College time accom. question

[Anonymous]

If your college student has an extended time accommodation do they need to account for that “time and a half for exams” when choosing their other classes?

or are they able to schedule their extended time exam session either before or after the regular test start time if another of their courses is immediately after the class where they have a time accommodation? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

At my kid’s university, the disability office has everything on line. Exams are scheduled within a day or two when there are no classes. The professors see which students have the extra time accommodation. They give the test to the disability office and a graduate student usually gives the exam at the time and place that is scheduled.

[Anonymous]

Forgot to add, your kid is going to have to check for each exam and quiz…..but they will schedule around whatever classes a student has.

[Anonymous]

My kid schedules it with each of his professors. College isn't like HS with back to back classes, so it's actually pretty easy. He is taking the exams by himself in a small office at a different time from the class

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid schedules it with each of his professors. College isn't like HS with back to back classes, so it's actually pretty easy. He is taking the exams by himself in a small office at a different time from the class

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid schedules it with each of his professors. College isn't like HS with back to back classes, so it's actually pretty easy. He is taking the exams by himself in a small office at a different time from the class

I will add that frequently, tests are at a different time than the class for the whole class if there are multiple sessions of the same class. Then they may all take the test at the same time- for my DC- it was usually in the evening. He could frequently start the test early, but he couldn’t finish before the rest of the class started their time. His tests were usually taken in the disability center- but each school has a slightly different way of doing things.

[Anonymous]

Mine at UMD takes it in a different location and at a different time than the class. He has to schedule it with the disability office 2 days in advance.

[Anonymous]

My kid has double time, an accommodation that all exams need to be completed by 4 and that she can't have more than one exam a day. It's been no problem working with disability services to schedule tests and exams with those constraints around her class schedule. She takes the exams in a dedicated space proctored by disability services.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your college student has an extended time accommodation do they need to account for that “time and a half for exams” when choosing their other classes?

or are they able to schedule their extended time exam session either before or after the regular test start time if another of their courses is immediately after the class where they have a time accommodation? Thanks!

My child has an accommodation for time-and-a-half and they take their exams at the school's testing center - not in their actual classroom the day of the exam. So via submitted forms done prior to the exam, the professor has already provided the testing center with the exam and my student goes directly there to take it.

The issue is the coordination of making sure your student submits the form requests to use their accommodation for each and every exam before the deadline. In my child's case, it must all be set up 1 week prior. This may not sound like a big deal to do but take a student with challenging executive function issues, add in that they are already stretched thin especially at midterm and final exam time and you can see how it all becomes just one more thing for them to navigate. Not impossible of course, but again one more thing.

[Anonymous]

Agree that this has been pretty easy to navigate. But, if your child misses the window for requesting the accommodation, there are no exceptions in our experience. The accommodation is forfeited for the particular test or assignment.