Hi all
An offshoot to Joels query really - but is it me or is tuition being
recommended by Access Centre and assessors more and more frequently? I
can think of only 2 out of 60-80 this year who HAVEN'T been recommended
tuiton when last year tuition was a rarity as a recommendation. This
means we currently have a massive waiting list as neither our specialist
tutors nor the local services can completely fulfil the need!
Faye Langston
Coventry University
Joel Petrie wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> The Dyslexia Support Service here has experienced a huge growth in
> demand for support from students with SpLDs over the past couple of
> years (we're largely FE based but with increasingly significant HE
> provision too).
>
> Up until recently we've operated largely on the basis of allocating any
> student who requires it a 1:1 session (one hour weekly) of support from
> a dyslexia tutor. The volume of applications for support has now
> reached a point where we have to use available resources (mainly tutors
> with dyslexia background) as efficiently and imaginatively as possible,
> e.g:
>
> 1. Sessions every other week or two students to one tutor
> 2. "Study Skills" groups when several students have been referred from
> one course
> 3. "Curriculum Support" - essentially a drop-in facility plus guidance
> to course tutors on inclusive teaching strategies
> 4. Staff development to improve delivery for dyslexic learners on
> courses, who may then not require additional support
>
> This is the first year we have attempted much of the above, and intend
> to do some action research on the experimental provision, essentially to
> ensure that the quality of provision has not been compromised.
>
> I'd be really grateful for any guidance / input from colleagues
> elsewhere who may have attempted alternative methods of provision.
>
> Thanks, Joel
>
> Joel Petrie
> Lecturer: Dyslexia Curriculum Support Service
> Liverpool Community College
> 0151-252-4418 (Arts Centre)
> 0151-252-3353 (Clarence St Centre)
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