Washington, DC
Overview: Program for first year students called the Learning Services Program (LSP). This program is fee based for the year and includes a special first-year writing class, weekly meetings with a tutor for the class, weekly individual meetings with the program coordinator or a learning specialist, individualized course advising, summer advising from the program coordinator on course selection and registration for the first semester, and a upper classman mentor.
https://www.american.edu/provost/academic-access/learning-services-program.cfm
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Overview: The CLASS office helps students by providing: individual support, help with time management skills, organizational skills, course selection help, alternative formats for textbooks and course materials, testing accommodations, and instructions in learning strategies.
Garden City, New York
Overview: The Learning Resource Program at Adelphi University offers a weekly session with a learning specialist, a special first-year writing class, group or individual sessions with a clinical social worker, and assistance with course planning and vocational planning.
Leesburg, Florida
Overview: Beacon College is rated #1 for students with learning disabilities, according to Peterson’s Great Colleges. The whole college is devoted to helping students with learning disabilities and ADHD. The college offers smaller class sizes with most classes being between 12-15 students, allowing for more help from professors.
Milton, Massachusetts
Overview: One in five students participate in the Program for Advancement of Learning (PAL). PAL offers accommodations including specialized tech and classes that teach skills like reading comprehension, organization, and time management skills. The Social Achievement in Learning (SAIL) program offers special sensory-friendly housing, social coaching, self-advocacy training, and transitional assistance for students that are academically capable with neurodiverse profiles that benefit from individualized support.
https://www.curry.edu/academics/program-for-advancement-of-learning
Franklin, Massachusetts
Overview: The ARCH program is for students with learning disabilities who would benefit from academic support in a traditional college setting. The program offers specialized classes to help students. There are also free services including peer tutoring and assistive technology. The Engage program offers students social support in their transition to college. The program helps to teach students how to read social cues, regulate their emotions, effectively communicate and build relationships through social events, peer mentoring, social skill groups, and more.
Elkins, West Virginia
Overview: There are three different programs offered: the Academic Support Program offers academic skill building, courses and workshops to help students academic performance, PATH program to help with the transition to college, one-on-one/group tutoring, and writing support. Disability Services offers accommodations to students with learning disabilities who have the proper documentation. The Supported Learning Program is for students with disabilities or learning differences who would benefit from a more holistic approach. The program has weekly sessions with a Supported Learning Program instructor, five hours of supervised study hall a week, access to assistive technology programs, Supported Learning Program instructor, and monitored peer tutoring.
Nassau County, New York
Overview: Program for Academic Learning Skills (PALS) is for first-year students with learning disabilities or ADHD. PALS offers one-on-one support focused on academic support, functioning, self-advocacy, and transitioning to college.
Putney, Vermont
Overview: The college is designed for students with a learning disability, ADHD, autism, or executive functioning challenges. The school offers a low student to faculty ratio, executive function support, social coaching, and programs designed for neurodivergent students.
Boca Raton, Florida
Overview: The Institute for Achievement and Learning (IAL) is for students with learning differences. IAL offers academic coaching through the International Coach Federation with a supportive tutoring center, which offers both content tutoring and process tutoring that focus on the element and concepts for successful writing, speaking, and organizational skills.
https://www.lynn.edu/academics/individualized-learning/institute-for-achievement-and-learning
New London, CT
Overview: Students have a learning specialist who helps them with navigating college. The learning specialist will help students with skills like time management, writing, research, technology, test prep, and more. The program offers three tiers with varying levels of support. Tier One has three weekly meetings with the most support for students. Tier Two has two weekly meetings and Tier Three has one weekly one-on-one meeting with the least amount of support. Students work with their specialist to determine what tier is best for them.
Lasinsing, MI
Overview: MSU offers multiple different programs for students with disabilities. Careers Collaborative is a program for all MSU students with disabilities to help them with their careers by providing resources and opportunities. Stern Tutoring and Alternative Techniques for Education (STATE) program provides tutoring, peer mentoring, structured seminars, and strategies for students with learning disabilities. MSU also has community groups so that students with disabilities can meet virtually to build a community with each other.
New Concord, Ohio
Overview: The PLUS program offers 5 different levels of support to best fit every student’s needs. Starting with level 1, which has one hour/week of individualized scheduled support, up to level 5, which offers 5 hours of individual scheduled support. The PLUS program offers both individualized support and small group help. Individual support includes: Academic monitoring, support and planning, course content tutoring using various learning styles, executive functioning, career planning, self-advocacy, and transition support. Small group support includes: presentation practice, social skills and norm building, confidence building, and collaborative learning. The PLUS program also offers structured study time and peer mentoring.
College in Westminster, Maryland
Overview: Elevate is a three tier program that goes beyond regular accommodations. Tier one is for freshman students and offers 2 hours of meetings with an academic advisor and 1 hour of meetings with a graduate assistant. The tier one program also offers priority course registration, early move-in, tutoring, and help with skills. Tier two is for sophomores and offers 1 hour of meetings with an academic advisor and 1 hour of meetings with a graduate assistant. It also offers priority registration, tutoring, and skills help. Tier three is for juniors and seniors and offers the least support with 1 hour of meetings with an academic advisor, 1 hour of meetings with a graduate assistant, and priority registration. All three tiers also include upgrades for more skills training, wellness extended support program, and more.
