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Documentation Required for LD
I. A qualified professional must conduct a current evaluation Professionals conducting assessments and rendering diagnoses of neurodevelopmental disorders must have comprehensive relevant training in differential diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders and experience with adults. The following professionals would generally be considered qualified to evaluate and diagnose neurodevelopmental disorders: clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, and educational psychologists, psychiatrists (ADHD). Because the provision of reasonable accommodations is based on assessment of the current functional impact of the student's disability on academic performance, it is in a student's best interest to provide documentation of recent testing. This generally means that a comprehensive evaluation should have been conducted within the past three years using the adult version of assessment tools. If documentation is inadequate in scope or content, or does not address the individual's current level of functioning, reevaluation and/or additional testing will be required. If you have had accommodations in your prior school but don't have a current or complete psychological report: send us what you have. We may grant provisional accommodations to allow time to obtain a comprehensive psycho-educational evaluation. II. Documentation Must Be Comprehensive A. Evidence of Impairment: A Diagnostic Interview The report of assessment should include a comprehensive diagnostic interview that includes relevant background information from a variety of sources to support the diagnosis. The report of assessment should include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following areas as relevant to the disability and the current request for accommodation(s): a description of the presenting problem(s); a thorough history providing evidence that learning or attentional problems began early, typically in elementary school or before, including objective evidence of ongoing issues that have significantly impaired functioning over time; a developmental history; an academic history, including results of prior standardized testing, reports of classroom performance, behavior, notable trends, and prior accommodations and self-accommodations used in secondary and postsecondary school; family history as relevant to the impairment; psychosocial history; relevant medical and medication history, including (but not limited to) the absence of a medical basis for the present symptoms; history of relevant prior psycho- or other therapy; a discussion of dual diagnoses, alternative or coexisting mood, behavioral, neurological and/or personality disorders, and exploration of possible other mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety, or attentional or academic problems that are not better explained by other mental health conditions. B. Relevant Testing The neuropsychological or psychoeducational evaluation for the diagnosis of a neurodevelopmental disorder should provide clear and specific evidence that a neurodevelopmental disorder does or does not exist. The data should logically connect the specific substantial limitation to learning or other major life activity for which the student requests accommodation. The test findings must document both the nature and severity of the neurodevelopmental impairment(s) involved. Students should refrain from taking medication during testing that might alter their performance on tasks. Students should consult with their evaluator about testing on or off medication. Testing off medication will increase the possibility that the testing will show current functioning more accurately. It is not acceptable to administer only one test, nor is it acceptable to base a diagnosis on only one of several subtests. The tests used must be reliable, valid, and standardized for use with an adult population. Actual test scores must be provided. Age norms should be used unless not available for that specific test. In addition to test scores, interpretation of results is required. Test protocol sheets or scores alone are not sufficient. Domains to be addressed should include the following: 1. Cognitive Ability A complete aptitude assessment is required with all subtests and standard scores. The preferred instrument is the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV). Other acceptable instruments include, but are not limited to, the Woodcock - Johnson Psychoeducational Battery -IV: Tests of Cognitive Ability; the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale: Fifth Edition. 2. Achievement A complete achievement battery, with all subtests and standard scores, must be provided. The battery should include current levels of academic functioning in reading (decoding and comprehension), mathematics, and written language. If an accommodation request includes extended time for tests, timed measures of relevant academic skills should be included. Accommodation recommendations based on an ADHD diagnosis require evidence from a full psychoeducational evaluation that the student has deficits directly related to each accommodation request. For instance, if extended time for tests is being requested, testing should include academic fluency measures and other timed measures of academic skills showing that the student is substantially impaired in his/her ability to complete the work in a timely manner. Recommended instruments include, but are not limited to, the Woodcock - Johnson Psychoeducational Battery-IV: Tests of Achievement; the Nelson - Denny Reading Skills Test; the Gray Oral Reading Test - Fifth Edition; and the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test - III. The Wide Range Achievement Test - 4 (WRAT-4) is not a comprehensive measure of achievement and therefore is not acceptable if used as the sole measure of achievement. 3. Information Processing Specific areas of information processing (e.g., short and long term memory; sequential memory; auditory and visual perception/processing; processing speed; executive functioning; motor ability) must be assessed, including the nature and extent of all processing deficits, in addition to other information provided regarding functional impairment. Acceptable instruments include, but are not limited to, the Detroit Test of Learning Aptitude - 4 (DTLA-4), the Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning - 2 (WRAML2), Wisconsin Card Sort, Trails A and B, Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Drawing (REY-O). Information from subtests on the WAIS-IV, or the Woodcock - Johnson Psychoeducational Battery-IV; Tests of Cognitive Ability, Wechsler Memory Scale - IV, Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery, Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery, as well as other instruments may be used to address these areas. For students with ADHD, computerized assessment of attentional functioning, (e.g., Continuous Performance Test (CPT)), is strongly encouraged. Weaknesses in Processing Speed or Executive Functions do not automatically qualify a student for extended time; rather, an accommodation for extended time must be supported by data that clearly shows work pace deficits on timed measures specifically related to academic skills, such as reading, writing, and/or math. 4. Other Assessment Measures Other standard and formal assessment measures (e.g., personality, clinical, or behavior inventories) may be integrated with the above documents to help support a dual diagnosis, or to disentangle the neurodevelopmental disorder from coexisting mood, behavioral, neurological, and/or personality disorders. In addition to standardized test batteries, it is also very helpful to include informal observations of the student during the test administration. Nonstandard measures and informal assessment procedures may be helpful to determine performance across a variety of domains. III. Documentation Must Include a Specific Diagnosis and Demonstrate a Substantial Limitation to a Major Life Activity as Compared to the Average Person in the General PopulatioDocumentation Required for ADHD
