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The Request for Leniency process is used when a student experiences a short-term but significant health issue and wants an instructor to allow extra time on assignment deadlines. Because Walden University wants to treat medical documentation with the highest level of confidentiality, all medical documentation should be sent to the Medical Documentation office and not individual faculty members.
Staff members in the Medical Documentation office verify receipt of medical documentation for instructors, limiting disclosure of specific health issues. Instructors make the final decision to grant or deny leniency.
The medical documentation staff may contact the originator of medical documentation to ensure its validity.
How to Request Leniency based on a health issue:
Here is a draft of the kind of email to send to your instructor asking for leniency. Remember to CC the medical documentation unit on the email so we may reply directly to the instructor.
Dear Professor
Your name ________________
Your student ID_________________Your email address_____________________________
Your course number – with section number after the dash______________________________
A statement indicating the specific leniency you are requesting and plan to make up the work missed (example: extra time on application assignment for week).
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