Required Documentation

Students wishing to register with the SAAC to receive reasonable accommodations should provide the SAAC with a medical document or a psycho-educational evaluation issued by an authorized Quebec-licensed professional.  Authorized professionals can include:

• a physician (medical)
• a psychologist or neuro-psychologist
• a speech therapist
• an optometrist
• an audiologist
• a guidance counsellor holding the appropriate training certificate issued by the professional order to which he or she belongs
• a nurse with the experience and training required by the Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec

The document should contain a clearly stated diagnosis, as well as the name, signature and license number of the professional and the date of the evaluation.

The following documentation does not confirmed diagnosis:

• An Individual Educational Plan (IEP)
• Documents containing the following statements: compatible with, appears to, symptoms of, hypothesis of, presents itself as, seems to be, resembles, or any other non-specific statement.
• Reference to another document containing a diagnosis.