College for Students with Special Needs

 

 

One of the Special Education Advisory Council parent reps from BV Southwest HS attended a recent College Night for Students with Disabilities.  She graciously shared the following information:

 

CLEAR program at Johnson County Community College (JCCC)

 

• Non-credited, life skills based training
• Most classes cost $5
• http://www.jccc.edu/community-resources/clear/index.html

 

PROPEL program at University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC)

 

• 2 year, full time college experience
• Non-degree; certificate only; I believe a few credited classes are taken and can be applied to a future degree after program completion
• Participate in internships to prepare for future employment
• Can live on campus during second year
• http://info.umkc.edu/propel/propel-program/

 

ACED program at University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC)

 

• Non-credited, independent living/life enhancing training
• 6 week classes; $7 per class; also offered at Avila & Graceland Universities
• Must be a resident of Jackson County
• Sounds similar to CLEAR program at JCCC
• https://ihd.umkc.edu/aced/

 

KU-TPE Program at University of Kansas (KU)

 

• 2 year, full time college experience
• Non-degree; certificate only; I believe a few credited classes are taken and can be applied to a future degree after program completion
• Participate in internships to prepare for future employment
• Able to live on campus, however, students are integrated in with general population as opposed to their own floor, RA, etc.

• http://tpe.ku.edu/

 

 

OUT OF STATE PROGRAMS

 

THRIVE program at University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg (UCM)

 

• 2 year, full time college experience – generally for non-degree seeking students
• Non-degree; certificate only; Any credit classes taken can be applied to a future degree after program completion
• Participate in internships to prepare for future employment
• Students live in dorms on campus; all program participants are on the same floor with student mentors
• $5,000 fee per semester in addition to regular tuition/fees (in-state tuition costs for KC metro)
• https://www.ucmo.edu/thrive/

 

EMPOWER program at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (U of A)

 

• 4 year, non-degree program
• Very new – currently only three students enrolled and only one staff member:  Ashley Bradley ([email protected])
• $5,000 fee per semester in addition to regular tuition/fees (including out-of-state costs, if applicable)
• https://empower.uark.edu/

 

UI REACH program at University of Iowa, Iowa City (U of I)

 

• 2 year, full time college experience – generally for non-degree seeking students
• Non-degree; certificate only; Any credit classes taken can be applied to a future degree after program completion
• Participate in internships to prepare for future employment
• Students live in dorms on campus; all program participants supported by UI Reach trained assistants
• Program has been in existence for 10 years; out-of-state costs apply (currently around $42K a year)
• https://education.uiowa.edu/services/reach

 

GOAL program at University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO (UNCO)

 

• They did not attend but left information
• http://www.unco.edu/unc-goal/