The report should include specific recommendations for accommodations and an explanation as to why they are necessary. A qualified evaluator should perform testing. For example, clinical or educational psychologists, school psychologists, psychiatrists, and other professionals that are trained in the assessment of specific learning disabilities in adolescents and adults would be qualified evaluators. It is not considered appropriate for professionals to evaluate family members. The University provides services to students with disabilities.
Assistance is provided, but much of the responsibility for follow through is up to the student.
Students who anticipate needing a great deal of structure and support should seriously consider a college with a comprehensive program. Reasonable academic accommodations are individual and based on the nature of the disability and the academic environment. Some of the more common accommodations are extended time for tests, taping of lectures, notetakers, scribe for testing, preferential classroom seating, and use of books on tape. Depending on the nature of the disability and the accommodations requested, the amount of advance notice provided may impact the University's ability to provide accommodations. Students must sign a new accommodation form for each term at Villanova in order to receive accommodations during that term.