Commonly Used Accommodations
Extended Testing
Extended testing is designed to reduce the impact of a disability by allowing additional time for symbol recognition and decoding, cognitive processing, or to reduce the situational stress of a testing event. Extended testing can be provided in-class or in an alternative location. Tests can also be scheduled at the Testing Center. The Testing Center is located in Building 25 Room 106. Shanon Millman and Mark Kenney are staff at the Testing Center. You may also utilize Building 34 108A. (Call Jane Freeman x 4318 to schedule that room)
Distraction Reduced Testing
Distraction reduced testing is designed to reduce the impact of a disability by reducing extraneous stimuli that compete with cognitive processing or cue a stress-related reaction. Testing is offered in an environment with reduced noise, light, and activity. The Testing Center includes a small room for this specific purpose.
Readers and/or Scribes for Tests
Readers and/or Scribes are helpful in reducing the impact of a disability by providing alternative forms of information assimilation and expression. Readers and scribes augment the symbol recognition and decoding skills of students with visual impairments, cognitive processing disabilities, and physical disabilities impacting the hands. When used during testing, readers and scribes are not allowed to interpret, add to, or subtract from the material being tested. They read or write verbatim what is presented to them. Readers and scribes are coordinated through DSS.
Note Takers for Lectures
Note takers reduce the impact of a disability by providing support in the symbol recognition and decoding process inherent in the note taking process, to eliminate or decrease the latency in short-term cognitive processing, to decrease the physical fatigue of extended on task activities, or to augment a student's notes when issues of distractibility are prevalent.
See information about note takers/scribes above under Reading and Verbal Processing Disabilities.
Tape Recording of Lectures
Taping of lectures reduces the impact of a disability by providing a mechanism to review verbally presented material when short-term memory, cognitive processing, or visual impairments exist. Tape recorders can be checked out from the Library.
Extended testing is designed to reduce the impact of a disability by allowing additional time for symbol recognition and decoding, cognitive processing, or to reduce the situational stress of a testing event. Extended testing can be provided in-class or in an alternative location. Tests can also be scheduled at the Testing Center. The Testing Center is located in Building 25 Room 106. Shanon Millman and Mark Kenney are staff at the Testing Center. You may also utilize Building 34 108A. (Call Jane Freeman x 4318 to schedule that room)
Distraction Reduced Testing
Distraction reduced testing is designed to reduce the impact of a disability by reducing extraneous stimuli that compete with cognitive processing or cue a stress-related reaction. Testing is offered in an environment with reduced noise, light, and activity. The Testing Center includes a small room for this specific purpose.
Readers and/or Scribes for Tests
Readers and/or Scribes are helpful in reducing the impact of a disability by providing alternative forms of information assimilation and expression. Readers and scribes augment the symbol recognition and decoding skills of students with visual impairments, cognitive processing disabilities, and physical disabilities impacting the hands. When used during testing, readers and scribes are not allowed to interpret, add to, or subtract from the material being tested. They read or write verbatim what is presented to them. Readers and scribes are coordinated through DSS.
Note Takers for Lectures
Note takers reduce the impact of a disability by providing support in the symbol recognition and decoding process inherent in the note taking process, to eliminate or decrease the latency in short-term cognitive processing, to decrease the physical fatigue of extended on task activities, or to augment a student's notes when issues of distractibility are prevalent.
See information about note takers/scribes above under Reading and Verbal Processing Disabilities.
Tape Recording of Lectures
Taping of lectures reduces the impact of a disability by providing a mechanism to review verbally presented material when short-term memory, cognitive processing, or visual impairments exist. Tape recorders can be checked out from the Library.