After the IEP: College Transition and Success Tips for Parents of Students with ADHD, Learning Disabilities, and Mental Health Conditions

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Discover the secrets to college transition, disability accommodations, and academic success for students with learning disabilities, ADHD, and mental health conditions. Join Dan Jordan, a current therapist at a university and former accessibility coordinator for over a decade, as he provides weekly insider tips and insights to improve your student’s self-advocacy, academic achievement, and personal wellness. Get the essential information you need to navigate the college journey from start to finish. Make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss out!

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Ep. 76 Dad’s Role In College Transition.

May 29 2024 20 mins

Dad's you have a special role to play in your student's college journey and self-advocacy. It's unlike any other role because your connection to your student is uniqe and special. What you bring to the plate is needed for your student's college success and a better college transition. Student's with disabilites like ADHD, learning disabilities, and mental health conditions need pa

Ep. 75 College Transition Tips: 3 Things To Do Now Before High School Graduation.

May 22 2024 16 mins

May is all about getting ready before graduation. Today is about the three things you and your student need to do before they graduate. For students with hidden disabilities like ADHD, learning disabilities, and mental helath conditions, there's a bit more to do before college starts. What are those three things and how do they help with college transition? Well, it's more than bu

Ep. 74 Six College Transition Conversations to Have Now

May 15 2024 18 mins

Getting prepared for college is a huge task. Theres's not just the parctical stuff like bedding, snacks, food, mini-fridge etc. There is also the adult topics to discuss. As a parent of a college student, these topics are critical to have. Why? No regrets. None at all. Even if something happens, which I pray it doesn't, at least you know, as a parent, that you did what you could. I

Ep. 73 College Transition Tips for Parents: 5 Valuable College Policies Your Student Needs To Know

May 08 2024 17 mins

This is the second in a series this month all about copllege transition tips for parents and getting prepared. College transition is hard especially for students with ADHD, learning disabilities, and mental health conditions. Getting disability accommodations is vital as well as maintaining time management and mental wellbeing. What if something goes wrong? I mean really wrong, lik

Ep. 72 College Success: Revealing the Top 3 Areas You Need to Know

May 01 2024 17 mins

accessingcollege.com/college-success-revealing-the-top-3-areas-you-need-to-know/May is College Prep month and I’m kicking it off with an episode to help guide you and your student. If you could only pick three things that would make every student with a hidden disability successful in college, what three things would you pick? If you’ve listened to the podcast for a while, you

Ep. 71 How to Cultivate A Mental Health First Mindset.

Apr 24 2024 21 mins

Everything in college relates to mental health. Here are a few examples. Anxious college students don't study as well and don't remember as much for tests. Stressed students are not as productive and sometimes will put off assignments making stress worse. Depressed students may miss classes which causes secondary anxiety and worry about the work that was missed. That's just the st

Ep. 70 Intuitive Eating Made Easy For ADHD with Rebecca King

Apr 17 2024 35 mins

Today on the podcast, Rebecca King is joining me to talk all things heathy eating and changing your relationship with food to be healthier for those with ADHD. She is diagnosed with ADHD too. Here's what you'll learn on this episode: What are some of the big issues around food and eating for those with ADHD? What is intuitive eating? How does this apply to ADHD? Get prepared for co

Ep. 69 The Best Mental Health Wellness Plan for College Students

Apr 10 2024 22 mins

All the episodes this month are about mental wellness. You will hear me say it over and over again, 'mental health is the foundation upon which everything else is built." It's true. Yet, we all fall off this wagon and it seems harder to do. Truth is, it's simple but simple doesn't mean easy. So, how do we get our student to buy into it and incorporate wellness into thier college t

Ep. 68 The Truth About When Overachieving is A Problem

Apr 03 2024 18 mins

Does your student have a sense of perfectionism? Do they get their self-worth from achieving good grades? Are the involved in a lot of different things? DO they have a type A personality? If so, your student may not be doing as well as it looks on the outside. Your student may be suffering on the inside. Overachievers succeed which can mask the pain inside. The pain becomes evide

Ep. 67 Does My Student Need a New Evaluation? 3 Steps You Need to Know.

Mar 27 2024 24 mins

This podcast will help parents answer the question, "Does my student need a new evaluation and college?" I'll give you a 3 step process to help you determine the best answer to this important question for you and your student's cicumstances. Here are the links to the programs to help you and your student have a successful college transition and make your student into a great self-