Medical and Psychological Assistance/Testing Accommodations
The following should assist you in seeking a board certified neuropsychologist in order to document a request for accommodations and/or seek a cognitive screening to help you identify any barriers to passing your exam. Generally speaking, board certified neuropsychologists nationwide can be found at www.theaacn.org. Psychologists listed below have been successful in attaining accommodations for past PassYourBar candidates.
It is important for all candidates to recognize that the results of an hour-long cursory interview with a healthcare professional -- and that professional's opinion stated in a letter -- is not usually sufficient to convince a state bar psychologist that he/she will be eligible for accommodations. In most states it appears that the bar exam applicant must have a "paper trail" of accommodations that he/she may have received in elementary school, junior high, high school, college and law school. For attention, memory, cognitive, and emotional issues, a full neuropsychological evaluation -- about 8-12 hours of the psychologist's time (of which the applicant is spending about 8-10 hours in testing) -- will be necessary to help the applicant secure such accommodations. More importantly, if the applicant has some diagnosable emotional, behavioral, cognitive, or psychophysiological disorder(s), the applicant should really postpone bar exam application and instead receive appropriate treatment while simultaneously studying for the bar. Six to twelve months of treatment for some applicants may result in a much better test outcome as well as significant changes in their lives so that they can function at a considerably higher level professionally and personally.
- - Alexander Adam Eschbach, Ph.D.
Alexander Eschbach, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
IQ & Neuropsychological Testing
800 E. Woodfield Road, Suite 103
Schaumburg, IL 60173-4717
Phone: (847) 240-0444
Fax: (847) 240-0446
Email: nwneuropsych@sbcglobal.net
Advanced Biofeedback Center
www.AdvancedBiofeedbackCenter.com/PeakPerformance.html
www.AdvancedBiofeedbackCenter.com/NeuropsychAssess.html
www.AdvancedBiofeedbackCenter.com/APTITUD.html
Dr. Eschbach's telephone consultation rates:
0 - 15 minutes: $40.00
16 - 30 minutes: $80.00
31 - 45 minutes: $120.00
46 - 60 minutes: $160.00
Mastercard or VISA account number, three-digit code at back of card, expiration date, name on front of card, and billing address zip code are all required before consultation begins.
Dr. Charles Golden
Professor of Psychology
Center for Psychological Studies
Nova Southeastern Universities
3301 College Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33314
goldench@nova.edu
William Nordbrock, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Rehab/Neuropsych, Ltd
690 E. Terra Cotta Ave. Suite C
Crystal Lake, IL60014
Phone: (815) 455-6555
Fax: (815)455-6585
Lise Schiffer, LCSW
Psychotherapy & Consultation
6900 N CampbellAve
Chicago, Illinois 60645
Phone: (773)508-5301
Fax:(773)508-9010
Email: liseschiffer@sbcglobal.net
Kate Schechter, LCSW
Psychotherapy & Consultation
30 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 429
Chicago, Illinois 60615
Phone: (312)226-3193
The Diagnostic & DevelopmentCenter
Richard C. Saul, M.D.
Telephone: 847.480-7880
Northbrook Court
Professional Center
1535 Lake Cook Road
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
Dr. R.Ray Battin, The Battin Clinic,Inc.
4545 Post Oak Place, Suite 375
Houston, Texas 77027
713.621-3072
eMail rhrb@pdq.net
R. Ray Battin , Ph.D. is a Licensed Psychologist and Audiologist in Texas. She is Board Certified as a Forensic Examiner and holds the Diplomat of the American Board of Psychological Specialties and the American Board of Forensic Medicine. She is Director of the Battin Clinic, Inc. which she established in 1959. This is a multi-disciplined clinic concerned with audiological, psychological and neuropsychological disorders in children and adults. The clinic has been serving law students seeking accommodations in the bar examination due to specific disabilities that effect performance on the type testing required by state board exams. The clinic administers psychological, neuropsychological and audiological testing to assess the presence and/or extent of a disability and assist in documenting the disability in order to submit a request for accommodations which are covered under the American's with Disability Act. These disabilities include emotional disorders, learning disabilities, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and/or brain dysfunction relating to trauma or medical condition which results in a cognitive disorder.
Sean Connolly, Ph.D.,Psychologist
6800 Park Ten Boulevard, Suite 298West
San Antonio, Texas 78213
210.737-2039
eMail Sean G. Connolly
Sean G. Connolly, Ph.D. is a Licensed Psychologist and Licensed Specialist in School Psychology in Texas who has been available to law students seeking accommodations in the bar exam, due to a disabling condition that affects performance on the type of testing required by state board exams. He administers psychological and neuropsychological testing to assess the presence and/or extent of a disability and assist in documenting the disability, in order to submit a request for accommodations. Such accommodations for certification and licensure exams are covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The most common disabilities that can determine eligibility include a Learning Disability in a particular subject area, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and/or a Cognitive Disorder secondary to brain trauma or medical condition that has some effect on brain functioning.
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