[Ahead_ld] FW: Request for information

[Deborah G. Wilkerson]

Hello fellow LD List serv members 
I received the following request for information from the Lovely state
of GA :-)
Hope you  will all want to share with Martha

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martha Ellen Wisbey [mailto:martha.wisbey at usg.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:28 AM
> To: Deborah G. Wilkerson; buckley at missouri.edu
> Subject:
if folks would respond to me at
martha.wisbey at usg.edu  that would be great! Would you mind posting....I
appreciate all your help!
>
> Debby and Matt:
>
> I need some help. I am not sure if you are aware of how we have
Regent's
> Centers that do evaluation, and research on learning disabilities but
> they
> have served our state and students for the past 15 years. It is an
> incredible service.
>
> I wanted to know how you or any other states help students who come to
> postsecondary schools with learning disorders get the appropriate
> documentation. How do they get the testing done?? -- Do you use a
> referral
> list, does someone on campus do it at a reduced cost, are they on
their
> own to find a provider and you give them what you/they need (the AHEAD
> Guidelines) to receive accommodations in college?? Anything that you
> could
> share would be helpful as we look at other models at other states --
and
> please refer me to colleagues too! Thanks for your time.
>
> P.S. I found your name on the AHEAD LD Special Interets List so I am
> starting with you!
>
> Martha E. Wisbey
> Director of Student Affairs
> Student Affairs
> The Board of Regents of University System of Georgia
> 404/657-1329 phone
> 404/463-0568 fax
> www.usg.edu/student_affairs/
> "Creating a More Educated Georgia"
>
>
>


Martha E. Wisbey
Director of Student Affairs
Student Affairs
The Board of Regents of University System of Georgia
404/657-1329 phone
404/463-0568 fax
www.usg.edu/student_affairs/
"Creating a More Educated Georgia"

 
-----Original Message-----
From: Martha Ellen Wisbey [mailto:martha.wisbey at usg.edu] 
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 11:41 AM
To: Deborah G. Wilkerson
Subject: RE:

Yes, Deborah, that would be helpful and if folks would respond to me at
martha.wisbey at usg.edu that would be great! Would you mind posting....I
appreciate all your help!
On Mon, October 13, 2008 11:13 am, Deborah G. Wilkerson wrote:
> Hi Martha
> Sorry for the delay in replying  last week was a blur ugh !
>
> In VA Documentation is still  provided by the Student  for the most
part
> there are some Private and  very few public schools who offer some
> assistance with obtaining current docs. We have just held a
> Documentation Summit because there is no one "gold standard" for what
> constitutes valid documentation (although we are all in the same ball
> park as it were) across the state and now with some public school
> systems looking at the Summary of Performance as a possible way to
> provide "current" documentation of a disability without including
> testing.  Post Secondary Ed is not looking favorably at that idea
mainly
> because it doesn't provide testing scores, with recommendations from a
> licensed professional, of students in High School as they exit to post
> secondary. It is more of a narrative by both student and Teacher as to
> strengths and weaknesses experienced by the student and observed by
the
> teacher. Not to say this isn't useful it's just not sufficient for
> accommodating the student  in a college setting.
>
> Liz Getzel at VCU is the  lead on this project and you might want to e
> mail her Lgetzel at vcu.edu   the Group VA HELP looked at several models
> and your state was one, of ways to  be more supportive of students who
> find themselves in need of current documentation and no funds to
secure
> it.
>
> Hope this is helpful would you like this posted to the LD List Serv ?
we
> have a great group across the  county who  are members.
> Best
> Debby
>
> Debby Wilkerson, Counselor
> Office of Student Accommodations
> Downtown Campus 160
> 804-523-5972      FAX - 804.371.0070
> Visit me on the Web at-  http://staff.jsr.vccs.edu/dwilkerson/
>
>
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