014. Advocating for Your Learning Differences In College

14/10/2020 44 min

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Episode Synopsis

Learn how to advocate for your learning differences in college. This is part two in our series devoted to tips for students with learning differences and their families. In this episode, Dr. Beth Dennard is joined by Jennifer Mohr, Bright Futures Educational Consultant in training and the mother of two sons with learning differences (LD). Together, they discuss tips for advocating for your learning differences in college. Access show notes at brightfuturesllc.com/ep14.
Resources:

Get help from a Bright Futures Counselor in assessing post-high school graduation plans.
Schedule your Birkman Assessment to get valuable information about colleges and careers where your LD student can thrive.
Try coping with LD by exercising first thing in the morning with this workout routine from John Rainey, CFO of PayPal.
Check out this amazing memoir of Haben Girma, the first Deafblind woman to graduate from Harvard Law! The story is filled with her accounts advocating for her needs to support her LDs since early childhood.

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