Bipolar Disorder, Learning Disabilities and College

momofthreeboys
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 20:49:01 +0000

You do have a rough road ahead. Will you be in the US while he is in college? Statistically he’ll be pretty much the statistical portrait of the vast majority of average college ready students who end up at their state publics or in the case of states with highly competitive flagship universities at the directional public universities. There are many, many to chose from especially if there is no financial need. These students also go to LACs that are not highly selective. Add to that the need for strong mental health support and my guess is your list will not be thousands and will be fairly short. You might try re-posting all of this in the learning disabilities forum and see what turns up. There is also a rather lengthy post about 3.0 to 3.3 kids that is a long read, but might have some wisdom on potential college choices.

Anecdotally it sounds like the kids that struggle the most are those that are not self sufficient. I’ve posted several times that college readiness is similar to the benchmarks used for kindergarten readiness. For college readiness that means being capable of getting them self up and out the door without supervision, the ability to make good decisions around how they organize their free time and the ability to complete basic tasks and requests without supervision.

Some posters have said the SALT program at the University of Arizona is a good program. The University of Arizona would be that traditional college environment.