College Connect
Thank you for your interest in the College Connect study. This program is designed to support college success for students who are currently enrolled in college or anticipating enrollment in college. It can help you with college life and identify areas where you may need additional support, and you have the right to withdraw at any time.
We are evaluating how College Connect impacts students with disabilities and students at-risk for challenges. This is an important study and has the potential to provide additional supports on the college campus.
COLLEGE CONNECT HELPS YOU:
- Consider career options
- Advocate for yourself
- Communicate with your professor and classroom peers
- Manage your time
- Navigate the college campus
- Find your role on a college campus
WHO MAY JOIN THE STUDY
- Are you a college freshman or sophomore with autism or related diagnosis who is enrolled in college?
- Are you a high school junior, senior, graduate with autism or related diagnosis who is interested in attending college?
- Are you a college freshman or sophomore at- risk for challenges due to classification as a first generation student,
conditional admit, TSI admits, or are on probation after your first academic year? - Do you have the ability to read and type in English?
- Do you have fine motor or visual problems that make you unable to use the computer?
- Do you have access to the Internet and email?
- Are you committed to completing College Connect?
HOW TO JOIN THE STUDY
- Please send an email stating your interest to collegeconnect@lamar.edu.
- You will be asked to complete a consent form and a questionnaire to determine whether or not this program is appropriate for you.
- If the program is appropriate, you will receive an email asking you to Sign Up for an iManage account and will then receive information on how to begin College Connect.
- You have the right to withdraw at any time.
WHAT IS iMANAGE?
iManage is the first step to cultivate a center of excellence for applications of digital technologies in the care and management of health and disability at Lamar University. A grant award from the Lamar University Presidential Visionary Initiative provided funds to develop and launch iManage, which hosts Web and Mobile versions of several health self-management programs:
- College Connect: A guide to college life and planning.
- iVoice: A program for the prevention of voice disorders.
- Managing Hearing Loss: A program for self-management of hearing loss.
- Conversation Connection: A partner training program for aphasia.
- Dementia Directions: Continuing education for nurse aides.
Contact us
If you have any questions or require any further information about the study please feel free to e-mail us at collegeconnect@lamar.edu