Services and Benefits
Learning Specialists
Upon acceptance into the CASE program, each student is assigned a Learning Specialist. These specialists work with each student to:
- Identify the student's strengths, interests, and career goals
- Coordinate services and supports to meet the student's individualized needs
- Guide the student in making informed decisions and being pro-active
- Provide strategies to develop skills in time management, organization, and planning
- Develop and facilitate weekly student appointments and monthly Wraparound Team meetings
- Connect the student with community and campus internships to build job skills
Other Services and Benefits Provided by CASE
- Serving as an additional campus point person who understands students with disabilities
- Assessing the student's strengths, needs, and potential stress behaviors
- Acting as liaison to the campus Student Disability Services office
- Collaborating with the student to develop a Wraparound Team
- Preparing individualized monthly written reviews, called Wraparound Plans, for each student's progress, goals, and challenges with guidance from the student and his/her Wraparound Team
- Addressing areas that colleges will not: hygiene, social norms, friendships, etc.
- Coaching and providing supported and strategic education in:
- transitioning from home to campus life
- connecting to appropriate college resources
- managing time and schedules
- incorporating self-management and self-advocacy in everyday campus life
- managing stress and organizational needs
- improving social skills by developing scripts and role-playing
- setting goals: academic, vocations., extracurricular
- Exploring possible career paths through internships related to the student's field of study
- Developing each student's interview skills, resume writing, and applying for internships and/or jobs
- Providing professional development, training, and coaching to university faculty and staff on the needs of students with disabilities.
CASE
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Address
2902 18th St., Lubbock, TX 79409 -
Phone
806.742.4561 -
Email
burkhart.educ@ttu.edu