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When should a university student be allowed academic accommodations for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? A position statement for a unified procedure for use in Brazil

In higher education, reasonable accommodations are increasingly made for students with a wide range of disabilities. However, rigorous assessment is paramount to ensure these students are supported while preventing ineligible students from gaining unfair advantages. In this context, we sought to ide...

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Autores principales: Lisboa, Bernardo Oppermann, Caye, Arthur, Hernandes, Angelo Masson, da Silva, Antonio Geraldo, Rieder, Carlos Roberto M., Sonuga-Barke, Edmund, Kestelman, Iane, Nelson, Jason M., Castanho, Marisa Irene Siqueira, Fonseca, Rochele Paz, Hinshaw, Stephen P., Rohde, Luis Augusto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10668313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37127329
http://dx.doi.org/10.47626/1516-4446-2022-2999
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author Lisboa, Bernardo Oppermann
Caye, Arthur
Hernandes, Angelo Masson
da Silva, Antonio Geraldo
Rieder, Carlos Roberto M.
Sonuga-Barke, Edmund
Kestelman, Iane
Nelson, Jason M.
Castanho, Marisa Irene Siqueira
Fonseca, Rochele Paz
Hinshaw, Stephen P.
Rohde, Luis Augusto
author_facet Lisboa, Bernardo Oppermann
Caye, Arthur
Hernandes, Angelo Masson
da Silva, Antonio Geraldo
Rieder, Carlos Roberto M.
Sonuga-Barke, Edmund
Kestelman, Iane
Nelson, Jason M.
Castanho, Marisa Irene Siqueira
Fonseca, Rochele Paz
Hinshaw, Stephen P.
Rohde, Luis Augusto
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description In higher education, reasonable accommodations are increasingly made for students with a wide range of disabilities. However, rigorous assessment is paramount to ensure these students are supported while preventing ineligible students from gaining unfair advantages. In this context, we sought to identify under which circumstances a university student should be allowed academic accommodation for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and to outline an evidence-based policy for use in Brazil based on the global experience. We reviewed the literature to acquire information on what documents are commonly required by disability services before accommodations for ADHD are provided (including detection of malingering) and scrutinized the eligibility criteria of leading universities worldwide. Finally, renowned experts in the field and national stakeholders were consulted. Despite an exhaustive search, we found no international standard for the assessment of students with ADHD who request academic accommodation; even renowned institutions worldwide differ in their approaches to granting accommodations on the grounds of ADHD. Therefore, we propose a unified set of nationwide criteria for Brazilian universities, which could be generalized internationally. Higher education institutions in Brazil and beyond may benefit from adoption of such criteria.
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spelling pubmed-106683132023-08-21 When should a university student be allowed academic accommodations for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? A position statement for a unified procedure for use in Brazil Lisboa, Bernardo Oppermann Caye, Arthur Hernandes, Angelo Masson da Silva, Antonio Geraldo Rieder, Carlos Roberto M. Sonuga-Barke, Edmund Kestelman, Iane Nelson, Jason M. Castanho, Marisa Irene Siqueira Fonseca, Rochele Paz Hinshaw, Stephen P. Rohde, Luis Augusto Braz J Psychiatry Special Article In higher education, reasonable accommodations are increasingly made for students with a wide range of disabilities. However, rigorous assessment is paramount to ensure these students are supported while preventing ineligible students from gaining unfair advantages. In this context, we sought to identify under which circumstances a university student should be allowed academic accommodation for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and to outline an evidence-based policy for use in Brazil based on the global experience. We reviewed the literature to acquire information on what documents are commonly required by disability services before accommodations for ADHD are provided (including detection of malingering) and scrutinized the eligibility criteria of leading universities worldwide. Finally, renowned experts in the field and national stakeholders were consulted. Despite an exhaustive search, we found no international standard for the assessment of students with ADHD who request academic accommodation; even renowned institutions worldwide differ in their approaches to granting accommodations on the grounds of ADHD. Therefore, we propose a unified set of nationwide criteria for Brazilian universities, which could be generalized internationally. Higher education institutions in Brazil and beyond may benefit from adoption of such criteria. Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria 2023-08-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10668313/ /pubmed/37127329 http://dx.doi.org/10.47626/1516-4446-2022-2999 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Special Article
Lisboa, Bernardo Oppermann
Caye, Arthur
Hernandes, Angelo Masson
da Silva, Antonio Geraldo
Rieder, Carlos Roberto M.
Sonuga-Barke, Edmund
Kestelman, Iane
Nelson, Jason M.
Castanho, Marisa Irene Siqueira
Fonseca, Rochele Paz
Hinshaw, Stephen P.
Rohde, Luis Augusto
When should a university student be allowed academic accommodations for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? A position statement for a unified procedure for use in Brazil
title When should a university student be allowed academic accommodations for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? A position statement for a unified procedure for use in Brazil
title_full When should a university student be allowed academic accommodations for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? A position statement for a unified procedure for use in Brazil
title_fullStr When should a university student be allowed academic accommodations for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? A position statement for a unified procedure for use in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed When should a university student be allowed academic accommodations for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? A position statement for a unified procedure for use in Brazil
title_short When should a university student be allowed academic accommodations for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? A position statement for a unified procedure for use in Brazil
title_sort when should a university student be allowed academic accommodations for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? a position statement for a unified procedure for use in brazil
topic Special Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10668313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37127329
http://dx.doi.org/10.47626/1516-4446-2022-2999
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