Best Colleges For Students With Physical Disabilities - April 2024

College for Students with Disabilities: We Do Belong

Sharing the personal stories of individuals with disabilities who describe both the challenges and successes of their time in higher education, and with a major section on the findings of broad ranging research into the experiences of such students, the book explores the current situation, what works, and how things can be improved. "You are not college material" or "you don't belong in college" are comments frequently heard by students with disabilities. Despite this, college education is now an expected part of the transition to adulthood for many individuals with disabilities. The book incl... [Read More]

• ASIN: 184905732X
• ASIN: 184905732X
• ISBN: 184905732X
• Brand: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Manufacturer: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

College Success for Students with Physical Disabilities

"College Success for Students With Physical Disabilities" is a college planning guide for students with physical disabilities and chronic medical conditions. Students will learn about their rights under the laws governing education and disability, self-advocacy, choosing a college, how having a physical disability affects admissions testing, the increased responsibilities in college, and how to make sure they get everything they need. The book contains forms, checklists, interviews with other students, advice from college disability services personnel, and profiles of disability-friendly colle... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1593638612
• ASIN: 1593638612
• ISBN: 1593638612
• Manufacturer: Prufrock Press

Accommodations in Higher Education under the Americans with Disabilities Act: A No-Nonsense Guide for Clinicians, Educators, Administrators, and Lawyers

This practical manual offers essential information and guidance for anyone involved with ADA issues in higher education settings. Fundamental principles and actual clinical and administrative procedures are outlined for evaluating, documenting, and accommodating a wide range of mental and physical impairments. Contributors draw upon extensive hands-on experience with managing ADA issues. Throughout, chapters provide helpful diagnostic roadmaps, sample reports, and resource listings. Cutting through the morass of confusion surrounding current disability mandates, this book steers clear of polit... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1572303239
• ASIN: 1572303239
• ISBN: 1572303239
• Brand: Brand: The Guilford Press
• Manufacturer: The Guilford Press

College And Career Success For Students With Learning Disabilities

Offers advice for choosing a college and getting accepted, facing the challenges of coursework, and assessing job options

• ASIN: 0844244791
• ASIN: 0844244791
• ISBN: 0844244791
• Brand: Brand: McGraw-Hill
• Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill

Educating Students Who Have Visual Impairments With Other Disabilities

This product is Out of Print

• ASIN: 1557662800
• ASIN: 1557662800
• ISBN: 1557662800
• Manufacturer: Paul H Brookes Pub Co

Physical Dysfunction Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant

Covering the scope, theory, and approaches to the practice of occupational therapy, Physical Dysfunction Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant, 3rd Edition prepares you to care for adults who have physical disabilities. It takes a client-centered approach, following the latest OT Practice framework as it defines your role as an OTA in physical dysfunction practice. New to this edition is coverage of polytrauma, advances in prosthetics and assistive technologies, and assessment and interventions of traumatic brain injury problems related to cognitive and visual perception. Writ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0323059090
• ASIN: 0323059090
• ISBN: 0323059090
• Brand: Mosby
• Manufacturer: Mosby

Meeting the Needs of Students with Special Physical and Health Care Needs

In addition to providing the most comprehensive coverage of physical and health-related disabilities, this book also demonstrates how these disabilities effect the children and others around them. The author examines the lifelong educational implications of children and young adults with special physical and health needs in a way that is practical, informative, and applicable in today's schools. Both special and general education teachers will find the complete descriptions of each condition and the multitude of teaching tips extremely helpful. Specific intervention strategies for teacher... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0132626012
• ASIN: 0132626012
• ISBN: 0132626012
• Manufacturer: Pearson

Educating Children with Multiple Disabilities: A Collaborative Approach, Fourth Edition

Now in its fourth edition, this highly respected, bestselling textbook gives undergraduate and graduate students up-to-the-minute research and strategies for educating children with severe and multiple disabilities. This popular core text — for 15 years, a staple of teacher training programs in special education and related fields — thoroughly prepares preservice professionals with comprehensive coverage of the topics they'll need to know about. This expanded edition gives readersa new chapter outlining an integrated, collaborative approach to planning, instruction, and alternate assessme... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1557667101
• ASIN: 1557667101
• ISBN: 1557667101
• Manufacturer: Brookes Publishing

