Supporting Neurodiverse College Student Success

The growing population of neurodiverse college students prompts new approaches to support their success and change traditional student services and collegiate experiences. Chapters cover tutoring, learning supports, academic coaching and advising, career services, residential living, and classroom experiences that impact and assist these students.

Elizabeth Coghill has served as the inaugural director of the Pirate Academic Success Center at East Carolina University for the past eleven years. An experienced higher education administrator, her research and practice interests focus on the academic and social success of marginalized student populations: neurodiverse learners, students of color, first generation, economically disadvantaged, and military affiliated students. Dedicated to the academic achievement of collegiate students, she is an early adopter of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) techniques imbedded within a learning center. She has over 25 years of experience in higher education in learner support services, academic advising, registrar, systems training, career development, and admissions. Jeffrey Coghill is outreach librarian and director of Eastern AHEC Library Services since 2009 at Laupus Library at East Carolina University. From 2001-2009, he was collection development librarian at Laupus. As the outreach librarian, C helps healthcare professionals find the best information so they can help their patients get better.

Contents Figures Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1, An Introduction to Neurodiversity, Elizabeth M.H. Coghill Chapter 2, Self-Advocacy, John B. Caldora II and Elizabeth M.H. Coghill Campus Spotlight: Learning Community, Pirate Academic Success Center, East Carolina University, Elizabeth M.H. Coghill Chapter 3, Academic Advising, Bob Detweiler Campus Spotlight: Beacon College, Leesburg, Florida, Bob Detweiler Chapter 4, Welcoming Spaces for Learning, Stacey Blackwell, Amanda Haberstroh, and Anna Sandberg Campus Spotlight: Livingston Learning Center at Rutgers University, Rutgers University, Stacey Blackwell and Anna Sandberg Chapter 5, Classroom Support, sCheryl L. Dickter and Joshua A. Burk Campus Spotlight: Neurodiversity Working Group, College of William and Mary, Cheryl L. Dickter and Joshua A. Burk Campus Spotlight: Neurodiversity Connections, Duke University, Kimberly Blackshear and Tara Chandrasekhar Chapter 6, Tutoring, Abby Benzinger, Claytonia Boular-Woods, and James W.H. Howard Campus Spotlight: Pirate Academic Success Center, East Carolina University, Elizabeth M.H. Coghill Chapter 7, Learning Supports, Morgan James, Alysha Gray, Emily Johnson, and Sarah Williams Campus Spotlight: As-U-R Program, Appalachian State University, Ellen Bunn Chapter 8, Academic Mentoring and Coaching Services, Morgan James, Ellen Bunn, and Sarah Williams Campus Spotlight: STEPP Program, East Carolina University Morgan James Chapter 9, Library Services, Jamie E. Bloss, Amanda Haberstroh, G.J. Corey Harmon, and Jana Schellinger Campus Spotlight: Hands-on Learning in the Library: Anatomical Models at Laupus Library, East Carolina University, G.J. Corey Harmon Campus Spotlight: Partnering with the STEPP Program, Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Jamie E. Bloss and Amanda Haberstroh with Jeanne Hoover, Clark Nall, and Carolyn Willis Chapter 10, Residence Halls, Angela Holleman, Jeffrey G. Coghill, and Elizabeth M.H. Coghill Campus Spotlight: Boxes and Walls, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Terry Tumbarello Chapter 11, Campus Health and Wellness, Shawnté Elbert, Ta-Kisha Jones, and Elizabeth M.H. Coghill Campus Spotlight: Neurodiversity Navigators, Bellevue College, Washington , Sara Gardner Chapter 12, Disability Support Services, Clarissa Barnes, Jennifer Williams, and Tamara Mancini Campus Spotlight: TECHniques Center, Texas Tech University, Jennifer Williams, Tamara Mancini, and Clarissa Barnes Campus Spotlight: Student Accessibility Services at Tufts University, Tufts University, Jennifer Williams and Kirsten Behling Chapter 13, Epilogue, Elizabeth M.H. Coghill About the Contributors About the Editors