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Independent Learning Agreements For Next Steps at Vanderbilt StudentsIndependent Learning Agreements • May 5th, 2020
The participation of Next Steps at Vanderbilt students into Vanderbilt University courses is an inclusive practice as students with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities are joining their same- aged peers in university level academic coursework. When determining the amount and type of coursework each student will be expected to complete, the Next Steps students will follow best practice in inclusive education thinking. As the staff reviews the requirements for the regularly admitted university students through each course syllabus, the development of the Next Steps students’ independent learning agreements will begin with the concept of “as is.” The assignments will be changed as little as possible, keeping things “as is” to the greatest extent possible. The amount of reading and writing will be considered against the academic levels of each student. The goal will be to have high expectations for the students providing them with assignments that will challenge them, but not ov
