The College Autism Readiness Retreat, CARR for short, is a 5 days/4 night retreat for rising and Seniors with Autism who plan on attending a two or 4-year post-secondary education.

Students will experience an on-campus post-secondary education prep. Experiences include:

• Experience campus life, commuter style, and residential style
• Access dining hall options
• Practice self-determination, social, time management, independence, community integration, safety, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Acquire information and experiences with Campus services, including Health and Wellness Services, Psychological and Counseling Services, OEA, Trans and Queer Advocacy, D-CAP, and LARC
• Tour and experience various on-campus facilities, including the Student Recreational Center, the Library, the Student Union Building, the Student Bookstore, Dining Halls, Residential Buildings, and Academic Buildings
• Participate in a variety of Classroom/Activity formats (e.g., lecture, lab, studio, structured, unstructured)
• Talk with current students with ASD about experiences
• Learn about additional post-secondary education programs that support autistic students besides West Chester University.
• Acquire, practice, and/or generalize college classroom etiquette and communication skills
• Create and deliver a presentation on experience as well as skills acquired and needed to transition to college
• Learn the difference 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 2 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, Learn about our resources and how they can help make college application decisions, ask us questions about our library operations and programs, and get to know some of our library employees.