Accommodations in higher education under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Subtitle: a no-nonsense guide for clinicians, educators, administrators, and lawyers
By: edited by Michael Gordon, Shelby Keiser ; foreword by Alta Lapoint.
Contributors: Gordon, Michael, Ph. D.; Keiser, Shelby.
Publisher: GSI Publications; Guilford Press; GSI Publications and Guilford Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: DeWitt, NY; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Disability evaluation -- United States.; College students with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Description: This practical manual offers essential information and guidance for anyone involved with ADA issues in higher education settings. Fundamental principles and actual clinical and administrative procedures are outlined for evaluating, documenting, and accommodating a wide range of mental and physical impairments. Contributors draw upon extensive hands-on experience with managing ADA issues to supply helpful diagnostic roadmaps, sample reports, and resource listings. Cutting through the morass of confusion surrounding current disability mandates, this book fills a vital need for mental health clinicians, learning disabilities and rehabilitation specialists, administrators in postsecondary institutions and testing organizations, and legal professionals.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.