PSYC 406 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Canadian Human Rights Act, Reasonable Accommodation, Sign Language
31 Oct 2017
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Anyone who has a long-term or recurring physical, mental, sensory, psychiatric, or learning impairment, and: 2. Involves modifying or changing the medium or format used to present the directions, items, or tasks to the examinee: e. g. , use of braille or large-print editions for examinees with visual impairments, 2. Modifications of response format: allow examinees to respond with their preferred method of communication, e. g. , if examinee is unable to write due to a physical disability, you can allow him or her to take exam orally, 3. Modifications of setting to perform at their best: e. g. , on group-administered tests, examinees who are highly distractible may be given the test individually or in a small- group setting, 5. Adaptive devices and supports: there are many available that may be useful when testing examinees with disabilities, these can range from sophisticated high-technology solutions to fairly simple low-technology supports (e. g. , dictionaries for. Motor (sitting, running, picking up small objects: 2.
