Welcome to the HEATH Resource Center!

Welcome to The George Washington University HEATH ONLINE RESOURCE CENTER! !

The HEATH Resource Center provides online, web based resources on postsecondary education for individuals with disabilities. The HEATH Resource Center has information for students with disabilities on educational disability support services, policies, procedures, adaptations, accessing college or university campuses, career-technical schools, and other postsecondary training entities. We have information on financial assistance, scholarships, and materials that help students with disabilities transition into college, university, career-technical schools, or other postsecondary programs.

We are glad you have arrived at HEATH and encourage you to look about our website for information to help you access college or university campuses, career-technical schools, or other postsecondary programs.

We continue to answer emailed questions however, we no longer offer telephone services.

WHERE TO FIND RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON THE HEATH WEBSITE:
The easiest and fastest way to find what you seek is to use our search feature located in the upper right hand corner of all our pages. Just type in the keyword(s) on the topic you are interested in, click the search button and you will be taken to a page that lists all our information on that topic. Common topics/keywords our visitors search for include: scholarships, financial aid, colleges, accommodations, civil rights, 504, ADA, Career. If you are interested in disability specific topics just type in that specific disability (e.g. learning disability, autism, blind, visually impaired, intellectual disabilities).

ABOUT US: explains what HEATH does, what our goals are, and introduces you to our staff.

CALENDAR pages highlight events and conferences focusing on transition, postsecondary education, accessing college or university campuses, career-technical schools, employment and career development.

PUBLICATIONS: contains:
* From the Director’s Desk: A message from the Director, Donna Martinez, Director of HEATH
* Quarterly Newsletters:
* Research Papers
* Fact Sheets
* Archived Papers
* Archived Fact Sheets,

NEWS pages are news items, updates and announcements of special interest relating to postsecondary education, career and technical education, and young adults with disabilities.

FAQs pages provide the answers to frequently asked questions.

LINKS provide a wealth of added information gathered from other websites and organized into 42 different categories.

ACCESS HEATH'S GUIDANCE AND CAREER COUNSELORS' TOOLKIT: ADVISING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ON POSTSECONDARY OPTIONS
This 192 page resource contains answers to counselors’ most frequently asked questions about postsecondary opportunities for students with disabilities. To download it see: http://www.heath.gwu.edu/node/15

LEARN HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO HEATH: RSS
HEATH now uses RSS to distribute our information. Just click on the orange buttons found on each of our pages to subscribe to that page of information. . For those of you wishing an accessible RSS Feed Reader you may find downloading WebbIE useful: http://www.webbie.org.uk/accessiblerss/index.htm To learn more about RSS click here.

HEATH MIGRATES SERVICES TO ONLINE ONLY

To serve you better and more efficiently, HEATH has migrated all our services to the internet and has eliminated our telephone service. If you have a question or seek information about postsecondary options, HEATH encourages you email your questions to AskHEATH@gwu.edu.

Spring 2008 Newsletter & Summer Pre-College Programs Now Available

The latest edition of Information from HEATH is now available on our Publications Pages. Included is this year's updated Summer Pre-College Programs

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Tell Us What You Think

The staff at The George Washington University HEATH Resource Center invites you to complete our evaluation survey. We are asking your help so we may continue to improve our website's usefulness. The generous help of people like you assures our resources continue to meet your needs.

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Federal Financial Aid and College: An Overview for Students with Disabilities

HEATH's annual revision of this popular resource guide is now available. The 2007 edition contains completely updated and revised information to help individuals with disabilities to seek and obtain financial assistance for postsecondary education.
See: http://www.heath.gwu.edu/files/active/0/creating_options_2007.pdf
or click here.

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