Services for Students with Disabilities
Student and Parent Resource Guide: Frequently Used Accommodations
Exams
- Extended time for testing: the regular class time plus one half, or double the class time
- Testing in a noise reduced area
- Have test questions read aloud or taped
- Take essay tests on a computer
Classroom
- Tape recording lectures
- Volunteer note taker
- Preferential seating
- Use of books on tape
- In-class use of a laptop
- Waiving spelling errors for in-class work
A Note about Attention Deficit Disorder
ADD is not a learning disability as defined by law, although many persons have mistakenly labeled it as such. ADD is a neurological condition that reduces a person's productivity and rate of learning. ADD may constitute a disability if the symptoms are severe enough to significantly affect a major life activity such as learning. The role of medication is especially important with regard to ADD I and disability status, in so far as medication treatment may reduce the symptoms to the point at which they are no longer disabling. Thus students with ADD do not automatically qualify for accommodations.
