy Lingo presented and exhibited at the #DCDT conference in Virginia last week, and were also joined by our Principal Investigator Dr. Meg Grigal for another presentation on data and insights gathered by our #NationalCoordinatingCenter! #FindThinkCollege #InclusiveHigherEd #IntellectualDisability

We are thrilled to share that Think College has been selected to participate in 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 - an incubator program that supports teams across the US and its territories in tackling a problem or gap impacting the health of young people in their community. Led by Think College's very own Chelsea VanHorn Stinnett, PhD, Becca Smith-Hill, and Catherine Smith from CarolinaLIFE, their goal is to conceptualize a solution that supports college students with intellectual disability to develop knowledge of comprehensive sexual health and their sexual rights and responsibilities as healthy and informed campus community members. Read more about this exciting project & opportunity at https://lnkd.in/etkyTGaT!

#FindThinkCollege - We're in North Carolina! Yesterday, Think College team member Susanna Miller-Raines, MSW Miller-Raines was the keynote for Faculty Professional Development at Stanly Community College (SCC), and then did a breakout presentation for faculty on on Universal Design for Learning (UDL). She and our Program Director, Cate Weir, also presented at North Carolina State University for a consultation earlier in the week. October is shaping up to be a busy month for our team - stay tuned to where we head next! #IPSE #HigherEd #ThinkCollege

In light of recent events, we've teamed up with the Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education and the Southeast Postsecondary Education Alliance (#SEPSEA) for the State of the Art #SOTA Conference Silent Auction for #HurricaneHelene and now #HurricaneMilton relief. This fundraiser is to support the students, staff and programs in the #IPSE community affected by the recent hurricanes. Please consider putting together a basket of swag from your regional alliance, state alliance, college or university, program, your local community, or ask your students if they would be willing to donate a piece of art work for the auction! If you aren't able to attend the conference, you can still contribute by scanning the QR code or heading to https://lnkd.in/eDJjTsQp. If you have questions please email susanna.millerraines@umb.edu.

Think College team member, Chelsea VanHorn Stinnett, PhD provided the keynote address at the The University of Alabama's College Prep Summit, where students, teachers, parents, and postsecondary education programs representing five states gathered to promote awareness of inclusive higher education. We are so proud to have Chelsea on our team. It was a great day in Tuscaloosa! #InclusiveHigherEd #ThinkHigher #ThinkCollege

Enhance your skills in supporting internship sites for students with intellectual disability at our Oct 15 webinar. Discover effective strategies and hear from Rachel, who successfully transitioned from an intern to a career in advocacy. #NDEAM #InclusiveCollege #InclusiveHigherEd #InclusiveInternships