Psychological Disabilities

Documentation for Psychological disabilities must be submitted by a licensed diagnostician, such as a such as a psychiatrist, neuropsychiatrist, clinical psychologist, neuropsychologist, or other relevantly trained medical doctor or other practitioner who has undergone comprehensive training and has relevant experience in differential diagnosis of psychiatric disorders.

Your doctor or diagnostician must submit:

A fully completed Documentation of Psychological Disability Form and a written report of a current evaluation (within one year). The evaluation should be a complete assessment of your impairment and your current level of functioning in an academic environment. It must include:
- A statement and history of diagnosis.
- The procedures used to assess your impairment such as: clinical interviews, behavioral observations, psychoeducational testing, neuropsychological testing, rating scales, etc. See: Documenting Psychiatric Disabilities, Appendix B.
- The test instruments used with dates administered and results including all subtest, standard, and percentile scores.

Your diagnostician must list the substantial functional limitations for each condition or disability and provide:

A full description of the resulting current difficulties and functional limitations.
The severity of each limitation and the impact of these limitations on learning and functioning in this academic environment.

Whenever possible, your diagnostician should include:

Any recommendations regarding the academic accommodations and/or services needed for access.
A clear and convincing rationale for each requested accommodation and/or service based on the degree of impact of the impairment and the resulting functional limitations.
The history of accommodations provided in other academic settings.