<p>If your child with a diagnosed LD chose a college at least partially-based on the LD services at that college, please tell us about those services. There are so many of us parents right behind you with HS juniors with LDs, putting together The List...</p>
<p>I don’t have advise, but D is freshman, and I share your concerns. Hopefully we’ll get some posts from others who have been down this path.</p>
<p>I think it really depends on what type or how much support the student needs. Many state schools in our area (New England) have decent support. We found a few schools that have specific LD programs with various levels of support for an additional fee. We also found small LAC’s with supportive learning environments. We also found a college that accepts only kids with LD’s.</p>
<p>It’s also important to look at a college’s graduation requirements. Foreign languages are often difficult for LDers. In our case, we needed a school that had a lighter math requirement than some, as that is D’s primary area of disability.</p>
<p>Here is a short list of schools I know of that have fee-based LD programs:</p>
<p>Curry College (MA)
Dean College (MA)
Mitchell College (CT)
U of Arizona
Landmark College (VT) (LD students only, tuition includes services)</p>
<p>I know there are many others!</p>
<p>In our case, we felt that the LAC’s without LD programs couldn’t really offer the support she needs. D fell in love with Dean, but we couldn’t afford it. She chose Landmark who, despite having the most expensive sticker price, gave the best financial aid package and was the lowest net price.</p>
<p>Has your child started at Landmark yet? How does she like it? My LD kid is still in middle school but I’m looking ahead. Thanks.</p>
<p>You should check out the threads in the Learning Differences and Challenges section as this has been discussed multiple times.</p>
<p>D (ADHD, ?mild AS) will be attending Drexel University after doing a gap year at Dynamy in Worcester. We were also impressed with disability services at Leslie University in Cambridge.</p>
<p>Neice with ADHD will be attending University of Arizona in the SALT program.</p>
<p>What kind of learning difference?</p>
<p>It really depends. Has your child been able to self-advocate? Does he/she do well in school? Or is school a struggle? Test well, but have trouble with papers? Math genius, dyslexic? Used to a tough work load?</p>
<p>It’s difficult to know without that kind of information. Every kid is different.</p>
<p>One thing to consider, if you have a bright dyslexic is a college consultant. This is a place where these professionals can be invaluable. We used one. FWIW.</p>
<p>A friend’s son who had a significant language-based learning disability, did really well at Eckerd College. Lots of hands-on learning.</p>
<p>I was going to post earlier but got busy…basically I was going to say the same thing as Poet…it depends on the what the LD is, how much your kiddo has been self advocating and managing on their own and how they have performed (I hate that word but can’t think of another) in high school. And no, S3 will not chose colleges with the disabilities service as a prime attribute. That said, the test optional schools and colleges/unis that are less focused on ACT/SAT will be considered.</p>
<p>OP here. I’m guessing that most of us reading this thread (parents of LD kids) are oh-so well aware that “it depends.” Just wanted to know the name of the school your LD was headed, and if the LD services there impacted that decision. That’s all! Thanks to all who are answering that question.</p>