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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - Congrats on a job well done!! Parents might benefit from information on:

- Kind of testing or other documentation requested by colleges to qualify for services
- Did  you contact disability services offices directly? If so, when in the search process?
- Did your children visit the school of choice more than once?
- What resources did you use to evaluate needed supports for a DC - hiring a consultant
At any point, using a parent FB group, using lists of colleges with good support programs?
- Did your children take the SATs, ACT or apply to test optional schools?
- Did you get testing on adult scales done?

A DD is in the process now for a teen and these are topics that have come up.[/quote]

Ok! 
-Kind of testing or other documentation requested by colleges to qualify for services
One kid got in a couple years ago, is at college now with accommodations. Their disabilities were medical so they just needed a dr's note.
Second kid just got in ED so I have not dug into what this school's office needs yet. That's the next project now that they are in. We got updated neuropsych testing this summer so plan to submit that.

- Did  you contact disability services offices directly? If so, when in the search process?
Actually no we did not. That wasn't my preference and would not be my advice but the kids are adults now so they have to drive it. Neither kid wanted to contact disability offices while looking at schools so we did not. I asked around on social media groups to try to make sure the schools they were interested in weren't horrible for accommodations, but that's all I could do. Kid #1 didn't even want to apply for accommodations. Thought they'd be fine without them. 3 weeks into the school year they realized that wasn't going to work so we scrambled to apply - I helped them to put together the application and helped contact the dr for support. Luckily the school was responsive and the accommodations came through quickly.

Kid #2 also didnt' want to contact disabilities offices during visits despite me suggesting it more than once. So we didn't. This kid knows they need accomms so will be applying. And crossing fingers office is responsive. We did look into things like which schools require langugages as that is a weakness for this kid.

- Did your children visit the school of choice more than once? 
Yes, both visited 2x before applying ED.

- What resources did you use to evaluate needed supports for a DC - hiring a consultant
Both kids worked with a college consultant to manage the process but the one we used wasn't very knowledgeable about supports. So for the second, I hired a second consultant just to advise on schools. But mostly I researched on my own. There's a book that I can't remember the name of and groups of parents on Facebook and here. In the end, it's still hard to tell. Neither kids was a fit for the schools that are known for disability supports (Landmark, SALT program at Ariz etc) because those schools were not an academic fit.

At any point, using a parent FB group, using lists of colleges with good support programs?
not sure I understand this question, but the schools on those lists were mostly not a fit for other reasons.

- Did your children take the SATs, ACT or apply to test optional schools?
They both took the ACT and not the SAT. We got the advice to focus on one test and not the other. One kid did better on practice ACT so focused on that one. The other happened to take the ACT first and did really well so didn't end up needing the SAT. It was so much better not taking both, less overwhelming, less stress.

- Did you get testing on adult scales done?
Yes got an updated neurospsych the summer before sr yr of HS. Some schools require it and some don't as best I could tell so we went ahead and got it done. 
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