Youth Development & Physical Activity: Linking Univ./Communities

Professionals in educational and recreational settings work hard to understand and address the problems faced by underserved youth. Yet the dedicated people in these institutions are often limited in what they can achieve because they tend to remain within the confines of their own work environment rather than sharing their expertise and resources.Instead of accepting this as an unfortunate fact of life, the coauthors of this book see the situation as an opportunity to develop an approach in which the whole is far greater than the sum of its parts. In Youth Development and Physical Activity... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0736001603
• ASIN: 0736001603
• ISBN: 9780736001601
• Brand: Human Kinetics
• Manufacturer: Human Kinetics

How the Student With Hearing Loss Can Succeed in College: A Handbook for Students, Families, and Professionals

• ASIN: 0882002074
• ASIN: 0882002074
• ISBN: 0882002074
• Manufacturer: Alex Graham Bell Assn for Deaf

History of the College for the Deaf, 1857-1907

Hardback book (no dust jacket) titled HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE FOR THE DEAF 1857-1907. See my photographs (3) of this book on main listing page. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-12-top-down-L)

• ASIN: 0913580856
• ASIN: 0913580856
• ISBN: 0913580856
• Brand: Brand: Gallaudet College Press
• Manufacturer: Gallaudet College Press

Division Grade 3 (Kumon Math Workbooks)

Most grade-school workbooks try to cover the full range of topics in one workbook, and as a result do not dedicate enough pages to important mathematical concepts. Kumon's research has found, however, that children find learning easier when they tackle one skill set at a time. With these findings in mind, we designed our newest line of workbooks to help children with one particular mathematical skill set per book.

• ASIN: 1933241551
• ASIN: 1933241551
• ISBN: 9781933241555
• Brand: Kumon
• Manufacturer: Kumon Publishing North America

Teaching Deaf Learners: Psychological and Developmental Foundations (Perspectives on Deafness)

Teaching Deaf Learners: Psychological and Developmental Foundations explores how deaf students (children andadolescents) learn and the conditions that support their reaching their full cognitive potential -- or not. Beginning with an introduction to teaching and learning of both deaf and hearing students, Knoors and Marschark take an ecological approach to deaf education, emphasizing the need to take into account characteristics of learners and of the educational context. Building on the evidence base with respect to developmental and psychological factors in teaching and learning, they descri... [Read More]

• ASIN: 019979202X
• ASIN: 019979202X
• ISBN: 9780199792023
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

Autism & the Transition to Adulthood: Success Beyond the Classroom

Autism diagnoses in young children increased dramatically in the 1990s—and now those children are young adults on the verge of a challenging transition to the real world. Every school and program will be ready to help with this groundbreaking practical guide, straight from the author of the acclaimed bestseller Life Beyond the Classroom and two community-based autism experts.Professionals who work with young adults will get hard-to-find information on how specific social, behavioral, and cognitive characteristics of people with autism affect the transition to adulthood, exploring potential c... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1557669589
• ASIN: 1557669589
• ISBN: 1557669589
• Brand: Brand: Brookes Publishing
• Manufacturer: Brookes Publishing

Further Wellness Issues for Higher Education

This essential resource addresses a range of student wellness issues confronting professionals in college and university settings. Building on Wellness Issues for Higher Education, this latest volume comprehensively covers key topics that not only contribute to students’ success in college, but also help students maintain wellness after graduation. Taking a holistic perspective of wellness, coverage includes numerous issues, including body image, time management, financial wellness, dependence and recovery issues, career planning, and civic engagement. It also addresses ways of organizing ca... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1138101028
• ASIN: 1138101028
• ISBN: 1138101028
• Manufacturer: Routledge

College Success for Students with Physical Disabilities : Strategies and Tips to Make the Most of Your College Experience

"College Success for Students With Physical Disabilities" is a college planning guide for students with physical disabilities and chronic medical conditions. Students will learn about their rights under the laws governing education and disability, self-advocacy,

• UPC: 17250607
• Rating: 4.571

World's Best Physical Therapy Major: 6x9 School Notebook for University and College Students

World's Best Physical Therapy Major: 6x9 School Notebook for University and College

• UPC: 842836410

College for Students with Disabilities - eBook

Sharing the personal stories of individuals with disabilities who describe both the challenges and successes of their time in higher education, and with a major section on the findings of broad ranging research into the

• UPC: 119750841

The College and Career Success Bible for Those with Physical Disabilities, Second Edition : How to Transition from Motivated Student to Happily Employed Graduate

The College and Career Success Bible for Those with Physical Disabilities offers holistic guidance to students with any type of physical disability. The goal is to both enable you to get the most out of

• UPC: 53806956

College for Students with Disabilities : We Do Belong

This book presents a realistic picture of the positive and negative aspects of the transition to higher education as experienced by students with disabilities. It combines findings from special education studies, personal stories from individuals

• UPC: 44977015