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POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR REQUESTING ACADEMIC ACCOMMODATIONS

Northwest Nazarene University offers reasonable accommodations to all qualified students in accordance with the provisions of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Those students with learning disabilities who require accommodations are encouraged to make an appointment in a timely manner with the Advisor to Students with Learning Disabilities in the Academic Support Center. Any information provided by the student in order to receive accommodation services will be kept confidential according to State and Federal laws and will be used for the benefit of the student in identifying and securing accommodations and services needed to support his/her full participation at NNU. These accommodations and services must be in keeping with the academic integrity of each course.

Students requesting accommodations and services because of a learning disability must follow the procedures listed below.

1. Make an appointment with the Advisor to Students with Learning Disabilities to discuss goals, disabilities, and needs.
2. Provide documentation verifying your disability.  The following information should be included: (IEP’s and 504 Plans in and of themselves are not sufficient information)
1. Statement of the diagnosis
2. Date of diagnosis (must be within the last 3 years)
3. Name and qualifications of the evaluator
4. Summary of the instruments and procedures or the cognitive areas of aptitude testing, achievement testing, and/or information processing.
5. Past and present symptom
6. Medical history of relevant medications and their effect on the student 
7. Statement of the student’s academic performance
8. Recommendation for, or statement of, academic adjustments needed

Prior testing and evaluation must be comprehensive and must identify the student’s most accurate and efficient processing modalities.  If current evaluation is taking place, both aptitude and achievement testing must be complete.  The student must assume the cost of the evaluation.  The following cognitive areas must be evaluated: aptitude or ability, academic achievement, and information processing.  The tests most frequently administered are listed below.

1. Aptitude or Ability Tests
1. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - III
2. Woodcock-Johnson III - Psycho-Educational Battery-Revised tests of Cognitive Ability
3. Detroit Test of Learning aptitude-Adult (DTLA)
4. Halsted-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery for Adults
5. Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test (5th edition)
2. Academic Achievement 
1. Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery Tests of Achievement-Revised (WJ-III) 
2. Adult Basic Learning Examination (ABLE)
3. Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement - II
4. Peabody Individual Achievement Tests (PIAT) 
5. Scholastic Ability Tests for Adults 
6. Stanford Test of Academic skills (TASK) g) Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE)
3. Information Processing Tests of Skills and Learning Patterns
1. Detroit tests of Learning Aptitude-Adult (DTLA )
2. Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Auditory Tests
3.  Reitan Aphasia Screening Test

Please submit documentation to:

Professor Barbara Howard
Advisor to Students with Learning Disabilities
Administration Building, Office Complex 6
Northwest Nazarene University
623 Holly Street
Nampa, ID 83686
(208) 467-8669