{"id":3272,"date":"2015-03-02T13:01:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T21:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/?page_id=3272"},"modified":"2025-11-14T10:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:19:11","slug":"resources-for-learning-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/resources-for-learning-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources for Learning Disabilities &#038; ADHD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is a Learning Disability &amp; ADHD<\/h2>\n<p>Learning Disabilities and ADHD are a group of neurologically based difficulties that negatively impact a student\u2019s ability to demonstrate specific academic skills. In the educational setting, these disabilities may interfere with speaking, listening, reading, writing, spelling, or computation. Such difficulties are not a reflection on a student\u2019s overall intellectual ability.<\/p>\n<h2>Documentation for Learning Disabilities &amp; ADHD<\/h2>\n<p>If you are not sure you have the documentation you need or do not have documentation at all, you are welcome to either:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>View the DRS <a title=\"Documentation for Learning Disabilities\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/prospective-students\/documentation-guidelines\/documentation-for-learning-disabilities\/\">documentation guidelines for a learning disability<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Contact <a href=\"mailto:drsintake@uw.edu\">drsintake@uw.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These options can help to determine what documentation for your disability you can provide.<\/p>\n<h2>Obtaining a Learning Disability &amp; ADHD Assessment<\/h2>\n<p>In response to student requests, we have developed the following list of community resources. Please refer to the DRS website for a copy of the <a title=\"Documentation for Learning Disabilities\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/prospective-students\/documentation-guidelines\/documentation-for-learning-disabilities\/\">Documentation Guidelines for Learning Disabilities.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Resource List of Learning Disabilities &amp; ADHD Diagnosticians<\/h2>\n<p>The following list features psychologists and agencies with licensed psychologists qualified to diagnose learning disabilities &amp; ADHD.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is not all inclusive and does not reflect all of the qualified diagnosticians in the area. For a greater selection of licensed psychologists in the area, refer to \u201cPsychologists\u201d in the yellow pages. Many list themselves as licensed. You will still need to ask them if they do learning disabilities assessments for adults.<\/li>\n<li>Please note that these resources are not affiliated or sponsored by UW DRS. The University of Washington (UW) does not recommend or endorse specific diagnosticians.<\/li>\n<li>Some providers may offer low fee evaluations or payment arrangements based on need. Please inquire with individual providers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>On-Campus Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Antioch Community Counseling Clinic\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antioch.edu\/centers-institutes\/psychological-services-center\/testing-assessment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antioch Community Counseling and Psychology Clinic<\/a><\/strong>, Seattle (206)268-4840\n<ul>\n<li>UW DRS is a site option when working with Antioch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Learn Clinic UW\" href=\"https:\/\/psych.uw.edu\/community\/the-clinic\/the-learn-clinic\">UW Learn Clinic<\/a><\/strong>, Seattle (206) 543-6511<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Additional Resources<\/h2>\n<p><span data-teams=\"true\"><a id=\"menur140\" class=\"fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/www.hallowelltodaro.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hallowelltodaro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link Hallowell Todaro\">Hallowell Todaro<\/a> is a local clinic that provides comprehensive services for ADHD including assessment, medication management, therapy, coaching, and education. They also maintain referral lists of providers in the community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakpsychological.com\/testing\">PEAK Psychological Wellness<\/a> provides comprehensive evaluation and testing services to kids (age 8+ years) and adults.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Learning Disability Assoc of WA\" href=\"https:\/\/ldaamerica.org\/category\/your-voice-in-washington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDAA)<\/a>: Resources for Adults with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"CHADD website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chadd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHADD<\/a>: Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit\/Hyperactivity Disorder<\/p>\n<p><span data-teams=\"true\"> <a id=\"menur11h\" class=\"fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/seattlechadd.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/seattlechadd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link local chapter of CHADD\">local chapter of CHADD<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"National Center for Learning Disabiliites\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncld.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Center for Learning Disabilities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a Learning Disability &amp; ADHD Learning Disabilities and ADHD are a group of neurologically based difficulties that negatively impact a student\u2019s ability to demonstrate specific academic skills. In the educational setting, these disabilities may interfere with speaking, listening, reading, writing, spelling, or computation. Such difficulties are not a reflection on a student\u2019s overall&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/resources-for-learning-disabilities\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3272","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3272"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7085,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3272\/revisions\/7085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}