| SPECIAL POPULATIONS STUDENTS
The primary goal of the Special Populations Division is to enable students to overcome any barriers to success in their chosen area of study.
WHO ARE THEY: Disadvantaged or Disabled Career Technical Students
DISADVANTAGED
- Academically Disadvantaged: Below 11th grade-level in basic skills
- Economically Disadvantaged: Receive a Pell Grant or other Federal/State assistance
- Limited in English language proficiency
- Non-traditional gender for program
- Single parents, including single pregnant women
- Displaced homemakers
DISABLED
- Non-graduates of high school, certificate diploma recipients, or drop-outs
- Students who are physically, mentally, emotionally, or psychologically challenged
SPECIAL POPULATIONS SERVICES
- Assistance in completing applications for admission, financial aid, housing, etc.
- Adaptation of curriculum, instruction, equipment and facilities, if needed.
- Facilitation of transition from secondary to post-secondary to work after completion of program.
- Assistance in academic skills related to program
- Coordination of counseling and career guidance with career counselors
- Consultation with academic instructors to ensure integration of learning and modifications needed for students with disabilities
- Arrangement for tutoring through Student Support Services for academic subjects that Special Populations personnel are unable to provide.
- Coordination of services with the Director of Disability Support Services, who is responsible for all students with disabilities campus wide
CONTACT A COORDINATOR
Rhonda Still, Special Populations Personnel
Senatobia Campus Tech 1 Related Studies Lab
Phone: (662) 562-3366
Fax: (662) 560-1107
Email: rsstill@northwestms.edu
Brenda Holmes, Special Populations Coordinator
Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center
Phone: (662) 238-7952
Email: bholmes@northwestms.edu
Kitt Albritton, Special Populations Personnel
DeSoto/Olive Branch Center
Phone: (662) 280-6148 or (662) 280-6193
Email: ktalbritton@northwestms.edu
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