https://www.mcdaniel.edu/academics/student-success-support/student-accessibility-support-services
Poughkeepsie Town, New York
Overview: For students with a learning disability or ADHD, the Learning Support Program (LSP) offers support above regular accommodations for students who need additional support. The program includes weekly one-on-one meetings with a learning specialist, monthly workshops, self-advocacy training, reading and writing assistance, study skill, and more. LSP also offers additional programs including LSP Modules for first year students, Achievement Involvement Mentorship (AIM), and Accommodations Club. LSP Modules offer online modules on six different topics to help first year students the topics include: Resources, as well as strategies for Time Management, Notetaking, Active Reading, Motivation, and Organization/Planning. AIM is a mentorship program for incoming students that allows them to move in three days early, participate in social and academic activities, and have an upperclassmen mentor. Accommodations Club is a club for students with learning disabilities to have support from one and another.
https://www.marist.edu/student-life/community/accommodations-accessibility/learning-support
Huntington, West Virginia
Overview: The HELP program is an application based program for students with learning disabilities that need support beyond what traditional accommodations can provide. Through the HELP program students can schedule appointments with life coaches, learning specialists, and tutoring services. Students can receive coaching and skills training in math, reading, writing, time management, studying, and organizational skills. The program also makes it a point to support student athletes with learning disabilities by working with their coaches and athletic advisers to make sure they get the support they need.
Boston, Massachusetts
Overview: Students in the Learning Disabilities Program (LDP) meet with learning specialists for one hour twice a week. During the meetings, students will receive help with coursework and support for academic growth and achievements. LDP is for students at Northeastern with a learning disability or attention deficit disorder who want/need more support than traditional accommodations can provide. The program has an application and is fee-based, but some scholarships are available for students.
Thibodaux, Louisiana
Overview: Through the Louisiana Center for Dyslexia and Related Learning Disorders, Nicholls State University offers support to students who are suspected or have dyslexia and/or a related learning disability. Services include an assigned coordinator to help students with the transition to college, specialized tutoring in math, English, history, etc., academic planning, assistive technology, and a support system for the transition to the center and college. The center also offers comprehensive evaluations for students that do not have a diagnosis but are suspected to have dyslexia or a similar disorder.
https://www.nicholls.edu/education/support-programs/dyslexia/
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Overview: Whether a student has a diagnosis or not, they can access support services such as one-on-one coaching appointments with ADHD/LD specialists and join the ADHD/LD peer-connect group and attend events. They also have support for students trying to figure out if they have a learning disability or are trying to get evaluated for one. For students who are diagnosed, they can receive accommodations through the school.
Tucson, Arizona
Overview: Students with learning or attention differences can apply to the Strategic Alternative Learning Techniques (SALT) center once you are admitted to the University of Arizona. SALT offers study spaces, drop in tutoring in (math, reading, writing, and science), one-on-one peer tutoring by appointment only, and weekly 30-minute meetings with support specialists. Weekly meetings with support specialists consist of general check ins, planning out the semester, learning time management techniques, and future course planning. The SALT center also offers events throughout the year including some featuring previous SALT students. Support though the SALT center is also available for online students at the University of Arizona.
Denver, Colorado
Overview: The Learning Effectiveness Program (LEP) offers a variety of services separate from typical accommodations offered through the university. LEP offers College transition support, social events, one-on-one social skill tutoring, executive functioning support, tutoring by appointment, and more. Students can apply to the program at the same time as they apply to the University of Denver or after enrolling. Applications are done on a rolling basis.
Clarksville, Arkansas
Overview: Jones Learning Center (JLC) is for students who learn differently and need comprehensive support to succeed in college. JLC consists of mostly individual support with some group support as well. JLC offers daily support hours, unlimited peer tutoring by trained peer tutors, coaching in time management, organizational assistance, and help planning courses. There is an application to apply. The program is fee based, but there are many scholarships through the school.
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Overview: Project Success is a remedial program for students with dyslexia, other language based learning disabilities, or attentional disabilities. Students are assigned a case manager and organizational tutor who they meet with on a weekly basis to work on executive functioning (time management, planning, and organization), understanding course structure and requirements, self-advocacy practice, transitioning to college, and campus resources.
Pepper Pike, Ohio
Overview: The FOCUS program is for students with disabilities who would benefit from a comprehensive support program. There are four tiers of support in through FOCUS with varying levels of support and coasts. All students in FOCUS have priority registration, peer tutoring, self-advocacy education, and mid-term check-ins. The first tier offers the least support and is the least expensive with either 30 minutes weekly or 60 minutes bi-weekly meetings with a disability specialist. The second tier offers 1-hour weekly sessions with a disability specialist. Tier three and four are for students who want intensive academic support. Tier three offers two hours of weekly sessions with a disability specialist and one hour with a professional tutor, and tier four is two hours of weekly sessions with a disability specialist and two hours with a professional tutor.
https://www.ursuline.edu/academics/academic-support-svcs/disability-services
Buckhannon, West Virginia
Overview: The Learning Center provides support for students with learning disabilities, attention disorders, and other special needs. There are services for students with all different levels of needs and support. The main programs are the Foundational Program and the Academic Coaching and Comprehensive Educational Support Services (ACCESS) students can use one or more of the programs depending on their needs. The Foundational Program has professionals who have graduate degrees in Education, Psychology, or related fields. Students get a Comprehensive Adviser who helps them with assistive technology, academic advising, note takers (if needed), priority registration, and more. ACCESS provides one-on-one professional coaching. Through the Learning Center, there is also walk-in peer tutoring, accommodations, study strategy classes, and course offerings.
Join our email list
Subscribe to receive
The Latest from DyslexiaHelp
every other month.
