Webinar:
Transitioning into Higher Education

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In this training/presentation you will learn about the transition process and the resources available to students with mental health disabilities wanting to attend post-secondary institutions.

*This training is presented from a peer perspective by people who have lived experience with mental health disabilities.*

About the webinar:

Whether you are transferring to a 4-year university, community college, or vocational school, the transition to higher education is a complicated process. It is important to be informed of the rights one has as a student with mental health disabilities in higher education, how these rights differ from high school, and what resources are available to aid in the transition process.

Please join us as we discuss:

• The rights of students with disabilities in post-secondary institutions.
• How the rights of students with disabilities differ between K-12 and post-secondary institutions?
• The important steps involved in the post-secondary admissions process
• The resources available to aid students with disabilities in the transition to higher education

Speaker:

Zofia Trexler is a Peer Self-Advocacy Trainer with the Peer Self-Advocacy Unit of Disability Rights California. She has lived experience with mental illness and the mental health care system and specializes in advocating for Transitional Age Youth populations. Currently attending college, Zofia serves as member of the advisory board for Mental Health America of California’s transitional age youth advocacy wing and is involved with several community organizations in her hometown of Fresno, California.