Teaching · Related Services

Measure the restroom.
See what is out of range.

Type each measurement in inches and it is checked against the adult figures in the 2010 ADA Standards, or the advisory ranges for children aged 3 to 12. What falls outside the range is listed with the figure it should meet, ready for a work order.

Survey a restroom What you get

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Restrooms surveyed

The worked example is two made-up restrooms: a nurse’s office restroom with four figures out of range, and a kindergarten restroom checked against the ages 5 to 8 figures. Surveys save on this device only.

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What you get

Teaching · Related Services$5 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with: A survey per restroom with its location, date and the age group it serves; twelve measurements checked against the matching ranges; seven yes-or-no checks; a list of each figure out of range with the range it should meet; totals across restrooms.
Who it is for: Occupational and physical therapists, special education teams, facilities staff and 504 coordinators checking school restrooms for students with disabilities.
Format: Browser checklist with a saved survey per restroom. Prints a survey, all restrooms or a blank form for the tape-measure walk; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access: $5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Related Services toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives: The Related Services space in Caveat Teaching.
Support: Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

Print a blank form and take a tape measure.
Choose whether the restroom serves adults or a younger age group.
Type each measurement; out-of-range figures appear as you go.
Answer the seven checks, which catch what a tape measure misses.
Print the survey for facilities, or the whole set for the 504 or IEP team.

Survey a restroom

The heights that matter

Most failures in older schools are a few inches either way: a mirror hung for standing adults, a towel dispenser too high, a sink with a cabinet where knees should go.

What this survey is

A screening walk-through for a student’s team, not a compliance determination. Whether a building must meet a figure depends on when it was built or altered and on other rules; a facilities manager or accessibility specialist makes that call. What the survey gives you is a clear, measured list to start from.

Children’s restrooms

The 2010 Standards include advisory figures for toilets used mainly by children aged 3 to 4, 5 to 8 and 9 to 12: a lower toilet, seat, grab bar and paper dispenser. They are guidance, not requirements. Choose an age group only for a restroom built for that group; everything else is checked against the adult figures.

Sources

U.S. Department of Justice. 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, sections 304 (turning space), 404 (doors), 603 to 606 (toilet rooms, water closets, grab bars, lavatories) and 309 (operable parts).
U.S. Access Board. Guide to the ADA Accessibility Standards, chapter 6: toilet and bathing facilities (access-board.gov).
U.S. Department of Justice. 2010 ADA Standards, advisory specifications for water closets serving children ages 3 through 12.
U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act: program access in school facilities.

The worked example is made up. This is a measuring aid stated in general federal terms; it is not a legal compliance review. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.

Measure the restroom.See what is out of range.