Lawyers with ADHD: the special test accommodation controversy.
As a psychologist, you may be asked to provide a university or professional licensing board with recommendations concerning special test accommodations for a student you diagnosed with a learning problem. In this article, the author discusses experience consulting with states administering the bar...
| Publicado en: | Professional Psychology: Research & Practice Vol. 29; no. 5; pp. 450 - 460 |
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American Psychological Association
October 1998
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