2. A standardized individual achievement SPECIFIC LEARNING DISORDERS REGISTERING WITH STUDENT test, e.g., Woodcock-Johnson Tests of ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES (SAS) Achievement. Specific learning disorders are neurodevelopmental disorders that To be eligible for academic accommodations 3. Information processing tests of memory, persistently affect a student’s ability to at FAU, a student must first be accepted to reception/expressive language, perceive or process verbal or nonverbal the University and then apply for services with auditory/visual perception, and/or information efficiently or accurately SAS. There are two steps to apply for processing speed.

(DSM-5). As a result, the student has services: Other documentation requirements difficulty learning and may perform well include: below expected levels academically. 1. Register with SAS by completing an Application for Academic Accommodations.  Documentation must state a specific DSM- 5 diagnosis with test scores. It should Learning disorders can vary in scope and Applications can be found at https://clockwork.fau.edu/ClockWork/user/inta include anticipated effects of the student’s severity; however, three academic areas functional limitations within the academic are typically affected: ke/default.aspx. setting and suggestions for  Reading 2. Provide appropriate documentation. Following accommodating the student.  Written expression are documentation requirements.  Mathematics  There must be a direct link established * Documentation on prescription pad is not between the requested accommodations accepted. IEPs/504 plans are not and the functional limitations. acceptable as documentation. Documentation requirements are firm.  The evaluation must have been conducted within the last five years if children’s norms ACCESSIBILITY were used. If adult norms were used, the evaluation is acceptable for an unlimited Students with a specific learning disability DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS Documentation must be in the form of a time, provided the above requirements are may be affected academically in various met. SAS reserves the right to make ways. They may read slowly or inaccurately psychological or psychoeducational evaluation conducted by a licensed psychologist. It must modifications to this time frame. and may have trouble comprehending what is read. Their writing may lack clarity and be signed and dated. The evaluation must include three types of tests: Florida Atlantic University does not paragraph organization, and there may be provide a housing accommodation grammatical, punctuation, and/or spelling 1. A standardized individual intelligence test, based solely on a diagnosis of a errors. Mathematical reasoning may be e.g. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. The specific learning disorder. faulty, and the student may have difficulty Reynolds Intellectual Assessment with calculations, basic number facts, and Scales and the Kaufman Brief Intelligence memorization. Test are not accepted.

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 Exam adaptations, e.g., extended time DETERMINING to take exams, distraction reduced ACCOMMODATIONS setting  Time management and study skills Once the application and documentation are training submitted, they will be reviewed by SAS. Incomplete applications are not accepted. The Accommodations are drafted into an official student will be notified if any documentation is letter, an Academic Accommodation missing and will be asked to submit additional Agreement (AAA). The AAA is submitted by documentation to meet the requirements. The the student to each professor every semester, cost for obtaining appropriate documentation officially informing the professors of the Accommodating is the student’s responsibility. approved accommodations. Professors then confirm the accommodations, thereby Students with a It may take one to two weeks for the agreeing to provide them to the student. Once Application for Academic Accommodations to the accommodations are confirmed, the Specific Learning be processed, even with appropriate student can use them documentation. If the documentation submitted Disorder is inadequate, the processing time will Accommodations are necessary to ensure increase. complete access to, and full participation in, the educational process. Academic standards Boca Raton Campus, SU 80, Room 133 Once the documentation requirements are cannot be lowered nor can the essential 561.297.3880 met and the application is complete, the nature of the course or degree requirements Fax: 561.297.2184 student will meet with an SAS consultant for a be altered. TTY: 711 collaborative interview. During the interview, the student will be asked to provide Broward Campuses, LA Room 131 information about his/her disability experience, 954.236.1222 barriers to learning, and effective / ineffective COURSE SUBSTITUTIONS Fax: 954.236.1123 prior accommodations. Appropriate TTY: 711 accommodations are then determined based Occasionally a student is unable to master on an interactive process between the student mathematics or a foreign language due to a Northern Campuses, SR Room 111F and the SAS consultant. specific learning disability. If so, a student can 561.799.8585 Fax: 561.799.8819 petition FAU for a course substitution, only if The student may be eligible for one or more of TTY: 711 the course is not essential to the student’s the following accommodations: degree program or to a licensing requirement.  Notetaking assistance If a student believes s/he may be eligible for a www.fau.edu/sas  Audio recording of lectures course substitution, the student must register *Alternate format is available upon request. with SAS as described above.

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