Elizabeth featured or writing in the print/online media
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Looking for a comprehensive reference? Read Elizabeth’s third edition, Seven Steps to College Success: A Pathway for Students with Disabilties.
If you prefer listening, you can hear Elizabeth’s interviews on various podcasts. Prefer to watch? Elizabeth offers free videos on Youtube and her two most-popular webinars on demand.
Elizabeth has been featured as an expert in:
- When colleges adapt to meet accessibility needs, they’re met with students who thrive, data show – Fresno Bee
- 10 Things to Know about Attending College With an IEP – Parenting Teens and Tweens
- How to Navigate College Admissions With a Learning Disability – U.S. News and World Reports
- How to Get to College – LAist
- 7 Things Students with Disabilities Should Do When Starting College – Exceptional Needs Today
- In College, Dyslexic Students Often Have To Be Their Own Advocates. How Some Found A Path To Success – LAist
- IEP College: Can Teens Take Their IEP to College? – Raising Teens
- “College is for learning disabled students, too” – New Jersey Family
Excepts from Elizabeth book, Seven Steps to College Success: A Pathway for Students with Disabilities, have been featured in Attention Magazine.
Elizabeth has written for these platforms and organizations:
- “Knowledge Is Key to Successful College Transition” – The Examiner, International Dyslexia Association
- “Disclosing Disabilities in College” – JED Foundation
- “My Child Is Going to College! How Can We Make Sure He Stays There?” – ADDitudemag.com
- “Will My Child Have an IEP in College?” – Additudemag.com
- “College Accommodations Aren’t Like High School Accommodations” – ADDitudemag.com
- “11 Steps To Remedy College Reading Challenges” – ADDitudemag.com
- “My Child Is Going to College! How Can We Make Sure He Stays There?” ADDitudemag.com
- “Busting College Admissions Myths” – Grown & Flown
- “Choosing a College: How to Help Kids Weigh the Options” – Understood.org
- “My teen has a learning disability. Should he go to college? “- Grown & Flown
- “Do 504s look better than IEPs when students apply to college?” – Understood.org
- “11 Steps to Help College Students with ADHD Create a Time Management System” – Understood.org
- “How to Have a More Successful Semester at College this Fall” – Beyond Booksmart
- “Preparing for College with Dyslexia” – Child Mind Institute
- “8 Simple Ways Parents Can Teach Kids to Get Organized” – Time.com
- “What Students with ADHD and Their Parents Should Know About College” – Attention
- “College Accommodations and COVID-19: How to Prepare for the Fall Semester” – National Center for LD
Excerpts from Elizabeth’s book, Seven Steps to College Success: A Pathway for Students with Disabilities, have appeared in Attention, CHADD’s journal.
ARTICLES FOR PROFESSIONALS
- “17 tips to Share with Students with Disabilities Interested in College” – Journal of College Admission, Spring 2023
- “Transition to College: Helping Students With LD and ADHD” – NASP Communiqué, January/February 2014, Volume 42, Number 5
- “Dispel the Myths: How School Counselors Can Help to Prepare Students with Disabilities for College” – ASCA School Counselor, May/June 2014, Volume 51, Number 5
- “Nine Strategies to Improve College Transition Planning for Students with Disabilities” – Teaching Exceptional Children, January/February 2014, Vol. 46, No. 3, 53-59
- “Learning Disability Documentation Decision Making at the Postsecondary Level” – co-author with Joseph W. Madaus and Manju Banerjee, Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, August 2010 vol. 33 no. 2 68-79
- “Helping Your Students with Disabilities During Their College Search” – Journal of College Admission, October 2009
OTHER ARTICLES
Elizabeth is a columnist for Disability Compliance for Higher Education.Contact Elizabeth to obtain a pre-publication copy of any of the columns listed below:
- “Consider a transition program for new students – Part 2” – July 2024
- “Consider creating a transition program for new students” – April 2024
- “Help students learn effective study strategies” – January 2024
- “What the research can tell us about student success predictors” – October 2023
- “An expert’s tips on notetaking: Implications for students receiving accommodations” – July 2023
