The College Autism Readiness Retreat, CARR for short, is a week-long retreat for rising junior and senior high school students on the autism spectrum who intend to pursue a four-year undergraduate degree.

Students will experience an on-campus per college prep. Experiences include:

• Living in a Residence Hall overnight
• Accessing the Dining Hall
• Acquire information, destinations, and experiences with Campus services (including Health and Wellness Services, Psychological and Counseling Services, Student Success Center and Tutoring Services, and Autism resources).
• Touring and experiencing various on-campus facilities (including the Student Recreational Center, Library, the Student Union, Bookstore, Dining Halls, Residential Buildings, and Academic Buildings)
• Participation in a variety of Classroom/Activity formats (small classroom and lecture halls)
• Acquire, practice, and/or generalize college classroom etiquette and communication skills
• Learning and differentiating between entitlement and eligibility (IDEA vs ADA) for high school to higher education.

*Students will stop at the University Libraries (Francis Harvey Green Library and Presser Music Library) for fun activities, to learn about our spaces, and to explore our resources. 

TO LEARN MORE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK: www.wcupa.edu/deputy-provost/dcap/carr.aspx

We invite CARR 1 students to visit the library on a guided tour of our Francis Harvey Green Library.

Our tour will last 60 minutes and end in our Innovation Media Center (IMC). Students will learn about our key service centers, the whys/hows our program is a valuable resource for students on campus, and get to know some of our library employees.