Transition from Secondary to Post-Secondary

Transition from Secondary to Post-Secondary Education *

Disability Services coordinates accommodations for students with documented disabilities. Its main purpose is to provide reasonable academic accommodations and to assure access to programs and activities that promote a supportive learning environment while enabling students to achieve their educational objectives.

SECONDARY	POST-SECONDARY
1. Student rights covered under IDEA.	1. Student rights covered under ADA and 504
2. District responsible for providing evaluation	2. Student responsible
3. Evaluation- child scale i.e. WISC	3. Evaluation- adult scale i.e. WAIS
4. Individualized Education Plan (IEP) created by team approach	4. No individual plan. Educational plan created by student and advisor
5. District responsible for implementation of plan.	5. Student responsible to self-disclose disability and request accommodations
6. District must prove plan is appropriate	6. Student responsible to notify college if there are problems
7. Curriculum can be fundamentally altered	7. Curriculum content cannot be altered
8. Parents actively involved	8. Parents have access to information only with student's consent

* Pennsylvania College of Technology. Academic Support Services. March 2000

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