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Here you are at CCM...a college student! It takes hard work and commitment
to be successful, but you can do it if you put in the extra time and effort!
Horizons is here to support your efforts.
This web site is one avenue of support. Below are links (also available from the drop-down menu) to several categories of information you should find helpful. Check back often!
- Accommodations - Learn about how accommodations
apply to your experience at CCM.
- Self-advocacy - Five steps to effective
self-advocacy, plus helpful tips for discussing accommodations with
your professors.
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Check out the answers to a variety of questions that are often important
to student success.
- Adapted Testing - Detailed procedures
are listed here. If you need to take a test in CASE, be sure to read
this page carefully.
- Academic Strategies Classes - A
"learning strategies" approach (the focus of these classes)
is widely accepted as the most successful avenue for college achievement.
- Academic Tutoring - "Learning
strategies" tutoring takes place weekly over the course of the
semester. Apply early; slots fill up quickly.
- Assistive Technology - Technology opens
many doors for students with learning disabilities. Many of the latest
aids are available for student use through Horizons.
- Peer Mentors - Horizons participants
have the opportunity to benefit from the experiences of students who
"know the ropes."
- General Information - Find out
about many of the "unwritten rules" that college students
need to know.
- Policies
and Procedures (PDF*) - This is the formal declaration of policies
and procedures regarding students with disabilities at CCM.
- Chargeback (out of county) - Enhanced-level
students only may qualify for "in county" tuition rates
if your home county (other than Morris) does not offer a program equivalent
to Horizons Enhanced level program. Your home county makes the final
determination.
- Learning Strategies - Check out the
links on this page to several sites offering learning strategies--general
approaches as well as strategies for specific courses.
- Registration Advisement - Register
for next semester's classes with a minimum of frustration. This page
provides a step-by-step guide to the correct procedure. The advisement
schedule will be posted here as well (when available).
*To access a PDF file, you must have Acrobat Reader installed
on your computer.
(free download)
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