<p>I would also like to hear some reviews of Summer High School program at Landmark College.</p>
<p>My daughter has a math LD and is not especially good at foreign language. I had her take foreign language at our local CC between 1st and 2d years of college. She is majoring in education so she took ASL, which is allowed at SUNY for ed majors. Otherwise, I’d have had her take Hebrew because I can help her with it and she took it for years in Hebrew school. You only need a C to transfer credits and they don’t factor in to your GPA, at least at SUNY. You do need to get advance permission from your home school…</p>
<p>Despite her LD, she tested in the mid 600’s on her math SAT so she only has to take math for non-math major elementary education majors, which should be easy enough. She tested out of all other math requirements at her school, thankfully or we’d have done the transfer route as well.</p>
<p>Some of you might want to consider this route for those subjects your child has the most trouble with. Another avenue (one I am considering with my Aspie son if he ever decides to go back to college is CLEP testing. My son hates math but will likely score high enough to be exempt from distribution requirements at the type of college he’d attend.)</p>
<p>As for LD programs at schools. I have heard good things about Iona in NY. Its LD program charges extra but the kids get out in 4 years usually so the costs balance out. My friend’s daughter hated Curry and transferred out after one semester. I also know of a kid at Colorado who has pretty severe LDs that his parents denied to the school and used their money to hide (by getting him massive amounts of tutoring as they didn’t need to rely on special ed services like the rest of us).</p>
<p>great place but impossible to get into now…had an increase of thousands of applicants this past fall…my son’s dream college</p>
<p>I am deaf, and have ADHD and also use a medication called Topamax that interferes with language, math and programming skills. I also have some mobility issues. I have been a pain in the side of RIT in Rochester, NY in my opinion but they have done everything and I mean everything to accommodate my needs as a student. The staff and professors are I would say the best in not just the U.S. but the world. I am given the extended time needed and the professors are one on one with all the students not just LD students. I have had my gripes so this is not some advert to get you to go there. The environment is different there since one of our 8 colleges is for Deaf and hard of hearing students like myself. Out of 15,000 plus students about 1,400 are in NTID the Deaf college and also 10% of the student body are from around the world. RIT offers everything pretty much plus a awesome campus and friends and I am an older student of 43 (soon 44). The kids rock! Deaf or Hearing! But if you have disabilities RIT is the place to go for they help you finish.</p>
<p>Schools are not supposed to charge for LD services! That i think is illegal and they get Federal money to pay for many of the programs. You should look into this immediately. I have been to both public and private schools and none have charged me in any state.</p>
<p>I think some schools provide basic services in line with what IDEA requires for free, but also offer additional supports for an extra charge.</p>
<p>I know some schools don’t like LD students (been there) but LD support is part or an education and the IDEA usually and does cover things as I have many problems been to many schools in four different states until I found RIT / NTID which not is only a top university but has a Deaf college and maybe the best LD support I have come across. Unless you have a personal one on one assistant I would think most LD supports are covered.</p>
<p>IDEA has nothing to do with college. Once you graduate, IDEA is no longer there to protect you.</p>
<p>As far as requirements go, I would not count a school out because of their requirements. I am getting substitutions for a couple of classes. Here in PA, the state u’s all require a speech class. I have a monotone, and I also can get brain freeze if I am put on the spot. I don’t mind taking it, but it is not fair for them to grade me on something I can’t help because of my disability. Pass/Fail is fair, that is what they are talking about. It’s like making a person in a wheelchair take gymnastics and then grading them on how well they jumped the horse.</p>
<p>Oh and you can’t tell from the website whether a school’s services department is good or bad. You have to talk to the people. We found out some that sounded good online were really not much at all. And Penn State has a really big services department. Most colleges don’t use those agencies that charge a ton, it’s the parents that hire them, they come from outside. Rutgers has something on campus, but they wean you off them anyway.</p>
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<p>My son attends Muskingum and is in this program. It’s fantastic. Supports, but encourages students to wean themselves from the program when possible/appropriate. He had a 3.4 his freshman year.</p>
<p>My daughter is a junior at the University of Arizona and has done amazing there. She was a part of SALT for the first 2 years and felt she didn’t need it anymore this year and she is right, she got a 3.5 this semester. She has NVLD and ADHD. I will say that she is self motivated and has always gone out of her way to reach out for help/tutoring. At U of A, you need to be proactive, they will not seek you out at SALT. They are there to guide you in the right direction, but you have to be the kind of student to go there for your appointments and for extra tutoring. My friends son was not that kind of kid and he didn’t make it at U of A (failed out) transferred to Lynn University and is doing great, so you have to know your child.</p>
<p>Hi,
I am wondering how the transition to college summer program went for you son. We are considering it for my daughter who will be going to college in the fall. If you don’t mind I would love to hear if it was very helpful and what your son’s experience was.
