LEARNING & OTHER COGNITIVE DISABILITIES

Problem

Possible Accommodations

Professional Diagnostician

Documentation Needed

Reading Disorder

·    Extended Time

·    Audiocassette (generally with double time)

·    Private room

·    Scribe (to write the essay dictated by the examinee and to fill-in bubbles on multiple-choice answer sheet)

·    Clinical Psychologist

·    School Psychologist

·    Neurologist

·    Neuropsychologist

·    Neuropsychiatrist

·    Psychiatrist (with psychological testing from a licensed psychologist)

·    Education Specialist (using psychological testing from a licensed psychologist)

·    Completed LD Request Form

·    Measurement of academic achievement in broad reading, broad written language, broad math and/or broad knowledge, using WJ-R, WJ-lll Ach., WIAT-l, WIAT-ll or other primary accepted tests

·    Measurement of Verbal IQ, Performance IQ, and Full Scale IQ, with subtest scaled standard scores, using WISC-lll or WAIS-R or one of the other accepted tests

·    Diagnosed disability

·    DSM-IV Code(s)

·    List of the functional limitation(s) caused by the disability

·    Request accommodation(s)

·    Rationale for Accommodation(s)

Written Language Disorder

·    Extended Time

·    Scribe (to write the essay dictated by the examinee and to fill-in bubbles on multiple-choice answer sheet)

·    Private Room

Math Disorder

·    Extended time

·    Calculator

·    Private Room

·    Scribe

ATTENTION DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER

Problem

Possible Accommodations

Professional Diagnostician

Documentation Needed

Attention Deficit/Hyper-activity Disorder

·    Supervised frequent breaks (break intervals/times specified by certifying professional)

·    Extended time

·    Private room

·    Neuropsychologist

·    Neurologist

·    Psychiatrist

·    Medical Doctor

·    Psychologist with a specialty in ADD/ADHD

·    Completed AD/HD request form

·    Letter on official letterhead, signed by the medical doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist, that includes the following:

·  Diagnosis of the disability

·  Developmental history

·  Results from a specific test of attention such as TOVA Gordon Diagnostic Battery of the Connors Continuous Performance Test

·  DSM-IV Code

·  List of the functional limitation(s) caused by the disability

·  Requested accommodation(s)

·  Rationale for accommodation(s)

EMOTIONAL/MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITY

Problem

Possible Accommodations

Professional Diagnostician

Documentation Needed

Examples of conditions:

·    Schizophrenia

·    Depression

·    Bipolar Disorder

·    Anxiety Disorder

·    Extensive Medication (antipsychotic or other)

·    Private Testing

·    Frequent supervised breaks

·    Extended time

·    Medical Doctor

·    Clinical Psychologist

·    Neuropsychologist

·    Psychiatrist

·    Completed EMH request form.

·    Letter on official letterhead, signed by the medical doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist, that includes the following;

·    Diagnosis of the disability

·    Level of impairment

·    History

·    DSM-IV Code

·    List of the functional limitation(s) caused by the disability

·    Requested accommodation(s)

·    Rational for accommodation(s)

PHYSICAL/CHRONIC HEALTH DISABILITY

Problem

Possible Accommodations

Professional Diagnostician

Documentation Needed

Visual Impairment

·    Large print and/or audiocassette version (generally with double time)

·    Braille and/or audiocassette version with extended time (generally double time)

·    Scribe

·    Talking calculator for entire Mathematics Test

·    Other: LCR screen, abacus, stylus & Slate etc. (may require additional time for approval)

·    Ophthalmologist

·    Optometrist

·    Medical Doctor

·    Completed PCH Disability form

·    A letter on official letterhead, signed by the qualified professional and includes the following:

·  Diagnosis of the disability

·  List of the functional limitation(s) caused by the disability

·  Requested accommodation(s)

·  Rationale for accommodation(s)

Hearing Impairment

·    Extended time

·    Test Instructions (not actual test questions) interpreted in sign language by a certified interpreter

·    Video tape draft of essay

·    Audiologist

·    Medical Doctor

Examples of other physical conditions:

·    Mobility Impairment

·    Pain

·    HIV

·    Diabetes

·    Cancer

·    Extensive Medication

·    Extended time

·    Scribe (when upper appendages are impaired)

·    Frequent Supervised breaks (break intervals/times specified by certifying professional)

·    Private Room

·    Other: Head stick, adapted keyboard, mechanical or electronic devices, etc. (may require additional time or approval)

·    Medical Doctor

·    Qualified diagnostician