Eligibility for Students with Learning Disabilities
- Diagnosis
Certain criteria must be met in order for a student to receive appropriate accommodations for a learning disability. Students are expected to self-identify and present appropriate documentation to the Disability Resource Center. Documentation should include a written report of a thorough psycho-educational battery of tests administered by a licensed psychologist. The evaluation should be within three years of admission to the University. The following guidelines indicate what needs to be included for determination of eligibility for services.
A comprehensive diagnostic report that includes the following domains:
- Aptitude. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ? III (WAIS-III) with subtest scores (preferred instrument), The Woodcock-Johnson III (WJ III): General Intellectual Ability (Standard or Extended), the Stanford Binet IV, Kaufman Adult Intelligence Test (KAIT), or the Differential Ability Scales (DAS).
- Achievement. Current levels of functioning in reading (decoding, comprehension and rate), mathematics (calculation, reasoning and fluency), and written language (spelling and mechanics) are required. Acceptable instruments include: WJ III: Test of Achievement; Nelson Denny Reading Test; Stanford Test of Academic Skills (TASK); Stanford Diagnostic Mathematics Test and others.
- Information Processing. Assessment of the following areas of information processing are required: attention, oral language, phonological/orthographic processing, fluency/automaticity, memory/learning, executive functions, visual perceptual, visual spatial, and visual motor. Acceptable instruments include subtests from the WAIS-III (if not used to determine intellectual ability) and WJ III: Tests of Cognitive Abilities and others.
- DSM IV Code. Sufficient documentation for the identification of a learning disability.
- Recommendations. For classroom and testing accommodations
- Diagnosed Condition Satisfies Definition of a Disability
- Behavior must be consistent with the University of Georgia Conduct Code