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The Emergence of Psychiatric Disabilities in Postsecondary Education (NCSET Issue Brief)

Johnson, Donna

Benson, Betty

Blacklock, Barbara A

Bruininks, Brett D

Sharpe, Michael

University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration, National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)

Newsletter or Bulletin

young adults with disabilities

transition

education

disability

high school

NCSET Issue Brief, Volume 3, Issue 1

A brief describing the issue of the unprecedented and growing number of postsecondary students who report psychiatric disabilities. The publication provides an outline of the primary barriers such students face in completing postsecondary education. The brief also offers strategies for postsecondary professionals, recommendations, and further resources.

This report was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, (Cooperative Agreement No. H326J000005). Although the U.S. Department of Education has reviewed this document for consistency with the IDEA, the contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education, nor does mention of other organizations imply endorsement by those organizations or the U.S. Government.

Johnson, Donna; Benson, Betty; Blacklock, Barbara A; Bruininks, Brett D; Sharpe, Michael. (2004). The Emergence of Psychiatric Disabilities in Postsecondary Education (NCSET Issue Brief). University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration, National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET). Retrieved from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/172869.