The Beacon Difference: News & Updates
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Join us to discover Beacon’s growth and enhancements in athletics student life, career services, academic advising, wellness resources, and more.
In this archive, you will find our collections of webinar recordings, brochures and other tools to support students who learn differently and their families. As new materials and event recordings are published, they will be made available here. We are excited to be able to share these items with you and hope they will assist students on the path to college success.
Join us to discover Beacon’s growth and enhancements in athletics student life, career services, academic advising, wellness resources, and more.
Who better to discuss the Beacon experience than our current students? Current students, across various years, will highlight their experience at Beacon College.
In this on-demand virtual Open House, explore the Top 10 Reasons to Attend Beacon! We’ll talk about academics, outcomes, student life, athletics, wellness initiatives, and give you an idea of what campus and academic enhancements to expect in the next four years.
This session provides key social and relationship skills needed to adjust to the environment of college – as well as tasks and simple tools that can help students get started and find their fit.
This recorded Learning Series webinar provides strategies to best prepare your future collegiate to relish and thrive in dormitory living, with tips to manage conflicts in roommate and suitemate groups.
The statistics can be hard to follow – is college worth the ROI? This session explores how pursuing higher education benefits graduates with learning disabilities in accessing gainful employment.
This session provides insights on the major shifts from high school to college while providing a tool families can use to anticipate challenges and simplify the college choice and evaluation process.
This session will help you understand your rights and make the most of final IEP meetings or transitional conferences with secondary schools as it pertains to planning, evaluations, and support.
In this session, learn how our experienced learning specialists work with students to ensure they have the executive functioning skills needed to find academic success and to plan for their future.
What does it mean to be “college-ready”? This live webinar explores clear benchmarks to evaluate holistic readiness for college, and provides practical steps students can take to adjust to college life.
Explore how to evaluate mental health services at colleges before enrolling, and learn strategies to address college student mental health needs during the transition and pivotal first year.
This webinar discusses the purpose behind Beacon’s transition programs, the common causes of difficulties in a student’s first year at college, and how our programs address these needs.
Learn how to rank services based on the intensity and depth of resources at colleges, plus key questions to ask to ensure your support needs will be met at your college of choice.
Learn more about Beacon’s distinct wrap-around academic support, including teaching methodologies, required programming, and how our model supports students’ reading and mathematic skills.
Learn more about how policies change when students move from high school to college, and take away key tips for accessing and utilizing accommodations in a traditional college environment.
Explore factors that prevent students from succeeding in college and learn strategies that teachers, parents, and students can employ to improve student persistence & retention.
This session reviews Beacon’s unique approach to student life and social-emotional support through our robust residence life, health & wellness, and counseling services.
This session discusses the structure of Beacon’s academic support and methods of evaluating student performance through various lenses for early intervention.
This session shows how students who learn differently find success in college mathematics at Beacon through artificial intelligence and individualized instruction in Beacon’s math program.
Explore Beacon’s scaffolded support model that ensures long-term student success in college-level reading & literacy, including course trajectory for incoming students.