College Navigator

Your Donation Will Help to...

prepare a young adult with a disability for college or obtain competitive employment with a transitional assessment to determine skills, abilities, and interests.
offer College Navigator services to a student for an entire semester.
provide a laptop for a college student in the College Navigator program.

The College Navigator Team provided 9,619 Hours of 1-to-1 support to students in-person, remotely, or a hybrid of both.

Since its start in 2018, the College Navigator Program has grown to serve 215 students.

College Navigation can help by:

Providing information to students and their families about what to expect as college students, including their rights and the kinds of resources and supports that might be available to them
Connecting students to on- and off-campus resources and helping them develop their communication and self-advocacy skills
Helping students to develop time-management and planning skills that they will need to be successful in college and in employment
Assisting students with accessing online databases (Blackboard, Moodle, etc.)
Supporting students with getting appropriate accommodations
Teaching students new ways to be social: connecting with friends, writing emails/discussion boards, interacting with peers/professors
Facilitating the student's need to be more self-directed

All services are customized based on the student's individual needs and tailored to their strengths to help them build lifelong skills. We can meet in person depending on geographic location, offer virtual services to students anywhere, or design a hybrid support plan incorporating both types of meetings.

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