As Students Grapple with Leave of Absence Challenges, Manuals Aim to Offer a Better Way Forward

• By: Jacob Kamaras Ruderman Family Foundation
• January 4th, 2022
• college, depression, leave of absence, mental health, self-advocacy, students, wellness
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David Mink finished the spring semester of his freshman year at Macalester College in Minnesota with a 0.0 GPA, amid a process in which he would take a semester of classes, withdraw, and try again. “I just kept banging my head into the wall and felt like nothing was working,” Mink says....

How ABA Improved Executive Functioning Deficits

• By: Tiffany Salmon, RBT Rhea Rodriques, RBT Amanda Duva, BCaBA Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• July 1st, 2016
• Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), college support, employment, independence, intellectual disability, self-advocacy, skill development, transition to adulthood
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Rosie is a young woman in her early 20s, who attends one of the senior CUNY colleges in New York City, Baruch University. Rosie is diagnosed with mild intellectual disability and schizoaffective disorder. She entered into her third year of her bachelor program in January 2015 realizing that she had...