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 ADAissues 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. (view table of contents)

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Unique in its perspective, the fourth edition of Assessment in Special Education covers assessments for every disability type while examining each stage of the assessment process. Unlike other books, it is organized chronologically and moves sequentially through response to intervention, to prereferral strategies, to assessments, to report writing, to development of the IEP. Chapters discuss the most current and reliable assessment measures used in schools to determine all areas of special need from infancy, to school-age and into adulthood. This edition addresses current topics such as IDEIA, curriculum-based assessment, curriculum-based measurement, functional behavior assessments and behavioral intervention plans. Early chapters are devoted to foundational concepts, while later chapters tackle practical topics such as interpretation, diagnosis, report writing, recommendations, parent involvement and eligibility. "

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Product Description: This book hopes to render a social service to potential applicants, by offering some practical insight into the S.S. disability system. It could also be of great benefit to physicians and attorneys who are attempting to help their patients or clients obtain disability benefits...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Current estimates suggest that between one and three percent of people living in the United States will receive a diagnosis of mental retardation. Mental retardation, a condition characterized by deficits in intellectual capabilities and adaptive behavior, can be particularly hard to diagnose in the mild range of the disability...read more

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Product Description: Finally a guide book to help primary care physicians and care providers navigate return-to-work issues. This needed reference is written from the healthcare provider's point of view combining the science with the art of medicine. A Physician's Guide to Return to Work teaches physicians and health care providers how to think through the issues of "risk", "capacity" and "tolerance" when negotiating return-to-work and stay-at-work issues with patients...read more

Product Description: This handbook explains applicable federal regulations and clarifies the referral, assessment, and evaluation process that helps determine student eligibility for special education and related services.

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