About the Program

The Muskingum College PLUS Program provides comprehensive support services for students with disabilities. While any qualified student with disabilities is eligible for PLUS Services, the majority of students participating in the program exhibit high incidence disabilities, such as specific learning disabilities and ADHD.

A learning strategies model is the basis for PLUS support. Using this model, the professional consultant staff assist students by embedding college-level learning strategies with specific course content. The Program consists of two levels of fee-based tutorial support; an intensive Full Program and a less intensive, reduced-fee Maintenance level. Typically, students begin with Full Program support and move to the Maintenance level after several semesters of academic success.

Tutorial Support

Students are provided with individual tutorial support by professional learning consultants. Full-support students maintain a minimum of one individual contact hour per week for each course, for a typical average of 4-5 hours per week. Maintenance level students receive one half-hour of individual contact per week for each course or have the option of directing all support to one or two courses.

Support Services

These include:

• coordination of tutorial sessions
• small and large group study sessions
• equipment for taping lectures and textbooks
• priority registration by class standing and specific need
• ChatBack; an informal group in which students may share experiences
• First-Step Transition Program (FSTP): a two-week summer program to help bridge the gap between high school and college (additional fee required)

Fees

PLUS Program fees for the 2007-08 year are as follows:

• Full Program $5,900 per year
• Maintenance level support $3,540 per year

Contact & More Information

Further information about the PLUS Program at Muskingum College may be obtained by visiting the PLUS Program pages in the Center for Advancement of Learning.