Elizabeth C. Hamblet’s Post

Too many people misunderstand what happens with 504 plans at college. I hope you'll find this helpful & share it. Follow me for lots of resources on preparing students with disabilities for successful college transition & for the FACTS about the college disability services system. #DisabilityAccommodations #CollegeMyths #CollegeAccommodations #IEP #SpecialEducation #504Plan

Whether you're parent of a student with a disability or work with them, you must know the facts about the college environment so that you can prepare your student(s) for it. Too many people get bad information or make assumptions, leaving students without the skills they need to make a smooth college transition. I offer two opportunities to learn from me at your own pace on your own time: In "Preparing Students with Disabilities for Successful College Transition," I discuss • the shifts in prevailing laws • how students access accommodations • a few accommodations that are commonly approved and one that isn't • what the law says about disability disclosure in the admissions process • the varying levels of support available In “College Accommodations: What They Are and Why They Change,” I take a deep dive on: • academic accommodations colleges commonly approve or don’t – and why (you might be surprised by what you learn) • what a typical process for registering with disability services involves – the steps involved and the self-knowledge students will need to complete it • the documentation colleges may require (this may also offer some surprises”  Now is a great time to watch, when there's plenty of time left in the school year to get students on the right path: https://bit.ly/ECHNZ1 Contact me for information on how to get a discount: https://lnkd.in/eRtrUNUD #SpecialEducation #IEP #CollegeAccommodations #LearningDisabilities #ADHD #Dyslexia

Join me in two weeks for my only FREE in-person presentation this fall! I'm delighted to be returning to my home library on October 16th at 7 PM to talk about preparing students with disabilities for college. I'll discuss how the laws shift when students transition to college, how the system for accommodations works (and students' responsibilities within it), what accommodations are commonly approved, and more. You don't have to be a Princeton resident or library member to attend!  Registration not required. Get details at https://lnkd.in/gWYZ3qGX #CollegeAccommodations #CollegePrep #LearningDisabilities #ADHD #Dyslexia #DisabilityAccommodations

If you work with students with disabilities, you may find that they or their parents hear all sorts of things about college accommodations that are inaccurate. In this post, hear directly from disability services directors including Association on Higher Education And Disability members Spencer Scruggs, Ann Knettler, Ed.D., Jamie Axelrod, Doris Pierce, Marvin Williams, Paul Harwell, and others about what they often approve or not, and why; what happens when they don't approve something; and what accommodations they think are under-utilized. https://bit.ly/LDBlog112x #DisabilityAccommodations #CollegeMyths #CollegeAccommodations #StudentSupportServices #NeurodivergentAtCollege

Students may wonder whether they have options around disclosing their disability when applying to college/once they're enrolled. In this article for the The Jed Foundation, I tried to answer their questions. https://bit.ly/JEDart1 #LearningDisabilities #ADHDFacts #DyslexiaCollege #CollegeAdmissionMyths

Wondering whether an on-campus or off-campus disability support program would be a better match for your student? On the College Parent Central podcast, Ann-Marie Stripling from Focus Collegiate, Adam Lalor from Landmark College, Brittany Cortinas from University of Arizona's SALT Center and Mary Sokolowski from College Internship Program discussed with their services with Vicki Nelson and me. Watch it (https://lnkd.in/eCMwkryK 0) or listen (https://lnkd.in/eat5D7xD #CollegeSearch #IEP #CollegeAccess #504plan

Most students who register for accommodations at college will be found eligible and (depending upon their requests) be approved for the accommodations they seek. However, this sometimes won't be the case. In this post, I explain why the disability services office might not approve an accommodation and what students should do next. https://bit.ly/LDBlog144x #CollegeAccommodations #LearningDisabilities #ADHD #Dyslexia

"...there is no font that has ever been found to make learning to read any easier or more effective." I just saw that a book publisher is using a specific font in attempt to help people with dyslexia. This is well-intentioned, but while reading involves vision, it is a language-based skill. In this post, reading expert Timothy Shanahan reviews the limited research on special fonts that claim to help students with #Dyslexia. Before your student asks for this as an accommodation, get the facts.

Bought my book but didn't start it yet? Started it but haven't finished? Here's something to give you momentum. On Sunday, October 20th at 2 PM EDT (11 AM PDT), I'll be holding a FREE book club on Zoom. You can ask me YOUR questions from the book.  It doesn't matter whether you've borrowed it from a friend or the library or bought a copy, or whether it's a physical or e-book - you just need to be in possession of a copy. To join me, send me a screenshot of a page, a receipt, a screenshot of the e-book on your device - whatever! Upload at: https://lnkd.in/eiggaQUj If your library doesn't carry it, you can join if you share an image of your request for the library to buy it. (Then others can learn, too!) Want to buy a copy? See code for the discount and other purchase options (including the link and code to get 20% off from Rowman & Littlefield, my publisher) at bit.ly/ECHbook #ParentingBook #SpecialEducationTips #504Plan #IEP #LearningDisabilitiesParent #ADHDParent #DyslexiaParent #CollegePrep

In the J3wish ghetto in Rome this summer, we saw these stolpersteines (stumbling stones) in front of the homes from which J3ws were torn (after being imprisoned there) for transportation to death camps. They're intended to remind people of the horrors that bigotry can bring about. I would much rather talk to you about preparing students with disabilities for college - my favorite topic. But recent events keep bringing me back to what it felt like standing there & in other places that have memorialized these horrors in this way. I apologize for using symbols to spell certain words & names here, but I know trolls & bots search for these terms so they can harass people. I grew up in the 70s & 80s, not that long after the horrors of the Holocaust were revealed. I felt lucky my family had made it here before WWII. At the time, I didn't know how lucky we were, given that the U.S. government didn't do what it could to rescue J3ws even when they knew what was happening in Europe (https://lnkd.in/eWBwR_fV) It starts with a lie told for political benefit – the like the one V@nce admitted he made up about immigrants (https://lnkd.in/ePDSYpXy) & Tr*mp repeated it. They're happy to stoke violence & don't care who is harmed by it. Immigrants are part of what makes this country great - in so many ways. And they also benefit the economy. Know who knows this? Business owners who hire them. Even the conservative Cato Institute agrees: https://lnkd.in/ePjC5KHH On visits to the National Museum of the American Indian, the National Museum of African American History & Culture & the Museum of Chinese in America in NYC, you can see what happens when a dominant group demonizes a marginalizes one for their own political & economic benefit. An example - "When white labor began to organize for higher wages, American capitalists turned to Chinese workers...Labor organizers used ideas of white supremacy to rally the working class...White workers branded the Chinese at as the enemy, accusing them of stealing jobs and being unfit for citizenship." Sound familiar? Know anyone who says they don’t care about bigotry (or they do but they are more concerned about the economy)? One estimate puts the cost of Tr*mp's mass deportation plan (both the literal cost & the economic damage it will do) at at least $315 billion: https://lnkd.in/eiW26X7p For a historical example – the Indian Removal Act cost 10x the initial estimates: https://lnkd.in/ej8YbFea We must stand up to the lies & the bigotry & vote against those who demonize others for their own gain.