What are special considerations?

What is Special Consideration? Special consideration is the process for assessing the impact of short-term events beyond your control (exceptional circumstances), on your performance in a specific assessment task.
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What are examples of special consideration?

Special Consideration requests can be made by centres for candidates who cannot perform to the best of their ability due to adverse circumstances immediately before or during an exam. Examples include illness, bereavement or circumstances affecting the conditions under which an exam is taken.
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What is special consideration mean?

Special consideration is a post-examination adjustment made to a candidate's mark, to make allowances for any adverse circumstances, for example illness, bereavement or temporary injury.
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What do you say for special consideration?

With a Special Consideration Statement Letter you should aim to clearly state why are you are applying for Special Consideration or what went wrong this semester and how this effected or prevent you from achieving your full potential with regards to your study.
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What are the 3 special care considerations?

Special Considerations
  • Preparing Your Child for Child Care. Your child's transition to child care will be smoother if you prepare your child ahead of time. ...
  • What's the Right Age to Start? There is no right or wrong answer to this question. ...
  • Sick Child Care. ...
  • Children with Special Needs. ...
  • Child with Special Health Care Needs.
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What is considered a special needs child?

There are four major types of special needs children: Physical – muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, chronic asthma, epilepsy, etc. Developmental – down syndrome, autism, dyslexia, processing disorders. Behavioral/Emotional – ADD, bi-polar, oppositional defiance disorder, etc.
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How do you identify a child with special needs?

Cognition RED FLAGS
  1. No eye contact at 3 months of age.
  2. No exploration of toys at 6 months of age.
  3. Not reaching for toys at 9 months of age.
  4. Lack of interest in playing with toys at 9 months of age.
  5. Easily distracted, extremely short attention span at 12 months of age.
  6. Inability to retain information at 12 months of age.
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How do I apply for special consideration VCE?

If you're a VCE or VCAL student and have a query you can email or call the Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority on 1800 134 197.
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What is special consideration Deakin?

Special consideration is intended to assist you in dealing with short-term, unexpected setbacks. You may be eligible for special consideration if circumstances beyond your control prevent you from undertaking or completing an assessment task at the scheduled time.
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What is academic consideration?

Academic Consideration provides students with consistent, fair, and academically appropriate consideration, when they are unable to complete some component of a course due to extenuating circumstances.
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Who is eligible for special consideration?

The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) has reduced the minimum requirement for special consideration where a student has missed part of their AS, A-level or GCSE exams. Students are eligible for special consideration if they have completed 25% of the total assessment for the subject award.
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What is special consideration in business?

Special Consideration means the Company's engagement of Executive by the Company as a Consultant pursuant to the terms of the Consulting Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A, including without limitation the payment by the Company of consulting fees to the Executive thereunder, which Consulting Agreement Executive ...
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How do you use special consideration in a sentence?

Subject leaders may therefore require special consideration if they are to be equipped to work effectively. Validation of the use of disposable instruments merits special consideration. Examiners were also asked to give special consideration to students who counted as war victims, especially resistants.
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How many marks is special consideration?

According to JCQ guidance, from summer 2017, a student must have completed at least 25% of the assessment to be eligible for special consideration.
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What happens if you miss a GCSE exam due to illness UK?

You should notify your centre.

This is mostly likely to be your school unless you're a private candidate. If you try contact your centre by telephone and no one answers, your next move should be to send an email to the exams officer or admin so that they can pass it on to the exams officer.
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What if I miss my CAIE exam?

If the candidate has an acceptable reason for missing the exam, your centre should apply for special consideration and attach evidence showing why the candidate missed the exam.
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What is special consideration at uni?

If exceptional circumstances such as illness, injury or misadventure significantly affect your short-term academic performance in an assessment task, you may be eligible for special consideration. Exceptional circumstances are defined as circumstances that are beyond your control and unavoidable.
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How do I apply for federal university extension?

Complete the Discretionary form in MySC, attach supporting documentation and submit the completed application no later than later than two working days prior to the assessment submission date and outline the length of extension you are requesting (up to 5 University working days) and the reason for this request.
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How do I apply for an extension at Deakin?

Assignment extensions

Requests should be submitted before the assignment is due and as soon as you realise you will have difficulty meeting the due date/time. You must provide a valid reason for the extension and the length of time you are seeking for the extension.
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Does seas affect study score?

SEAS adjusts your ATAR in recognition of circumstances that may have affected your education. This gives you a better chance of getting an offer for the course you want. You'll receive ATAR-related adjustments depending on the severity of your circumstances.
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Can you defer VCE?

By the time you've finished your VCE studies and received an offer from a TAFE or university course, you may be feeling a bit exhausted. You might not be sure that more study is what you want to do right away. Deferring your course might be an option to consider.
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What does seas stand for in special education?

State education agencies (SEAs) are at a crossroads with respect to their role in K–12 public education.
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What are the different types of special needs?

Types of Disabilities
  • Auditory Impairment (AI) ...
  • Autism (AU) ...
  • Deaf-Blindness (DB) ...
  • Emotional Disturbance (ED) ...
  • Learning Disability (LD) ...
  • Intellectual Disability (ID) ...
  • Multiple Impairments (MI) ...
  • Orthopedic Impairment (OI)
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What are the 7 main types of learning disabilities?

In particular, psychology professionals should study these seven learning disabilities:
  • Dyslexia. ...
  • Dysgraphia. ...
  • Dyscalculia. ...
  • Auditory processing disorder. ...
  • Language processing disorder. ...
  • Nonverbal learning disabilities. ...
  • Visual perceptual/visual motor deficit.
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How do you identify students with special needs in the classroom?

Referral or request for evaluation. A school professional may ask that a child be evaluated to see if he or she has a disability. Parents may also contact the child's teacher or other school professional to ask that their child be evaluated. This request may be verbal or in writing.
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