You are invited to participate in a web tour of the website of the HEATH Resource Center, an online clearinghouse of postsecondary education for individuals with disabilities. The webtour is sponsored by the LRE-Part B Community of Practice. The one-hour tour will be held on Wednesday, June 3, at 3:00 PM ET (2:00 PM CT, 1:00 PM MT, 12:00 Noon PT and AZ).
Dr. Donna Martinez, Director of the HEATH Resource Center will be your tour guide. You will need access to the web site AND a phone line for the auditory part of the tour. There is no cost for the tour. The web address for the HEATH Center is:http://www.heath. gwu.edu/
To register for the tour, click on the link below.
http://www.surveymo nkey.com/ s.aspx?sm= Tt12LAzwzXL_ 2fVYQSB69UUA_ 3d_3d
If you have difficulty with the link, please copy and paste in your browser.
Some information about the HEATH Resource Center………
The Center’s mission and focus:
The HEATH Resource Center is an online clearinghouse on postsecondary education for individuals with disabilities. The HEATH Resource Center Clearinghouse has information for students with disabilities, their families and the professionals20who support and instruct them on educational disability support services, policies, procedures, adaptations, accessing college or university campuses, career-technical schools, and other postsecondary training entities.
The website has information on financial assistance, scholarships, and materials that help students with disabilities transition into college, university, career-technical schools, or other postsecondary programs.
EXAMPLES OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON SITE:
News Blog: In our news section you'll find updates and announcements of special interest relating to postsecondary education, career and technical education, and young adults with disabilities.
RSS: Allows visitors to subscribe and keep up to date with additions made to the site.
Guidance and Career Counselors Toolkit Advising High School Students with Disabilities on Postsecondary Options -- This 192-page resource contains answers to counselors' most frequently asked questions about postsecondary opportunities for students with disabilities. Students and their families are encouraged use the toolkit to help guide their transition planning for college and career.
Modules: HEATH recently published our 14 preparatory, self-directed modules for secondary students with disabilities who are preparing for transition from high school to college. Also available are modules for parents and college/university professionals.
Publications: As a clearinghouse for information, HEATH publishes and disseminates resources related to the preparation an d transition of youth with disabilities into college, career and life in the community. HEATH staff writes many of the articles, invites experts to publish with HEATH, and republishes current articles of best practice.
HEATH also publishes a quarterly newsletter that announces new information, updates in best practices, websites of interest and many other items of interest.
Resources: HEATH's Links pages, organized into 48 different topic areas, provide a wealth of added information gathered from other websites.
THIS SITE SUPPORTS LRE AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
Includes information and resources that help prepare secondary school students and their families for transition from high school to adulthood and inclusion in college, career, and community. The mission of this site is to provide information and resources that all may be included in their postsecondary life.
WHO MIGHT BE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THE RESOURCES ON THIS SITE?
• Youth and young adults with a disability preparing for college or career
• Family members
• School professionals (teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals)
• College/University staff (e.g. disability supports services personnel)
• College/University Professors
• Adults returning to college with a disability (e.g. veterans)
• Friends and others interested in supporting in the community people with disabilities into adulthood.
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