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Supporting Neurodiverse College Student Success
eBook - A Guide for Librarians, Student Support Services, and Academic Learning Environments
ISBN/EAN: 9781538137383
Umbreit-Nr.: 214627
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 312 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 12.11.2020
Auflage: 1/2020
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p><span>The basic premise of neurodiversity is that there is no normal baseline for brain processes, but that all individual brains vary and therefore are diverse. The CAST organization estimates that 11% of college students enrolling in post-secondary campuses having a learning disability or learning difference. As neurodiverse students enroll in post-secondary education, the environments within which these students learn, can either support or impede their ability to succeed. Simply put, a neurodiverse campus population means that educators recognize that all students process and learn differently and must adapt our approaches and services in order to reach and support all students enrolled on our campuses.</span></p><p><span>Neurodiverse students are a growing population on todays college campus. Their growing presence prompts new approaches to support their success and change traditional student services and collegiate experiences.</span></p><p><span>This practical guide:</span></p><ul><li><span>Assists readers in better understanding neurodiverse students and the way campus services can create welcoming environments</span></li><li><span>Explores the role Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Executive Functioning (EF) plays in student success, and</span></li><li><span>Focuses on specific collegiate offices and services that effectively address the needs of neurodiverse learners.</span></li></ul><p><span>Chapters cover tutoring, learning supports, academic coaching, academic advising, career services, residential living, and classroom experiences that impact and assist neurodiverse college students.</span></p><p></p>
- Kurztext
- <span>The growing population of neurodiverse college students prompts new approaches to support their success and change traditional student services and collegiate experiences. Chapters cover tutoring, learning supports, academic coaching and advising, career services, residential living, and classroom experiences that impact and assist these students. </span>
- Autorenportrait
- <p><span>Elizabeth Coghil</span><span>l has served as the inaugural director of the Pirate Academic Success Center at East Carolina University for the past eleven years. An experienced higher education administrator, her research and practice interests focus on the academic and social success of marginalized student populations: neurodiverse learners, students of color, first generation, economically disadvantaged, and military affiliated students. Dedicated to the academic achievement of collegiate students, she is an early adopter of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) techniques imbedded within a learning center. She has over 25 years of experience in higher education in learner support services, academic advising, registrar, systems training, career development, and admissions.<br><br></span><span>Jeffrey Coghil</span><span>l is outreach librarian and director of Eastern AHEC Library Services since 2009 at Laupus Library at East Carolina University. From 20012009, he was collection development librarian at Laupus. As the outreach librarian, C helps healthcare professionals find the best information so they can help their patients get better.</span></p>