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Adaptive Software

• Dragon Naturally Speaking (for PC)
• Dragon Dictate (for Mac)
• Claro Read
• Read and Write Gold
• Kurzweil 3000
• Inspiration
• Spark-Space
• Ginger Software
• Echo Pen

Advocacy

Liaison with admission office, deans, professors, funding agencies, library staff, technical services

Alternate formats

Digital text - We help you obtain digital textbooks or course packs for reading with computer software. We also assist students with creating digitized course outlines and journal articles for class work using our scanners.

Assessments

LD screening on site
Referrals for full assessments, off campus.

Counseling

• Academic - course selection & program selection
• Personal - referrals
• Financial - assistance with Canada Student Loans, Canada Access Grants, Grants for Services & Equipment for Students with Disabilities
• Career - post- graduation issues dealing with employment and graduate schools

Note Takers

Limited funds are available to assist students in paying for note takers.

Peer Tutors

Peer tutors are available to students whose disability necessitates additional clarification or elaboration of material presented in lectures. Limited funds available to assist students in paying for tutors

Scanning

Meighen Centre computer labs are equipped with scanners that can be used, with the help of our staff, for digitizing course outlines and journal articles.

Test/Exam Accommodations:

• Extra time
• Quiet room
• Use of computer/spell checker
• Reader service or test-to-voice software
• Scribe service or voice-to-text software

Appeals Process

Time management and organization help

Writing Assistance and Proofreading

Offered as an accommodation to support and enable students with diagnosed learning disabilities to communicate their ideas adequately in written format.

Procedure for Receiving Test Accommodations

All tests, midterms, or final examinations are written at the Meighen Centre and supervised by Meighen Centre staff. Students will write the same test, on the same day, at the same time, as the rest of their class. The only difference is that they will write it at the Meighen Centre.

To write any tests, midterms, or final examinations at the Meighen Centre students must:

1. Go to the Meighen Centre, and while there fill out the Test Authorization Form. Have a Meighen Centre staff person sign the form while you are there.

2. Make an appointment to see your professor at his/her office. Be on time for the meeting.

3. Briefly explain your learning disability to your professor and ask him/her to sign the Test Authorization Form. Have your professor sign the Test Authorization Form well in advance of the test or examination.

4. Leave one copy of the Test Authorization Form with your professor.

5. Return the second copy of the Test Authorization Form to the Meighen Centre.

6. If your professor needs more information ask him to call the Meighen Centre at 364-2527 or 364-2604

Return the completed Test Authorization Form to the Meighen Centre.