MGMom

Curry College in Milton, MA. First LD program in the country - 1970; called "PAL" - Program for Advancement of Learning. Wonderful support and great community.

Link to one of the pages on PAL: http://www.curry.edu/Academics/LD+Program+%28PAL%29/

Curry is an up and coming small liberal arts college in Boston suburb (about 1900 undergrads). Great programs in Criminial Justice, Visual Arts, Management, Psychology, Nursing and Communications (includes Radio and TV), and the traditional liberal arts.

nyc

I wonder about the relationship b/w the "good" LD prgms and the extra expense of such prgma. Some colleges charge as much as $5k per sem for their special LD prgms/services.

nikrud

I have 2 friends with daughters currently at University of Dayton. Both girls are LD...one much more so than the other. They rave about the support, but have also had to keep tabs themselves to make sure the girls kept taking advantage of all that is there. One (with the more extensive LD) is rising senior, slated to graduate on time with pretty decent grades. I think the student body is roughly 9,000. It is private - catholic, and fromwhat I've observed has a close knit community going for it as well.

ARobertson

It really depends on how much support you're looking for, but here are some schools with great LD programs in the Northeast: Landmark (VT), Curry (MA), Davis & Elkins (WV), Fairleigh Dickinson (NJ), Mitchell College (CT), New England College (NH), Univ of New England (ME)

ClaySoul

Tulane has a fantastic Disability Support Services department.

I go to Brown now and I have found the DSS Department less than satisfactory.

juniorparent

Hi,

Is anyone familiar with this program for LD students?

lesmizzie

^Ive heard of it...Im really looking into Curry...im a boston visitor very often..

joandag

Has anyone had experience with this small 4 year accredited college exclusively for LD students? Would like to hear some feedback as parents of a student who has attended Landmark College in VT for two years now.

SlitheyTove

In this article Photos: 25 Colleges That Might Be Right for You - Newsweek, the 4th school mentioned is U Pitt, called out as a good fit for students with learning disabilities.

positivethinker

Does your daughter have ADHD?

alwaysanobie

My son has ADHD inattentive type & we did a ton of research on this issue since he just graduated & is starting college this fall (Aug. 2010) We stuck pretty much to the east coast, so I'm sure I'm leaving out a ton of great places, but here are the ones we thought were the best: UNC Chapel Hill, NYU (which is where he will be going), UConn (fantastic LD program), BU, Pitt, Temple, Clark & Ohio Wesleyan. We used Petersen's Guide to Colleges for Students w/Learning Disabilities & found that very helpful. My son is also doing the Landmark College Summer Transition Program, which sounded like a good investment.

toledo

I've posted these lists in the past, but it's been a while and I don't want them getting lost. Many of the schools have already been mentioned here.

From the Fiske Guide:

Major Us-American, U of Arizona, U of Colorado-Bolder, Clark, UConn, U of Denver, DePaul, Fairleigh Dickinson, U of Georgia, Hofstra, Northeastern, Perdue, RIT, Syracuse, and U of Vermont

Small schools-Bard, Curry, Landmark, Loras, Lesley, Manhattanville, Mercyhurst, Mitchell, Muskingum, New England College, Univ. of New England, St. Thomas Equinas (NY), Westminster (MO), and West Virginia Wesleyan

From Princeton Review's Guide (AKA K&W Guide):

Adelphi University (NY)
American International University (MA)
American University (DC)
Augsburg College (MN)
Barry University (FL)
Beacon College (FL)
Brenau University (GA)
College Misericordia (PA)
College of Mount St. Joseph (OH)
Curry College (MA)
Davis and Elkins College (WV)
Dean College (MA)
Dowling College (NY)
Fairleigh Dickinson University (Florham and Metropolitan Campuses, NJ)
Finlandia University (MI)
Florida A&M University (FL)
Gannon University (PA)
Georgian Court College (NJ)
Hofstra University (NY)
Iona College (NY)
Landmark College (VT)
Long Island University-C.W. Post (NY)
Loras College (IA)
Louisiana College (LA)
Lynn University (FL)
Manhattanville College (NY)
Marist College (NY)
Marshall University (WV)
Marymount Manhattan College (NY)
Mercyhurst College (PA)
Missouri State University (MO)
Mitchell College (CT)
Mount Ida College (MA)
Muskingum College (OH)
National-Louis University (IL)
New Jersey City University (NJ)
Notre Dame College (OH)
Northeastern University (MA)
Reinhardt College (GA)
Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)
St. Thomas Aquinas College (NY)
Schreiner College (TX)
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (IL)
University of Arizona (AZ)
University of Denver (CO)
University of Indianapolis (IN)
University of the Ozarks (AR)
Ursuline College (OH)
Vincennes University (IN)
Waldorf College (IA)
West Virginia Wesleyan College (WV)
Westminster College (MO)

toledo

Is there any way you could list their recommendations, similar to what I've listed above?
I'd love to see what they recommend.

onmyway112

Thanks for posting the above info. I have been doing the same search and found the same information.

I hope cc users continue to post good info on this subject. It is so valuable to have a roadmap to help navigate.

embroidery4

My Son has Aspergers..he's a good student 3.4 but stresses on ACT/SAT exams and scores low... The so called GOOD schools would not even talk to me on the phone with too low scores... they were pleasant. Living on the east coast I would NOT send him to a city school... and we live in NJ between NYC and PHILLY.. SO far he's applied but the stats are NOT accurate for any of the schools he applied to.

ANYONE know of schools the student got IN with good GPA but low ACT (22)... I know Marshall will probably take him but its to far and thwy only take 20 Aspergers student in their program.

TIA