Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities

02/06/2026

Here's a moment: Our 2025 FCSUA 10-Year Anniversary Celebration event, which took place on January 21 in celebration of the signing of the FPCTP Act on January 21, 2016. The elegant evening included a reception hour and guest speakers who talked about the growth and impact of FPCTPs.

02/05/2026

The Phoenix RISE program is a Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Program at Fred K. Marchman Technical College in New Port Richey Florida.

Students can choose from credentials such as costmetology, patient care technician and more. The program accepted it first cohirt of students, who began this fall semester!

Swipe through and learn a little more about the Phoenix RISE Program!

02/05/2026

Winter 2026 Student Spotlight Tyler Sattler.

Tyler is a 2018 student completer from the Academy of Community Inclusion at Florida Atlantic University. Tyler was one of the first students to enroll in the program when it started 10 years ago and was one of the first to complete the program.

Read more about Tyler in our Winter 2026 News Brief, now available on our website.

02/04/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our February FCSUA Informational Webinar yesterday afternoon. The webinar will soon be available on our website!

Mark your calendar for our next webinar on March 3!

02/03/2026

02/03/2026

Join us for our FCSUA February Informational Webinar for Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month "Technical Colleges in Action: Preparing Industry Faculty to Support Students with Intellectual Disabilities" othis from 3 - 4 p.m.

This webinar will highlight faculty onboarding and development, instructional supports and resources, and approaches to building inclusive, effective learning environments. Panelists will also discuss collaboration, professional growth, faculty retention, and key lessons learned through program implementation.

Register now: https://ucf.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mtlBDGiPSh-izUhxfzoltg #/registration

02/03/2026

Did you know that this week is SkillsUSA week? SkillsUSA Week is celebrated in February each year in SkillsUSA chapters nationwide. The event offers state associations, advisors and student members the opportunity to promote SkillsUSA programs and activities at the local and state levels while highlighting the importance of the skilled trades.

BRIDGE at Miami Lakes Technical College is porud to have its first student, Richly Mindor, who will be competing in Skills USA state in Action Skills. Richly is currently enrolled in the Master Auotmotive program at Miami Lakes.

Best of luck to you Richly!

02/01/2026

February is Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month. This month is set aside to recognize the contributions of career and technical education to the workforce, preparing students to enter technical and specific career paths with a strong skillset to contribuet back to their community.

There are many Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Programs available at technical colleges - just take a look at all the available programs we currently have, with more on the way!

Throughout the month of February, we will be highlighting our CTE programs, institutions and students and sharing the amazing work and accomplishments they have achieved!

01/30/2026

Our Winter 2026 News Brief is now available on our website. In the Winter 2026 News Brief, you will read about:

* Our 10 Year FPCTP Act celebration
* Our Student Spotlight on Tyler Sattler from the Academy for Community Inclusion at Florida Atlantic University
* Our Program Highlight about building successful partnerships from the IES program at the University of Central Florida
* The newest institutions of higher education that have recently approved FPCTPs on their campus
* And Much More!

Visit our website under the "Events and News" tab to read more: https://fcsua.org/events/events.html

01/29/2026

Congratulations to our Assistant Director for Technical Assistance Christian Zimmerman on his recent election victory as the Postsecondary, Adult & Career Education Division Vice-President Elect for the Association of Career and Technical Education.

Christian's victory marks the first time that the University of Central Florida has had any appointed to the ACTE Board of Directors and the first ACTE Fellow to hold the office of VP.

Tell Christian "Congratulations" in the comments below!

01/29/2026

Project EGDE was featured in a news segment on Spectrum News 9 last week, highlighting the program's impact on enrolled students and the positive work the program is doing in the community!

You can want the news clip here: https://baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2026/01/13/students-with-intellectual-disabilities-thrive-with-project-edge-class-at-mtc

01/27/2026

Join us for our FCSUA February Informational Webinar for Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month "Technical Colleges in Action: Preparing Industry Faculty to Support Students with Intellectual Disabilities" on February 3 from 3 - 4 p.m.

This webinar will highlight faculty onboarding and development, instructional supports and resources, and approaches to building inclusive, effective learning environments. Panelists will also discuss collaboration, professional growth, faculty retention, and key lessons learned through program implementation.

Register now: https://ucf.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mtlBDGiPSh-izUhxfzoltg #/registration