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
erickson@dscc.edu
