{"id":1420,"date":"2013-07-22T13:54:12","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T20:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/?page_id=1420"},"modified":"2025-10-31T13:15:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T20:15:28","slug":"transition-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/prospective-students\/transition-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"College Transition Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Transitioning from K-12 to Higher Education<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Differences between K-12 and Postsecondary Education\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/parents-and-family\/differences-between-k-12-and-postsecondary-education\/\">Differences Between K-12 &amp; Higher Education<\/a> has in-depth information and resources.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"GEAR Up Transition Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gearup.wa.gov\/file\/preparing-students-disabilities-postsecondary-education-resource-guide-use-gear-school-staff\">Preparing Students with Disabilities for Post secondary Education<\/a>: Resource Guide for use with school staff<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/doit\/college-transition-help-and-finding-right-campus\">DO-IT College Transition Help and Finding the Right Campus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/waped.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JaneJarrowParentLetter.pdf\">Letter to Parents from Jane Jarrow<\/a> (PDF)<\/li>\n<li>Information to assist high school <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solomonadmissions.com\/post\/getting-into-attending-college-for-students-with-disabilities\/\">students with disabilities in their transition to college<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/college.index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">College: Continuing and Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0webpage from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wrightslaw.com<\/a>\u00a0is designed to assist students in all stages of the college planning process.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ldonline.org\/indepth\/college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">College and College Prep<\/a>\u00a0webpage from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ldonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LD Online<\/a>\u00a0provides information specifically for students with Learning Disabilities who are transitioning to college.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Transitioning from 2 year college to 4 year college<\/h2>\n<h3>Disability Services Transfer Check List<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/disability-services-transfer-checklist\/\">Resource for students transferring between colleges who have used accommodations\/services <\/a><\/p>\n<h3>DO-IT Transfer Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/doit\/moving-two-four-step\">Moving On: The Two-Four Step<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/doit\/do-it-2-4-promising-practice-supporting-transitions-two-four-year-colleges\">2-4: A Promising Practice in Supporting Transitions from Two- to Four-Year Colleges<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/doit\/how-can-i-help-two-year-college-student-transition-four-year-school\">How can I help a two-year college student transition to a four-year school?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/doit\/what-challenges-do-students-disabilities-face-they-transition-two-year-four-year-colleges\">What challenges do students with disabilities face as they transition from two-year to four-year colleges?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/doit\/what-can-disabled-student-services-offices-do-help-students-disabilities-successfully-transition-two\">What can disabled student services offices do to help students with disabilities successfully transition from two- to four-year colleges? <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/doit\/what-advice-can-i-give-college-student-disability-promote-their-success\">What advice can I give to a college student with a disability to promote their success?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Additional Transition Resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Succeeding in College and at Work: Students with Disabilities Tell Their Stories\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newenglandada.org\/videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Succeeding in College and at Work: Students with Disabilities Tell Their Stories<\/a>\u00a0Students with disabilities share strategies to successfully stay in school, graduate and get jobs. They discuss their struggles with self-reporting their disability and negotiating accommodations in school and at work.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/doit\/Video\/college.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">College: You can DO-IT!<\/a>\u00a0video presentation, students with disabilities and staff share advice for success in college. It is designed for high school students with disabilities preparing for college. The presentation is open-captioned and audio-described to assure access to the content for viewers who are deaf or blind, respectively (Run Time: ~13:43 minutes).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transitioning from K-12 to Higher Education Differences Between K-12 &amp; Higher Education has in-depth information and resources. 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