2023 Summer Experience
For College-Bound Graduates and Rising High School Seniors With Language-Based Learning Disabilities
Offered by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s acclaimed Regional Center for Learning Disabilities, with 30 years of experience helping students succeed in college-level studies. This non-residential program prepares recent high school graduates and rising seniors for the challenges of college-level coursework. It gives them the opportunity to immerse themselves in a college learning environment while developing their study, assistive technology and self-advocacy skills.
Summer Experience Activities
Students participate in hands-on learning activities designed to help them:
- Develop a better understanding of their learning strengths and weaknesses
- Build stronger self-advocacy skills
- Enhance their time management and organizational skills
- Learn how to study more effectively and efficiently
The morning track includes academic instruction in:
- Learning strategies based on understanding individual learning styles;
- Time management and organizational skills;
- Technology resources to help enhance learning based on a student’s individual learning differences
- Career exploration
- Writing instruction, including brainstorming; outlining techniques and narrowing topics; identifying elements of an essay; revising and proofreading; and learning Modern Language Association (MLA) and American Psychological Association (APA) style formats used in college
- College essay preparation (if needed)
Morning
Session 1
Writing – 9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
- Writing instruction, including brainstorming; outlining techniques and narrowing topics; identifying elements of an essay; revising and proofreading; and learning Modern Language Association (MLA) and American Psychological Association (APA) style formats used in college
- College essay preparation (if needed)
Session 2
Metacognitive Strategies – 10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
- Learning strategies based on understanding individual learning strengths and weaknesses
- Time management and organizational skills
- Self-advocacy skills
- Strategies to assist in memorization, note-taking, listening skills
Session 3
Assistive Technology – 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Technology resources to help enhance learning based on a student’s individual learning differences
- Career exploration
Session 4
Transitional Essentials – 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
- Self-awareness, Self-advocacy, Self-determination
- Wellness hygiene! Taking care of holistic needs.
- P.V.I.: Pace-Volume-Independence. How will these be different than high school?
- Lean into your STRENGTHS
Afternoon
Session 5
Choice of One Class – 1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Orton Gillingham reading
Direct, small group Orton Gillingham-based instruction
Or
Developmental math
Brush up on pre-algebra/algebra skills
Direct, small group developmental instruction
2023 Summer Experience:
July 10 to July 20
Monday - Thursday
(8 day program)
Location:
Choice of virtual or in-person
Time:
9 AM to 3 PM
Cost:
$650.00 for all 4 sessions
$200 for Optional afternoon session (1:45 PM to 3 PM)
Applications Deadline:
June 30, 2023
For more information please contact Dawn Dennis at ddennis@fdu.edu