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

Why College? Florida Consortium On Inclusive Higher Education

Getting a Life An Adult Life A job with benefits!

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 www.FCIHE.com Website

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.

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

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

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

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

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

What Does it Take to Go to College?

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

What’s in it for Families? www.FCIHE.com What’s in it for Families?

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

$7,000 Annual Student Scholarships

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: 407-823-1098 UCF: kathleen.becht@ucf.edu USFSP: lroberts@usfsp.edu jknab@usfsp.edu FIU: riestrad@fiu.edu FSCJ: denise.giarrusso@fscj.edu www. FCIHE.com