This document summarizes a presentation on supporting students with disabilities transitioning to college. It discusses: 1. Academic and soft skills that can positively or negatively impact successful transition for foster care youth with disabilities, including time management, organization, self-advocacy, and social competence. 2. Special considerations for these students as they manage disabilities while developing skills, including uneven mastery and potential for mental health crises. 3. Resources for developing skills, including websites that provide behavior and social skills materials, curriculum for social-emotional learning, worksheets for time management and goal setting, and tools for managing ADHD. 4. Shifts in higher education disability services, such as first-year

1. Presenter Information
Stephanie Dawson MSW, LSW, LCDCIII
Coordinator of Disability Services
Miami University Regionals
Hamilton Campus
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2. • Increase awareness of essential academic and soft
skills to support successful transition.
• Identify and discuss practical tips and resources to
facilitate skill development.
• Highlight shifts in higher education disability service
delivery and discuss their impact on transition .
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3. What skills are
common among foster
care youth with
disabilities that
positivelypositively impact
successful transition to
college?
What skills are
common among foster
care youth with
disabilities that
adverselyadversely impact
successful transition to
college?

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Academic Skills
• Time/Task Management
• Organization
• Effective Use of Technology
• Critical Reading
• Essay Writing
• The case for Senior Math!!!!
Soft Skills
• Self Advocacy
• Social Competence
• Appropriate Use of
Technology
• Conflict Resolution
• Self-care

5. • Students are managing disability impairments while working to master skills.
• Areas will have uneven mastery based upon disability characteristics.
•Mental health crises at peak points of transition.
•Adequate to attention to all disability needs.
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6. LD Online http://www.ldonline.org/indepth/behavior
This website has a comprehensive behavior & social skills resource section. It includes
multimedia resources, journal articles and web links. The sites active forum feature is a
useful tool for problem solving and practical “homegrown” tips.
The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
http://casel.org/why-it-matters/what-is-sel/
Full social competence training curriculum for K-12 students. The five competencies can
serve as a general framework for consideration when assessing student needs.
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7. University of Redlands Academic Skills Worksheets
http://www.redlands.edu/student-life/7266.aspx
This is a nice one stop resource for a variety of worksheets that assist students with goal
setting, time management and other important skills for successful transition. Worksheets
are useful in the introductory stages of skill development.
ADHD Success Network Workshop
http://www.adultaddsuccesstools.com/
Online store with a variety of high and low tech tools to assist student with managing ADHD
symptoms. College Student Smart Planner is a great tool that can be used for
organizational coaching activities.
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8. • Program Model vs. Service Model
• First Year Experience Courses and/or Cohorts
• Structured Learning Assistance
• Academic Coaching
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9. The
Service
Shift

10. {Thank You }