Accommodations in Higher Education under the Americans with Disabilities Act: A No-Nonsense Guide for Clinicians, Educators, Administrators, and Lawyers - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 157230359X ISBN 13: 9781572303591

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 1998

Synopsis

Which psychiatric, learning, and physical disorders warrant academic and test-taking accommodations under the ADA? What are the best approaches for conducting evaluations, writing reports, and reviewing documentation? With balance and clarity, this manual outlines how the ADA applies to a wide range of mental and physical impairments within higher education settings. Cutting through the morass of ambiguity surrounding current disability law, the book outlines a series of fundamental principles and actual clinical/administrative procedures. Contributors draw upon extensive hands-on experience with managing ADA
issues to provide helpful diagnostic roadmaps, sample evaluations, reproducible forms, and resource listings. An appendix presents the most current consensus guidelines (developed by two prominent national organizations) for the documentation of both learning disabilities and ADHD in adolescents and adults.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Gordon, PhD, is a professor of psychiatry and Director of the ADHD Program at SUNY Health Science Center in Syracuse, NY. His many publications include How to Operate an ADHD Clinic or Subspecialty Practice (GSI Publications, 1995).

Shelby Keiser, MS, is manager of the Office of Test Accommodations at the National Board of Medical Examiners. She is a member of the AHEAD Ad Hoc Committee on Documentation of Learning Disorders and the Consortium on Documentation of ADHD, and has served as a consultant in the diagnosis and remediation of reading and learning disabilities.

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Contents
Foreword, Alta Lapoint
Preface, Michael Gordon and Shelby Keiser
1. Underpinnings, Michael Gordon and Shelby Keiser
2. Documentation Requirements for Educational Accommodations: An Administrator's View, Joan M. McGuire
3. Documentation Requirements for Test Accommodations: An Administrator's View, Shelby Keiser
4. The Americans with Disabilities Act: Legal Requirements for Clinical Evaluations, James G. Frierson
5. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Michael Gordon and Kevin R. Murphy
6. Language Based Learning Disabilities, Barbara J. Lorry
7. Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Lauren Wylonis and Edward Schweizer
8. Physical Disorders, Stanley Wainapel
9. Visual Disorders, Dysfunctions, and Disabilities, David A. Damari
10. Last Words, Michael Gordon and Shelby Keiser
Appendix A. The AHEAD guidelines for Learning Disabilities
Appendix B. Consortium Guidelines for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

About this edition

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 157230359X
• ISBN 13: 9781572303591
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 236
• Editor: Gordon Michael, Keiser Shelby