College for L/D

Curry College in Mass., and Lesley College in Mass. have programs for LD students; also look at this site on the Yellow pages.

We’re not quite there yet, but a professor I work with and who knows my children highly recommends Landmark College - in CT I believe. I haven’t checked it out myself yet though.

this has come up a few times on the boards-try the parents forum

The LD in depth location has a section titled postsecondary education. There are many articles that will give you ideas about how to look and where and how to prepare your son to be successful. When you locate schools on the internet look for their special education (disabled student) department and the kinds of services they provide.

Thank you to everyone who sent an answer to my question about college for l/d. I will follow up on all your suggestions

Lots of state universities (depending on the state) have excellent LD services, community colleges in particular. LD students can get free tutoring, test accomodations, note-takers, etc. Landmark is probably excellent, but the tuition is upwards of $35000 annually.

We plan to keep our son in a private school for kids with LDs through high school, but haven’t made up our minds about college yet. At some point we think that maybe he’s got to try to assimilate. In some ways it’s like parenting a deaf child. You want them to be in a safe, comfortable enviroment with people just like them, but at some point the real world intrudes and they’ve got to be ready for it.

I did find a Peterson’s guide to Colleges with Programs for Students with Learning Disabilities…, fifth edition dated 1997 at a discount book store. There may be an updated version and if you spend enough time on their website (petersons.com) they may have listings there too. The book has over 1000 colleges, both 2 yr and 4 yr.

Go ahead and look at colleges. Peterson’s is a good standard guide for all colleges. It’s worth buying a new Peterson’s for the year; look at their own website or at Amazon.

However, a reality check: designing roller coasters is engineering. One of the definitions of a professional, particularly in engineering, is that if he makes a mistake, people get killed. You don’t want roller coasters to break. Therefore, this kind of career requires very good and very very accurate math, accurate detail work, and clear writing skills. Depending on your son’s LD, this may or may not be a realistic goal.

well- ARITHMETIC can nicely be done using excel, calculators, abacusses (abacii? :D) the thing that is important is to be strong viusally/spatially- which has NOTHING to do with auditory processing last time I looked! Most engineers are so darn non verbal anyway(coming from a engineer who is married to an engineer, and who teaches engineers)

I’m not certain how much employment lies ahead in the design of roller coasters alone but what a fascinating interest he has! There are many things that go up and down, elevators, escalators, machinery etc. etc. He might be able to broaden his goal to include other things that would widen his employment opportunities.

I always recommend the K&W Guide To Colleges for Students With Learning Differences as a good place to start checking out colleges. It’s always available in any good book store or library.

Good luck!

This is a great resourse for Ld and college
http://www.dyslexia-adults.com/a16.html