The K&W Guide to Colleges For Students With Learning Disabilities or Attention Deficit Disorder, 6th Edition (Princeton Review: K & W Guide to Colleges for the Learning Disabled) [Paperback]

Marybeth Kravets (Author), Imy Wax (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 11, 2001 | Series: Princeton Review: K & W Guide to Colleges for the Learning Disabled

Hundreds of thousands of students with learning disabilities head to college every year, and many challenges lie ahead of them. Aside from coping with difficulties in learning, students and their families face the daunting process of searching out the right school for their specific needs.

This indispensable resource includes:

• Advice from specialists in the field of learning disabilities
• Learning-disabled programs’ admission requirements and graduation policies
• Services available at each school: tutors, note-takers, oral exams, extended test time, and more
• Information on the level of support services provided at each school
• Policies and procedures regarding course waivers or substitutions
• Names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of program administrators at each school
• Strategies for finding the right program for each student’s needs

In addition to the 339 schools profiled, a Quick Contact Reference List provides essential program information for another 1,000 schools.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"It is a pleasure to recommend this book."
-- ANNE FORD, National Center for Learning Disabilities

"Recommended."
-- Library Journal

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Hundreds of thousands of students with learning disabilities head to college every year, and many challenges lie ahead of them. Aside from coping with difficulties in learning, students and their families face the daunting process of searching out the right school for their specific needs.

This indispensable resource includes:

? Advice from specialists in the field of learning disabilities
? Learning-disabled programs? admission requirements and graduation policies
? Services available at each school: tutors, note-takers, oral exams, extended test time, and more
? Information on the level of support services provided at each school
? Policies and procedures regarding course waivers or substitutions
? Names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of program administrators at each school
? Strategies for finding the right program for each student?s needs

In addition to the 339 schools profiled, a Quick Contact Reference List provides essential program information for another 1,000 schools.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 800 pages
• Publisher: Princeton Review; 6th edition (September 11, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375762205
• ISBN-13: 978-0375762208
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.8 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,107,270 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very basic information re: only a relatively few colleges, February 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The K&W Guide to Colleges For Students With Learning Disabilities or Attention Deficit Disorder, 6th Edition (Princeton Review: K & W Guide to Colleges for the Learning Disabled) (Paperback)

I had hoped that _The K&W Guide to Colleges: For Students with Learning Disabilities or ADD_ would be useful in selecting an appropriate college for an LD kid. Unfortunately, it was not.

On the plus side, it contains basic information in an easy-to-use format. However, that positive is outweighed by the negative: it seems to only sample a few of the many colleges and universities in the US. E.g., UC-Berkeley is included but UC-Davis is not. (Most UC campuses, like most colleges and universities, are not.) However, the services provided at UCD are similar to those at UCB. Similarly, USF and USC are included but Mills College and Stanford are not, although the schools that are excluded seem to have the same kinds of services as those that are included. The same pattern occurs among two-year colleges.

I could find no explanation of why any given college was included or excluded. Without such understanding, the book seems like a random collection of colleges with very basic information about what types of services each provides. I don't see how it is helpful in selecting a college for someone with an LD or ADD unless you've already determined which colleges you'd like to attend and are fortunate enough to have all those colleges included in this book. Even then, most the information in this book would be readily available on most colleges' web sites, along with a wealth of useful information about accommodation that's not included. Therefore, I think that for most LD or ADD students, this book is not very helpful.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Guide for Parents of LD kids, February 4, 2002

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Patrick Richie (Danville, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The K&W Guide to Colleges For Students With Learning Disabilities or Attention Deficit Disorder, 6th Edition (Princeton Review: K & W Guide to Colleges for the Learning Disabled) (Paperback)

I found this guide to be just what I was looking for. By reviewing the admissions procedures for LD kids, and seeing the number of staff a university devotes to assisting students with disabilities I am able to direct my son to schools that can best help him. I was very encouraged to find the University of Arizona and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill among major colleges with strong programs. I bought a second copy to give to our high school.