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College Transition for Students with LD/ADD

Author:
Joan Azarva

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Date Posted: 10:02:31 09/07/08 Sun

Students with LD are attending college in record numbers, yet their graduation rates are far lower than those their peers. WHY?

It's NOT because they aren't capable! It's because they frequently enter college ill-prepared and with many misconceptions. Then, they inadvertently make poor decisions that sabotage their progress. Before long, they find themselves in a discouraging downward spiral, and many choose to quit, believing they really aren't "college material" after all!! And therein lays the heartbreak.... because very often it's simply not true.

As a College Learning Specialist and the parent of an LD/ADD adult son who graduated college successfully, I am passionate about college success for motivated students with learning differences.

I realized that I often couldn't help students once they were knee-deep in college, so I decided to take a PROACTIVE approach - I wrote a course, CONQUER COLLEGE WITH LD, for high school students and their parents, to prepare students for college's unique challenges. I teach it in the Philadelphia suburbs. THIS IS THE ONLY COURSE OF ITS KIND (as far as I'm aware) and has received EXCELLENT reviews; having both personal and professional perspectives, I am convinced that the content in this course can absolutely make the difference between college success and failure!

I am making my course materials available to those who can't attend for geographical reasons.

Please e-mail me at TransitionSuccess@gmail.com for more info, and I will also send you a paper I include in the course -- "25 RULES OF COLLEGE SUCCESS FOR STUDENTS WITH LD/ADD"

Best of luck - you CAN do it!

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Replies:

Subject	Author	Date
Re: College Transition for Students with LD/ADD	allie wprkman (help)	20:02:04 11/19/08 Wed

Re: College Transition for Students with LD/ADD	Pamela Taulbee	11:29:33 12/23/08 Tue

Re: College Transition for Students with LD/ADD	Jk	04:00:36 06/04/09 Thu