A student with a documented disability seeking an accommodation to access a campus program, activity, or service should contact SASS at sass@kenyon.edu to set up a time to meet with the director or associate director to discuss specific needs. While advance notice is required to review documentation, evaluate accommodation requests and provide notice or arrangements for any accommodation, arrangements for interim support services can be made.
Kenyon accepts documentation as valid if the date of the testing is within three to five years from the time of college enrollment. A copy of the student's high school 504 Transition plan is helpful; however, typically it will not qualify as complete documentation of the disability. SASS will review the documentation and identify on a case-by-case basis a range of reasonable accommodations based on documentation provided. No student should delay in meeting with SASS out of concern for not having appropriate paperwork. For more information, please see the documentation guidelines.
At the start of the academic year students meet with SASS staff to discuss accommodations options. At this time, students sign an annual release of information allowing SASS to communicate with faculty/staff. An electronic accommodation approval will be sent to the faculty and/or staff members the student has listed on his/her/their release form. A copy of the accommodation will also be emailed to the student. Students can renew their accommodations each semester by completing a "semester request" in accommodate.
Students will arrange to meet with their professor(s) soon after receiving their copy of the Letter of Accommodation email. This meeting is an opportunity for students to communicate with faculty/staff about the nature of his/her/their learning style and to discuss academic test accommodations in order to determine arrangements for extended time testing and or testing in a distraction limited testing area in particular. SASS is available to provide assistance to students, faculty and staff with any questions regarding accommodation arrangements.
Accommodations at the post-secondary level are based on complete neuropsychological or psycho educational assessments. These assessments are used to determine the current impact of the disability on the student’s in specific academic settings. Documentation typically includes both aptitude and academic achievement testing, information processing and/or other test data relevant to the specific diagnosis. IEPs or 504 plans provide helpful additional information in addition to a full educational evaluation.
Educational tests include, but are not limited to the following:
Aptitude Tests
WAIS-III, WJ-R,
Kaufman Adult Intelligence scale or
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale
Academic Achievement Tests
Scholastic Abilities Tests for Adults
Woodcock Johnson Psychoeducational Battery- Revised (WJ-R Tests of Achievement)
Stanford Test of Academic Skills
Specific Achievement Tests
Nelson-Denny Reading Skills Test
Stanford Diagnostic Mathematics Test
Test of Written Langauag-3 (TOWL-3)
Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests – Revised
Information Processing Tests
Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude- 3 (DTLA-3)
Adult DTLA-A
Information from the WAIS-III or WJ-R
ADHD-specific
Connor Continuous Performance Rating Scale
Stroop’s Color/Word Test
Brown Adolescent Attention Deficit Scale
Trail Making Test
Documentation should include test scores and an evaluation summary. It should be current, within the past 3-5 years. Please contact us with any specific questions that you may have regarding educational testing and the college requirements.