Parent Webinar Series: Mental Health: What Can a Student Expect? How Do We Prepare?
Date: 06/19/2025 - 06/19/2025
Time: 7 PM - 8 PM
location: Virtual Event
Co-sponsored by the College Autism Network and College Ready
Hosted by Lee Burdette Williams, Executive Director, College Autism Network, and Matt Gunter, Founder, College Ready and Inclusive Academia
Four webinars, four topics to help prepare autistic students for college: housing, mental health, career services and transition programs
June 12, June 19, July 10, August 7. All sessions will take place at 7 pm ET
Registration Costs:
- Free for CAN members
- $99 for all four webinars in the series for non-members
- $35 for each webinar separately for non-members
All sessions will be recorded and available for registrants afterwards.
Thursday, June 19, 2025 - 7 p.m. EDT
Mental Health: What Can a Student Expect? How Do We Prepare?
Outcomes:
- Learn about typical campus-based mental health services
- How does mental health support intersect with accommodations?
- How is a student’s mental health likely to impact their experience?
- What alternatives are there to campus services?
Presenters:
- Mindy Thornton, MA, MAC, AADC, Director, College Program for Students with ASD at Marshall University
- Amy Rutherford, LPC-MHSP-S, Director, College Autism Spectrum, College Autism Spectrum- The Navigate U Network
- Sharon Thompson, PhD, ASDCS, Coordinator, College Success Program, Eastern University
- Ashley Richardson Minnitt, LCSW-S, Director, Longhorn TIES Neurodiversity Support, University of Texas Austin
