Special assessment conditions - documentation requirements
| Possible difficulty | Functional Impact/Impairment in formal assessments * | Possible special assessment conditions | Minimum documentation required |
|---|---|---|---|
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Attention-Deficit and Disruptive Behaviour Disorders
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Severe concentration and impulse control/difficulty |
Permission to take medication, and/or separate accommodation |
Current medical history/report Teacher comments |
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (High functioning Autism and High functioning Asperger Syndrome)
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Severe concentration difficulties |
Separate accommodation |
Current psychological history/report Learning Disability evidence (if applicable) Teacher comments |
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Back/leg injury/chronic pain |
Pain/discomfort due to injury Problems with prolonged sitting |
Permission to take medication, and/or seat placement and permission to allow standing and stretching in room |
Current medical history/report ACC file notes Teacher comments |
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Deafness |
Inability to hear instructions Language delay |
Written instructions Placement near the teacher Extra time Supervisor who is capable of signing |
Current medical history/report Teacher comments |
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Depression/psychosis Post Traumatic stress |
Anxiety in formal assessment |
Permission to take medication, and/or separate accommodation or home supervision in exceptional circumstances |
Current medical history/report Teacher comments |
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Diabetes |
Need to check blood sugar levels frequently
|
Rest breaks, and /or permission to take food/drink into the examination, and/or permission to leave examination room under supervision to take medication |
Current medical history/report Teacher comments |
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Dyslexia and other Specific Learning Disabilities |
Reading and writing difficulties associated with SLD Mental processing difficulty or slowness associated with SLD Concentration difficulties associated with SLD
|
Extra time or computer, or writer and/or reader |
Current history/report Psychometric assessment/report Learning Disability evidence Teacher comments |
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Dyspraxia |
Writing diffculties associated with Dyspraxia |
Extra time or computer or writer |
Current medical and/or physiotherapist/occupational therapist history/report Teacher comments |
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Epilepsy |
May suffer from epileptic seizure during assessment |
Permission to take medication and/or separate accommodation |
Current medical history/report Evidence of severe seizures Teacher comments |
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Hand/wrist/arm/shoulder injury (long-standing)
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Difficulty writing due to pain or discomfort in hand/arm, excessive fatigue in hand |
Rest breaks and/or computer or writer |
Current medical history/ACC file notes Teacher comments |
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(Severe) head injuries |
Mental processing difficulty or slowness due to head injury |
Rest breaks, and/or permission to take medication |
Current specialist medical history/report ACC file notes Psychological assessment Learning Disability evidence (if applicable) Teacher comments |
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Pregnancy/early infant care |
Discomfort with prolonged sitting Need to breastfeed |
Padded seat cushion, and/or permission to stand and stretch at the back of the room Supervised rest breaks/feeding breaks out of examination room |
Current medical report, including expected delivery date, if applicable |
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Significant physical/muscular or neurological disability |
Paraplegia, Muscular Dystrophy, Cerebral Palsy etc |
Permission to stand/stretch at the back of the room, and/or permission to take medication, and/or separate accommodation, and/or extra time, and/or computer or writer |
Current specialist medical history/report Teacher comments |
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Vision impairment |
Blind, colour blind, Irlen's syndrome etc |
Special examination paper and/or extra time, and reader or computer and/or permission to use overlay |
Current specialist medical history/report Teacher comments
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* For portfolio and performance based assessment consider extra time or computer use.