The Beacon Difference: News & Updates
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Join us to discover Beacon’s growth and enhancements in athletics student life, career services, academic advising, wellness resources, and more.
In this archive, you will find our collections of webinar recordings, brochures and other tools to support students who learn differently and their families. As new materials and event recordings are published, they will be made available here. We are excited to be able to share these items with you and hope they will assist students on the path to college success.
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The Beacon Difference: Live Student Panel
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Who better to discuss the Beacon experience than our current students? Current students, across various years, will highlight their experience at Beacon College.
Virtual Open House
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In this on-demand virtual Open House, explore the Top 10 Reasons to Attend Beacon! We’ll talk about academics, outcomes, student life, athletics, wellness initiatives, and give you an idea of what campus and academic enhancements to expect in the next four years.
The Social Norms in College
This session provides key social and relationship skills needed to adjust to the environment of college – as well as tasks and simple tools that can help students get started and find their fit.
Preparing for Community Living: The Challenges and Rewards of Dorm-Living
This recorded Learning Series webinar provides strategies to best prepare your future collegiate to relish and thrive in dormitory living, with tips to manage conflicts in roommate and suitemate groups.
The Role of Higher Education in Career Development
The statistics can be hard to follow – is college worth the ROI? This session explores how pursuing higher education benefits graduates with learning disabilities in accessing gainful employment.
The Big Picture View Comparing and Contrasting High School and College
This session provides insights on the major shifts from high school to college while providing a tool families can use to anticipate challenges and simplify the college choice and evaluation process.
Ensuring a Successful IEP / Final Transitional Meeting: Understanding Your Rights
This session will help you understand your rights and make the most of final IEP meetings or transitional conferences with secondary schools as it pertains to planning, evaluations, and support.
The Learning Specialist Model
In this session, learn how our experienced learning specialists work with students to ensure they have the executive functioning skills needed to find academic success and to plan for their future.
Practical College Readiness Benchmarks
What does it mean to be “college-ready”? This live webinar explores clear benchmarks to evaluate holistic readiness for college, and provides practical steps students can take to adjust to college life.
Mental Health & College: Student & Family Needs and Available College Resources
Explore how to evaluate mental health services at colleges before enrolling, and learn strategies to address college student mental health needs during the transition and pivotal first year.
Preparing for Beacon College: Unique Transitional Framework & Programs
This webinar discusses the purpose behind Beacon’s transition programs, the common causes of difficulties in a student’s first year at college, and how our programs address these needs.