What Happens to Your Student's IEP After High School? - Episode 972
Your student has an IEP all the way through high school. Then they graduate — and it doesn't go with them. Dr. Toby Tomlinson Baker was diagnosed with a learning disability in 1987, attended six different schools between kindergarten and twelfth grade, and was told by her guidance counselors not to bother applying to college. She has a PhD. In this episode she explains what actually changes the day a student walks off a high school campus, why the accommodations you fought for don't automatically transfer, and how to teach a student to ask for what they need before anyone makes them.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- What legally changes when a student moves from high school to college — and why a university can say no
- Why self-advocacy is a skill you teach, not a personality trait a student either has or doesn't
- What Dr. Baker found when she interviewed college professors about disability law for her dissertation
- Why the accommodation that helps one student usually helps the whole class
- The one thing that predicts whether a struggling student turns a corner
Full show notes, resources, and the complete transcript: https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e972
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SPONSORED: Ellis, a program of Children's Health Council, sponsored this episode. All opinions are my own and that of the guest.
Show Sponsor: Ellis, a program of Children's Health Council, sponsored this podcast episode. All opinions are my own and that of the guest. Ellis pulls from a knowledge base on content from trusted partners like CAST, CASEL, Understood and others, and gives you evidence-aligned ideas for students who are struggling with learning, behavior, or the emotional side of school (but not clinical advice). If you've got a student (or two) who you can't stop thinking about, try it and see what it brings you. No personally identifiable student information is collected, and it is a much better place to start than "brainstorming" with your general-purpose AI chat tool. Try Ellis today: https://www.coolcatteacher.com/ellis
