DOCUMENTATION GUIDELINES

Students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders must provide documentation that meets the following criteria:

• The documentation must be comprehensive and current (within three (3) years prior to the students request for accommodation(s).)
• Professionals conducting assessments, rendering diagnoses of specific disabilities, and making recommendations for appropriate accommodation(s) must be qualified to do so (e.g., a licensed psychiatrist, psychologist, medical doctor, or other qualified mental health professional).
• The documentation must identify an unequivocal diagnosis of a specific disability.
• The documentation must discuss functional limitations caused by the disability in an academic environment or the environment in which the student is requesting accommodation(s).
• The documentation should recommend accommodation(s) to compensate for the identified functional limitations.
• The documentation should list current medication, dosages, and existing (not possible) side effects.

ACCOMMODATIONS ARE DECIDED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS AND MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:

•   Note taking
•   Extended time for exams
•   Exams in a distraction-reduced environment
•   Tape recorder

WHEN TO CONTACT DS:

• To register for services.
• To request additional accommodation(s).
• When unable to work out DS approved accommodations with faculty.
• When accommodations do not seem to be helping.
• When there is a problem. Be honest with the DS staff and faculty. We cannot help if we do not know a problem exists.

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Documentation Form