Documentation

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Documentation

• College University Transition
• Educators Session
• Presented by
• Algonquin College and Carleton University
• November 29, 2006 - Grade 11 Day

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Documentation the big 5
Post-Secondary

• Up-to date psycho-educational assessment (age 14
  or older) recommended
• Contact Centres/Offices for Students with
  Disabilities for specific information
• Know strengths weaknesses
• Try out strategies
• ADHD documentation same different

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Why documentation?

• Canadian Charter of Rights Freedoms
• Ontario Human Rights Policy
• College University Human Rights Policies
• Ontario Disabilities Act, 2005

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Guiding Philosophy

• Integration and Academic Excellence
• Individualized needs
• Integration of services
• Independence through self-advocacy and
  development of effective strategies
• Accommodations and supports do not undermine
  academic integrity (maintain essential criteria)

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Student Registration

• Student makes appointment, opens file and meets
  with a counsellor
• Student provides diagnostic report with diagnosis
  by registered health care professional and
  previous documentation (IPRC, IEP)
• Counsellor evaluates needs based on
  documentation/diagnosis and past experiences,
  along with information on course outlines

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LD Definition includes

• Central nervous system dysfunction
• Intrinsic to the individual
• Represented by beyond average learning
  difficulties
• Primary cause not due to other factors, such as

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Psycho-educational assessment for Learning
Disability

• Conducted and/or supervised by registered
  psychologist or psychological associate
• Discrepancy of intellectual ability and academic
  achievement
• Consistent failure to achieve
• Information processing deficits
• Learning difficulties not explained by other
  conditions or disorders

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Co-existing Factors

• Cultural or language differences
• Inappropriate or inadequate instruction
• Socio-economic status
• Lack of motivation
• Lack of study skills
• Head injury/history of addictions

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Common co-existing conditions

• AD/HD
• Depression or anxiety disorder
• Sensory deficits
• Developmental intellectual disabilities
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Head injury
• Aspergers

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Accommodations

• Accommodations provided for all disabilities
• Require alternate forms of diagnosis

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Some exam accommodations

• Extended time
• Separate location
• Reader and/or scribe
• Assistive technology for reading/writing
• Breaks as needed

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Some classroom ones

• Voice record lectures
• Copy of visual material not available on course
  site
• Note-taker
• Assignments available early
• Alternate format for text material

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Additional Services Offered

• Test and exam accommodations
• Classroom accommodations
• Learning specialist
• Learning strategist, as needed
• Assistive technology lab
• Assistive technologist, as needed
• Alternate format for reading material
• Referrals to appropriate supports

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A word about ADHD

• Inattention / distractibility
• Hyperactivity sometimes
• Medical diagnosis most over-diagnosed and
  under-diagnosed disorder
• Require psycho-educational assessment for most
  types of classroom and test/exam accommodations

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Transition Issues

• Review documentation with student
• Develop individual student plan
• Arrange alternate format
• Set up note-taking supports
• Evaluate need for tutoring and/or learning
  support
• Discuss adaptive technology
• Arrange for test/exam accommodations

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What can you do to help?

• Choose presenting question to psychologist
  carefully
• Provide realistic feed-back to student/parents
  about post-secondary accommodation expectations
• Make sure student has a portfolio of information
  
• Most recent IPRC IEP (even if not currently
  using accommodations)
• Copy of most recent assessment
• Is assessment appropriate?
• Encourage updated psychoed assessment
• Have student apply for OSAP to access bursary to
  cover cost of assessment

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More Questions?

• University Information Contact
• Nancy McIntyre
• 520-6608
• nancy_mcintyre_at_carleton.ca
• www.carleton.ca/pmc
• www.pmcportal.ca

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College Info Contact

• Louise Legault, Manager, CSD
• [phone] ext. 5353
• [phone] ext. 7683 (main office)
• Centre for Students with Disabilities website
  http//www.algonquincollege.com/csd