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My grandson is on a IEP and wants to attend college when he graduates, are there any schools in Okla that allow students on IEP'S, you mentioned Community College in one of the forums. Although it would be nice to look at the colleges that do except students but what would the cost be.
Thanks
Jean
Most colleges do not have formal IEP programs, but they all have disability services where if you had an IEP in high school, or otherwise need accommodations, they will get that set up for the student.
All Universites will provide accommodations, however I do not think they can use his actual high school IEP because it is based on the particular school he went to, and the accommodatons he needed there - no two environments are the same, and his IEP only applies to that setting. Colleges do not use IEPs.
The above posters are correct: colleges don't use IEPs-- they may review an incoming student's HS IEP as support for college accommodations, but the accommodations themselves will not be IEPs. The main reason for this is that college is discretionary education for adults where as primary and secondary ed is compulsory education for (generally) minors. Therefore colleges are under no obligation to provide accommodations if the student doesn't come forward with medical documentation evidencing a disability (which is legally defined as a mental or physical impairment limiting 1 or more major life activities), whereas primary and secondary ed schools must evaluate students for IEPs and 504 plans (IEPs are generally for learning disabilities whereas 504s are generally for physical disabilities -- although sometimes the lines are blurred) if there is ANY evidence of a student disability whether the student (or parent) comes forward or not.
Once a college student registers as having a disability with his/her disability services office at the school, the college engages in an interactive process whereby each instructor/professor meets with the college disability coordinator to decide whether the particular accommodation may be made in his/her class or whether such an accommodation represents a fundamental alteration in the particular class or course, ie: the student wants extended to complete assignments whereby the course is a modular peer-assessment setup with students performing group assignments where everyone in the group must maintain a similar pace. Colleges however obligated to adjust their coursework as much as possible to accommodate the disabled student. Once the adjustment/accommodation is approved, the college and the student essentially enter into a contract obligating the college to implement these adjustments or face federal sanction.
I can tell you how it worked with our son. He had an IEP for a learning disability from grades 3-12. When he decided to continue on to college, the high school guidance counselor was very helpful in providing a list of schools with strong support for the learning disabled. During his senior year, the CST rewrote his IEP, changing it to a 504. Their reasoning was that it would be accepted by colleges, whereas the IEP wouldn't.
During registration, he went through the normal channels. The only accommodation made to his selected courses was to switch him into classes taught by native English speakers, so he wouldn't have to worry about deciphering a heavy accent. Then we got word that the Board of Regents was rejecting the 504 plan, and we would have to pay ($500) for them to retest him. He was still deemed eligible for accommodations, so it was worth it.
Besides having help picking professors, he was offered all of his textbooks on tape. I think he took advantage of that once.
Somehow he managed without them, and he did graduated with both a major and a minor completed in 5 years. I thought that was pretty good, because his housemates, without any learning disabilities, took even longer!
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