Students with Developmental Disabilities get college experience

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Special education students get college experience from KSU
A challenge for special education students is that once they graduate high school, they can become disconnected from the world, Excell Coordinator Dee McKee explained.


So with the help of a Disabilities Development grant, K-State is offering college courses to young adults 18 and older with developmental disabilities.

A new session of classes starts Saturday. During a five week period, the students can choose between five classes that teach American Sign Language, Fitness for Life, Moving to Music, Communications and Job Skills and Drama.

McKee says the classes help special education students continue to develop social skills and it also helps K-State students who are studying Special Education.

"Those college students volunteer their time and come Saturday morning and they become students in the class," she said. "They help with wheelchairs. They get a chance to try to process if there's issues of signing or whatever, they actually live what it's going to be like with students so they're growing from it."

The 2nd session classes are on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon from April 17 to May 22. Enrollment is $15 dollars and the students are given a K-State i.d.

If you'd like to enroll in the program, or offer some help, contact Debby Losey at 785-456-9195.