Episode 96. College for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Raising Kellan

Today we are going to chat about the Eagle Access Program, a post-secondary program for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. We are joined by: Dr. Brigham Scallion, who is a co-founder of the program, as well as the Northwest Representative of the Tennessee Council for Developmental Disabilities; Dr. Jimmy Barham, who is the Dean of Arts and Sciences and Technology and part of the Planning and Implementation Committee at Eagle Access Program going at DSCC; Dr. Amanda Walker the Vice President for Institutional Advancement at the College and Nikki Erickson who is the current director of the Eagle Access Program.

Timeline:

00:19 Introduction with Visual Descriptions.

02:28 What is Eagle Access

03:22 Backstory of the Program

04:20 Planning and Implementation.

06:56 Pathways and referral sources to access the program

08:55 Transportation to College

09:33 Vision for the Program

13:04 Where to after the completion of the 2-year program

16:53 Mentoring as part of the program

18:16 Application Process to the program

20:49 Future wishes for the program

24:45 Service Area that the program serves.

26:04 Closing Remarks.

A transcript of the podcast is available at www.raisingkellan.org

For further information about the program contact:

Nikki Erickson
Eagle Access Program Director
731-286-3208
[e-mail]