Thanks</p>
<p>Hello. I would like to know if anyone knows of 4-year colleges or universities that helps students who have a Non-Verbal Learning Disability (NLD/NVLD)? I am person who has NVLD and I am intending on transferring to a university that not only has my major, but also helps people with NVLD. My major is journalism and I want to attend a large university that has the real college experience, a social life, and diversity. I realized that small and medium colleges and universities are not the right fit for me. I currently in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area which is close to the Maryland state border line. I actually live in Maryland and I am close to Washington D.C. The only problem that I have with my NVLD is social skills and social cues. that is all. I want to be in Washington DC metropolitan area. I am intending to go to a college in the Washington D.C.-Maryland border area that has everything that I had listed above. Please assist. Thank you.</p>
<p>What is the SALT program at Arizona? What services are provided/offered?
We are looking for a program for Computer Science or Robotics but need the Executive Function and ADHD help. I think he can get into school but remembering to hand in his homework is another concern.</p>
<p>Hi, I saw your old post that your child was going to attend the Landmark Summer Transition to college program. I am considering sending my daughter and wanted to hear if the experience was worthwhile. Thanks for any advice you can give!</p>
<p>Have you heard anything more about Landmarks’ summer transition program?? My daughter has working memory issues causing reading and logic problems.</p>
<p>I have a with high func. autism. I was told that State schools only look at gpa & legally have to ignore SAT/ACT scores. My son is like yours, high gpa, 3.7, sat & act low average. Most colleges would barely accept him based on those scores.</p>
<p>My advise is to disclose the disability to college, and have the college use a nuerophysch test to figure out the accomodations. The private schools that are the best are too expensive for us. Which is sad.</p>
<p>I don’t think any school legally has to ignore SAT/ACT scores across the board. If they did, they wouldn’t even ask for them. That claim doesn’t make sense.</p>
<p>My daughter, who was diagnosed with NLD in third grade, and is still struggling to keep herself organized, etc… won a Merit Scholarship to Beloit College, based on her strong Critical Reading SAT score. The overall SAT was moderately good, but the Critical Reading score was perfect – nothing wrong. Anyway, in our search for a college for her I checked the Disabilities Services at each school we looked at. The Office of Disabilities Services at Beloit seemed as good as the rest. These are now mandated, so I would think every college should at least say that they do this, but do check them out. At first, my daughter didn’t want to avail herself of any services, but by the end of the first week she arranged for an organizational tutor. She made the Dean’s List in the first semester, and would have the second semester, if there had not been an organizational problem that she didn’t resolve well. Simple communication is often lacking, and I am still telling her to make sure she really does understand, before she decides how to act.</p>
<p>Personally I found attending a community college for the first two years to be the best for me. CC had small classes,many teachers that cared,great academic support programs,and was cheaper.</p>
<p>crazygirl…have you looked at McDaniel in Maryland? I’m not sure how they would address your specific disability, but I believe that for an additional fee, their Office for Students w/ Disabilities offers personalized help. You might want to check that out.</p>