I. A qualified professional must conduct a current evaluation Professionals conducting assessments and rendering diagnoses of neurodevelopmental disorders must have comprehensive relevant training in differential diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders and experience with adults. The following professionals would generally be considered qualified to evaluate and diagnose neurodevelopmental disorders: clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, and educational psychologists, psychiatrists (ADHD). Because the provision of reasonable accommodations is based on assessment of the current functional impact of the student's disability on academic performance, it is in a student's best interest to provide documentation of recent testing. This generally means that a comprehensive evaluation should have been conducted within the past three years using the adult version of assessment tools. If documentation is inadequate in scope or content, or does not address the individual's current level of functioning, reevaluation and/or additional testing will be required. If you have had accommodations in your prior school but don't have a current or complete psychological report: send us what you have. We may grant provisional accommodations to allow time to obtain a comprehensive psycho-educational evaluation. II. Documentation Must Be Comprehensive A. Evidence of Impairment: A Diagnostic Interview The report of assessment should include a comprehensive diagnostic interview that includes relevant background information from a variety of sources to support the diagnosis. The report of assessment should include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following areas as relevant to the disability and the current request for accommodation(s): a description of the presenting problem(s); a thorough history providing evidence that learning or attentional problems began early, typically in elementary school or before, including objective evidence of ongoing issues that have significantly impaired functioning over time; a developmental history; an academic history, including results of prior standardized testing, reports of classroom performance, behavior, notable trends, and prior accommodations and self-accommodations used in secondary and postsecondary school; family history as relevant to the impairment; psychosocial history; relevant medical and medication history, including (but not limited to) the absence of a medical basis for the present symptoms; history of relevant prior psycho- or other therapy; a discussion of dual diagnoses, alternative or coexisting mood, behavioral, neurological and/or personality disorders, and exploration of possible other mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety, or attentional or academic problems that are not better explained by other mental health conditions. B. Relevant Testing The neuropsychological or psychoeducational evaluation for the diagnosis of a neurodevelopmental disorder should provide clear and specific evidence that a neurodevelopmental disorder does or does not exist. The data should logically connect the specific substantial limitation to learning or other major life activity for which the student requests accommodation. The test findings must document both the nature and severity of the neurodevelopmental impairment(s) involved. Students should refrain from taking medication during testing that might alter their performance on tasks. Students should consult with their evaluator about testing on or off medication. Testing off medication will increase the possibility that the testing will show current functioning more accurately. It is not acceptable to administer only one test, nor is it acceptable to base a diagnosis on only one of several subtests. The tests used must be reliable, valid, and standardized for use with an adult population. Actual test scores must be provided. Age norms should be used unless not available for that specific test. In addition to test scores, interpretation of results is required. Test protocol sheets or scores alone are not sufficient. Domains to be addressed should include the following: 1. Cognitive Ability A complete aptitude assessment is required with all subtests and standard scores. The preferred instrument is the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV). Other acceptable instruments include, but are not limited to, the Woodcock - Johnson Psychoeducational Battery -IV: Tests of Cognitive Ability; the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale: Fifth Edition. 2. Achievement A complete achievement battery, with all subtests and standard scores, must be provided. The battery should include current levels of academic functioning in reading (decoding and comprehension), mathematics, and written language. If an accommodation request includes extended time for tests, timed measures of relevant academic skills should be included. Accommodation recommendations based on an ADHD diagnosis require evidence from a full psychoeducational evaluation that the student has deficits directly related to each accommodation request. For instance, if extended time for tests is being requested, testing should include academic fluency measures and other timed measures of academic skills showing that the student is substantially impaired in his/her ability to complete the work in a timely manner. Recommended instruments include, but are not limited to, the Woodcock - Johnson Psychoeducational Battery-IV: Tests of Achievement; the Nelson - Denny Reading Skills Test; the Gray Oral Reading Test - Fifth Edition; and the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test - III. The Wide Range Achievement Test - 4 (WRAT-4) is not a comprehensive measure of achievement and therefore is not acceptable if used as the sole measure of achievement. 3. Information Processing Specific areas of information processing (e.g., short and long term memory; sequential memory; auditory and visual perception/processing; processing speed; executive functioning; motor ability) must be assessed, including the nature and extent of all processing deficits, in addition to other information provided regarding functional impairment. Acceptable instruments include, but are not limited to, the Detroit Test of Learning Aptitude - 4 (DTLA-4), the Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning - 2 (WRAML2), Wisconsin Card Sort, Trails A and B, Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Drawing (REY-O). Information from subtests on the WAIS-IV, or the Woodcock - Johnson Psychoeducational Battery-IV; Tests of Cognitive Ability, Wechsler Memory Scale - IV, Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery, Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery, as well as other instruments may be used to address these areas. For students with ADHD, computerized assessment of attentional functioning, (e.g., Continuous Performance Test (CPT)), is strongly encouraged. Weaknesses in Processing Speed or Executive Functions do not automatically qualify a student for extended time; rather, an accommodation for extended time must be supported by data that clearly shows work pace deficits on timed measures specifically related to academic skills, such as reading, writing, and/or math. 4. Other Assessment Measures Other standard and formal assessment measures (e.g., personality, clinical, or behavior inventories) may be integrated with the above documents to help support a dual diagnosis, or to disentangle the neurodevelopmental disorder from coexisting mood, behavioral, neurological, and/or personality disorders. In addition to standardized test batteries, it is also very helpful to include informal observations of the student during the test administration. Nonstandard measures and informal assessment procedures may be helpful to determine performance across a variety of domains. C. Evidence of DSM-5 Criteria (ADHD only) Note: For documentation of LD, all elements of Subparts A and B must be provided. For documentation of ADHD, all elements of Subparts A,Special Need Services Offered
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