A Helping Hand: Few Schools Offer Extra Services to Those with Learning Disabilities

Autor/in	Oguntoyinbo, Lekan
Titel	A Helping Hand: Few Schools Offer Extra Services to Those with Learning Disabilities
Quelle	In: Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 29 (2012) 19, S.12-13 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-5411
Schlagwörter	Accessibility (for Disabled); Learning Disabilities; Emotional Disturbances; Emotional Problems; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Attention Deficit Disorders; Mental Disorders; Autism; Higher Education; Colleges; Attitudes toward Disabilities; College Students; School Holding Power; Arizona; Connecticut; West Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Accessibility; Zugänglichkeit; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Gefühlsstörung; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Autismus; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Collegestudent
Abstract	The author reports on few schools that offer extra services to those with learning disabilities. Although a growing number of children are being diagnosed with mental and emotional disorders that prevent them from succeeding in college, such as autism, ADD and ADHD, few colleges have created programs that provide them the help they need to make it in the classroom. The few colleges that do have such expanded programs for students with learning or emotional problems and disabilities are experiencing a huge demand. Universities like Marshall University, the University of Arizona and the University of Connecticut have gained reputations as institutions that go way beyond the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act by offering customized instruction and extra services to learning disabled students to succeed in the classroom and in other arenas like residence halls. These schools provide tutoring, mentoring, social activities and teach living skills to these students. For the few dozen colleges that have these programs, it has been a useful recruiting and retention tool. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10