Provide an open and vibrant network for stakeholders to share opportunities, promote constructive ideas, and where needed express concerns, so that our students maximize their education experience.
Help parents gain insights to the special education system at Hinsdale Central High School and enable their students to gain the most from their experience as citizens of our communities
Share information that affects our students as consumers of the special education program at Hinsdale Central.
This guide helps parents and students better understand the challenges facing college students and to evaluate where additional support may be beneficial.
Excellent resources, questions and ways to conceptualize challenges.
If you missed last year's excellent Special Education Parents Network November meeting, we have attached Dr. Stefani and Ms. Speizman's power point, "Executive Function Problems in Children: Understanding and Dealing with the Deficits" for your viewing pleasure. See the link below.
Post-Secondary Information for Students with Special Needs1
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Colleges That Change Lives, Inc. (CTCL) is a non-profit organization supporting the goal of each student finding a college that develops a lifelong love of learning and provides the foundation for a successful and fulfilling life beyond college.
Colleges with Programs for Students with Special Needs This very helpful site lists a number of colleges with programs. Go on the site and then click the college. Doing so will bring you right to the school sight whic details requirements and protocol for admissions.
1 The information on this webpage is to help aggregate best insights available on the web on the process of post-secondary planning for students with special needs. It is the product of input of parents and others, some but not all of whom are connected to Hinsdale Central. Please let us know if you have a resource you'd like to share.
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