- “Make the intake meeting an inroad to a less stressful college transition – April 2023
- “Use your office’s website to educate students and families” – January 2023
- “Partner with Admissions to address student concerns – October 2022”
- “Use social media to help your office connect with students” – July 2022
- “Consider creating student ambassador positions to improve student experience” – April 2022
- “Consider adding coaching services – January 2022
- “Provide your students with job opportunities through the Workforce Recruitment Program – October 2021
- “Review how our pandemic strategies can keep improving equity” – July 2021
- “Tweak your office’s site to encourage students to register, Part 2” – April 2021
- “Tweak your office’s site to encourage students to register, Part 1” – January 2021
- “Connect with Faculty and Staff to Positively Influence Campus Culture” – October 2020
- “Help professors direct students to the DS office” – July 2020
- “Tips to make dual-enrollment programs run smoothly” – April 2020
- “Partner with admissions to educate students about disability services” – Jan 2020
- “Consider a pre-orientation program’ – October 2019
- “Collaborate to support students with ADHD” – July 2019
- “Use your office’s website to counter myths for prospective students” – April 2019
- “Help students with ADHD understand alternative treatments” – January 2019
- “Help Students Make Informed Choices About Treatments” – October 2018
- “Help Students with Job-Related Skills” – July 2018
- “Help Students in their Career Search” – April 2018
- “Help Students Get and Keep Work-Study Jobs” – October 2017
- “Provide Training to RAs” – July 2017
- “Talking to Students about Alternative Accommodations” – April 2017
- “Helping students by easing the whole family in the college transition process” – January 2017
- “Engage parents to help students make a successful transition – October 2016
- “Help your students use effective study strategies” – July 2016
- “Are academic accommodations all students need” – April 2016
- “Enlist others to persuade students to register with DS” – January 2016
- “Encourage students to register with your office” – October 2015
- “Help students make connections” – July 2015
- “Factors Affecting Student Retention” – April 2015
- “Help Students Organize Electronic Information” – January 2015
- “Students with Executive Functioning Weakness Should Start the Semester with a Plan” – October 2014
- “Understanding Disorders in Executive Functioning” – April 2014
- “Help Students with ADD Make Good Choices” – January 2014
- “Gain a Better Understanding of ADD So You Can Help Students” – October 2013
- “Help Your Students to Use Their Time Effectively” – July 2013
- “Help your students strategize about their math courses” – April 2013
- “Practical suggestions can help students struggling with math” – January 2013
- “Prep programs help students with disabilities make the transition to college” – October 2012
- “Take cues about orientations from institutions across country” – July 2012
- “Teach students strategies to improve academic performance” – April 2012
- “Accommodating students with dyslexia well requires multipronged approach” – January 2012
- “Learn to decode students’ reading test scores” – September 2011
- “Dyslexia presents a wide variety of challenges for students” – May 2011
- “Screening helps identify source of students’ problems” – January 2011
- “Follow these tips and warnings for managing student note-takers” – September 2010
- “Understand how to handle note-taker requests” – April 2010
- “Use research to explain why students need extra time on tests” – January 2010
- “Be consistent in evaluating documentation, but flexible in providing accommodations” – October 2009
- “Shift focus from diagnoses to how disabilities may impact students” – July 2009
- “Use multiple sources to obtain sufficient ADD documentation” – April 2009
- “Use common sense, flexibility when evaluating students with LD” – January 2009
- “Deal with spotty documentation through individualized decision-making” – October 2008
- “Keep up with new technologies to ensure good services for your students” – July 2008
- “Learn from others’ experiences to handle OCR investigations” – March 2008
- “Reduce anxiety by understanding OCR process” – January 2008
- “Educate prospects, parents about differences between K-12, college” – October 2007