Funding Status. Applicant Info. The coordinating center will provide technical assistance to IHEs that offer comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities, and will work with these programs to evaluate program components and recommend standards for such programs.
Printable view. How Do I Find Information About The UT program is being developed by Liz Fussell at Connections for Disability and Employment; David Cihak, associate professor of special education; and Melinda Gibbons, assistant professor of counselor education. There is no more important work to be done than helping students with special needs improve their life and job opportunities, and this will happen as a result of this program. Cihak said UT plans to enroll eight students the first year with plans to increase the class size by four each year, with the goal of serving 80 students during the five years funded by the grant.
Students will take a mixture of non-graded, traditional college courses and independent study courses focusing on career development, independent living, self-advocacy, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal social skills, as well as participating in a competitive work-based internship.
Students will be encouraged to participate in campus activities. The goals are to help the students develop a social network, learn to live independently and become gainfully employed. Students with intellectual disabilities and autism are able to attend public school through the end of the school year in which they turn 22 years old. However, under the New Tennessee High School Diploma Project, enacted in , these students will not receive a regular high school diploma unless they earn 22 credits and pass end-of-course exams.
In addition, there are peer tutors, students who have previously taken the class, available for support. Students with disabilities need to know that they do not have to disclose their disability to the college.
There are no IEPs, no annual goals, etc. However, it may be beneficial for students to speak with the special services department at college if they think accommodations would be helpful.
Note that, if students do not disclose their disability, they are not entitled to accommodations. If eligible, the student would get a listing of accommodations needed which they could share privately with each professor every semester. If families and students have concerns about transition to adult life, including post-secondary education, they can contact the Parent Training and Information Center in their state.
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