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Learning Disability Services

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The Student Health & Wellness team supports students who have or need to be assessed for a learning disability.

Our healthcare team includes psychologists who may provide screening assessments, learning strategies, and advocacy services to students with learning disabilities (LD), attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) depending on information obtained from an initial intake interview with the psychologist.

Get support from Student Health & Wellness

The Student Health & Wellness team supports students who have or need to be screened for a learning disability.

Our healthcare team includes psychologists who may provide screening, learning strategies, and advocacy services to students with learning disabilities (LD), attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) based on consultation from an initial intake interview with the psychologist.

To access these services, please book a same-day counselling appointment and our counsellor will discuss available services with you.

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Explore accommodations

Accommodation levels the playing field to support your success. It reduces or removes barriers to learning to ensure fair and equitable access to classroom, testing or co-op/fieldwork environments.

A student with a learning disability, or other mental or physical health condition that require accommodations, may be referred to Dal's Student Accessibility Centre to support their academic success. Students who have obtained a screening or assessment prior to studying at Dalhousie can request accommodations from the Student Accessibility Centre without a referral from Student Health & Wellness.

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Are you a new student with ADHD? Transfer your ADHD medication prescriptions before you arrive at Dal!

If you have ADHD, obtain a copy of your psychoeducational assessment or a letter from your doctor in advance of your arrival to Dalhousie. In Nova Scotia, ADHD medication(s) is a controlled substance and out of province prescriptions are not transferrable to a Nova Scotia pharmacy. For our doctors to be able to continue to prescribe your ADHD medication and provide continuity of care, we need your psychoeducational assessment or a letter from your doctor on file.