ADD/ADHD and extended time

Parents Forum
1

<p>hi, I have a question that I'm not sure many parents have knowldge about, but for those that do i would really appreciate your advice</p>

<p>my brother has add/adhd, and has struggled with school. He is a junior in high school now, but will be a senior in three weeks. Recently his pyschitrist told him that he could get extended time on the SAT. He was hoping to use it for his october/november/ or december SAT testing. The thing is, our GC has NO clue what to do to go about submitting this. Is it too late? I think we could still try for the november one or december one. The problem is he doesn't get accomendations at school, since we all thought it was best if we kept the matter private between us and the pyschiatrist (and so other kids wouldn't take notice), but now we have no idea how to go about sumbmitting the form for this. Also, can't we submit directly to collegeboard? any parents can help us? My brother is a year older than me but we are in the same grade, he was held back in 2nd grade. He attends a different school (I go to a magnet), and i tried asking my gc about it, but he says he can't do anything b/c it's not his student. The advice he offered was to "wait until next year" but then it would be too late for it to help him w/ colleges. my parents don't know what to do either, they never went through college admissions/collegeboards.</p>

<p>And I really have to stress that my brother is not trying to "cheat the system." He really does need this help, (since any little bit counts.) I have heard of students in esp. private schools do this, and it makes me mad becuase some of them hire pyschiatrists who basically agree to write a diagnosis for anyone who can spend a couple hudnreds of dollars an hour. it's unfiar and disappointing that those kids who don't even need accomadations are able to obtain them with the help of their expensive private school GC, whereas my brother who needs the help can't get it.</p>

<p>Thank you in advance for your help and advice
-Tammy</p>

2

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=612%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=612&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>this board will probably be able to give you more info</p>

<p>my older daughter had extended time on teh test she took 6 years ago- but a psychiatrist is not qualified to write up the information in a way the college board will accept, Ihad to take her to an educational psychologist, and it didn't cost a couple hundred dollars, it was about $700 actually, but at the time our insurance covered it, because it was part of her continum of care. I think that is fairly unusual though.</p>

<p>However, I have also read, that since the college board no longer tags SAT test scores as having been accomodated, it is much more difficult to get extended time.
Also, if he does not have an IEP or at least a 504, I doubt he will get the accomodations at all, without a lot of persistence.
good luck</p>

3

<p>lots of info here:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/ssd/student/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeboard.com/ssd/student/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Too much for me to wade through, but that is the source.</p>

<h1>2 and 3 doesn't look too encouraging for your situation:</h1>

<p>
[quote]
To be eligible, you must:</p>

<ol>
<li>have a disability that necessitates testing accommodations,</li>
<li>have documentation on file at your school that supports the need for requested accommodations and meets the Guidelines for Documentation, and</li>
<li>receive and use the requested accommodations, due to the disability, for school-based tests.

[/quote]
</li>
</ol>