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The Board of Regents specifies that a student must meet three criteria
to be considered as having a specific learning disability:
1. Average intellectual ability based on performance on a standardized
IQ test.
2. A significant discrepancy between intellectual ability and achievement
in one or more, but not all academic areas (i.e.,reading, math,
written language).
3. The academic discrepancy is linked to weaknesses in information
and cognitive processing abilities.
In order to receive accommodations for a specific learning disability,
the student must provide documentation that addresses each of these
three criteria. The specific
documentation guidelines (Criteria for Outside Evaluations)(Link
will open in a new window) may be viewed in the Academic Affairs
Handbook.
Documentation must be within three years of the student's application
for accommodations, or the evaluation must have been completed as
an adult (18 years or older).
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