Applying for an Accommodation
- Download the COMPASS Exam Accommodation Form, linked above.
- Gather appropriate supporting documentation. All documentation must be current within five years of application to write the exam. All documentation must be specific to your accessibility / accommodation request and must include a description of the accessibility / accommodation need. This can either be from:
- a physician, psychologist, psychological associate or other regulated health professional who is familiar with your condition and who has specific training, expertise and experience in the diagnosis of the condition(s) for which the accommodation is being requested OR
- if you received accessibility consideration / accommodation(s) for test writing from the Student Support Services while enrolled in a post-secondary education program, you may use the documentation from that institution. The copy of educational accommodation must be on institutional letterhead and signed by an appropriate representative of Student Support Services/Access Office of the institution.
- Complete and submit the form to CRPO by the deadline used for candidates to confirm their intent to write the exam.
- Within two weeks of receipt of a completed application (with documentation), you will receive an email from COMPASS indicating the status of your request. If COMPASS requests additional information, please reply at your earliest convenience. If no further information is required, the email from COMPASS will indicate the specifics of which accessibility / accommodation need(s) have been approved. Review the form and reply to the email, indicating your awareness of the approved accessibility / accommodation plans.
Evaluation of Accommodation Requests
Requests are reviewed individually and confidentially. Accommodations are subject to COMPASS approval. The completed request form and full supporting documentation is required at the time you indicate your intention to write to allow sufficient time for review and coordination of approved requests.
Accessibility / accommodation requests will be denied for the following reasons:
- There was no request received at the time of indicating intention to write the Registration Examination
- There was no official documentation confirming a disability, condition, impairment, or injury
- The individual providing the documentation was not a registered practitioner familiar with the candidate and/or qualified to diagnose the condition(s) for which the accommodation was being requested
- Official documentation did not include the type or specifics of the accessibility / accommodation need required
- Official documentation older than five years
- The requested accommodation posed a reasonable risk to the integrity of the examination (i.e., an unfair advantage would occur; the test would not be able to achieve its testing purpose; the confidentiality of the test items could reasonable be negatively affected)