Student Resources
- CougarAlert: When an emergency occurs, the CougarAlert system can send email, text messages and voice messages to students and employees in as little as 90 seconds.
- Tutoring - Anthony Peterson Center for Academic Assistance
- Mental Health Counseling Services - Collin College offers Mental Health Counseling Services and Resources to currently enrolled students
- Student Engagement - Student Engagement provides co-curricular civic, educational, leadership and social programs.
- Career Center - Collin College Career Centers are here to help you navigate your future.
- Free Mobile Apps - Includes text to speech software, live transcribe, apps for organization etc.
- Collin College Academic & Personal Support - Here is a more comprehensive list of academic and personal support resources for students.
- Texas Workforce Commission/ Division for Blind Services
- Texas Health and Human Services. Division for Blind Services
- Lighthouse for the Blind
- Envision (FKA)
- Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Be My Eyes: Free app that connects blind and low vision people with sighted volunteers and company representatives for visual assistance through a live video call.
- National Federation of the Blind
- Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-blind
- BookShare
- Learning Ally
- Deaf/Blind Tuition Exemption
- Encourage your student to be a self-advocate. Be there as a source of support but know that the student is responsible for initiating and arranging accommodations services in college.
- Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA) - When a child turns 18 years old, all rights afforded to parents under FERPA transfer to the student. As a result, the student must give consent to share their education records and information with their parents.
- Per FERPA, privacy of educational records are protected. If your student would like their ACCESS advisor to communicate with you, they can complete the consent to release information form.
- Encourage your student to be proactive and take advantage of resources available to all Collin College students; some examples include tutoring services (i.e., math lab, writing center), career center, counseling services and student engagement.