Request for Accommodation / Adaptation

Permission to Reprint, Adapt, or Translate ATP Material

Please call 800-422-7249 during office hours or fax your permission request to 888-287-9975, or email permissions@academictherapy.com. Please allow time for our permissions staff to review and respond to your request.

DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION REQUEST GUIDELINES

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Thank you for your inquiry about modifying our tests for the purposes of a disability accommodation. Permission is needed if any portion of the test is modified, including digital/computer adaptations and altering the size of plates/images. Modification use is generally granted after careful review. Electronic adaptation would be allowed with use restrictions (not to be disseminated in any form or used outside the organization) and requires close supervision to ensure the security of copyrighted materials.

To request a modification, please email the following information on letterhead stationary to permissions@academictherapy.com:

• Name, position, credentials, and contact information of requestor;
• The exact titles for materials requested to be modified, including version (full titles, not abbreviations);
• How the material will be modified;
• A brief description of the purpose of the modification and the special needs being addressed

For electronic adaptation of test materials/forms, please include the following additional information:

• Specify what parts of the test will be electronically adapted (for example, manual, test plates/images, record forms, audio, etc.);
• How the electronic adaptation will be used;
• Who will develop the electronic adaptation;
• How the integrity of the test (such as image quality and size, adherence to basal and ceiling rules, accurate scoring, etc.) will be maintained in the electronic adaptation;
• How the security of the electronic adaptation will be maintained

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RESEARCH MODIFICATION REQUEST GUIDELINES

Thank you for your inquiry about using our tests for your research project. Permission is not needed to use a test as it currently exists in paper format. However, permission is required for any modifications, including requests to photocopy, create electronic adaptations of test materials, and translate test materials. Email the request to permissions@academictherapy.com or send via fax or mail, attention Permission Department.

To request a modification, please provide the following information on letterhead stationary:

1. General information that needs to be included in letter:
   • Name, position, credentials and contact information of requestor;
   • Name, position, credential and contact information of supervising professor/principal investigator (if request is submitted by someone else or a student);
   • The exact titles for materials requested to be modified, including version (full titles, not abbreviations);
   • The research study name for which the materials are requested;
   • A brief description of the research study and methods (an abstract is fine);
   • The duration of the research study;
   • Acknowledgement of agreement to forward a copy of articles/monographs/reports from research project, to be possibly included in our future manuals.
2. Additional information to be included as specified below depending on type of modification request:

   For reproduction of test materials/forms, please include the following additional information:

   • Forms/materials, including page numbers, to be reproduced;
   • If requesting reproduction of items that are in print and can be purchased from ATP, explain why the forms/materials need to be reproduced (for example inclusion in publications or a test battery);
   • Indicate how these forms/materials are being reproduced

   For electronic adaptation of test materials/forms, please include the following additional information:

   • Specify what parts of the test will be electronically adapted (for example, manual, test plates/images, record forms, audio, etc.);
   • How the electronic adaptation will be used;
   • Who will develop the electronic adaptation;
   • How the integrity of the test (such as image quality and size, adherence to basal and ceiling rules, accurate scoring, etc.) will be maintained in the electronic adaptation;
   • How the security of the electronic adaptation will be maintained

   For translation of test materials/forms, please include the following additional information:

   • What languages/dialects will the forms/materials be translated into;
   • Who will do the translation and back translation of the materials/forms;
   • What changes will be made to materials/forms/images to address language/cultural differences (please be specific);
   • If the translation is not for a norming study of a translated version of the tool, how will the translated version be normed;
   • How the integrity of the test will be maintained in the translated version

A licensing fee is assessed after the research modification is approved. Items that are approved for modification may only be used for the specified research and may not be distributed or sold to the public.