Can't help directly, but we have a related situation. The student, having
read the scripts to a scribe, expected to pass because of the trouble she
had taken to read the scripts. Obviously we can't agree to that. We hope
to resolve the problem by use of a word processor in future and are
depending on the outcome of an Ed Pysch's report recommending that. We hope
the student will accept that adjustment. I'd be interested to hear the
replies to Elaine's situation as it may help us also.
Dr. John S Conway
Principal Lecturer in Soil Science
Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Glos. GL7 6JS
Phone +44 (0) 1285 652531 ext 2234
Fax +44 (0) 1285 650219
http://www.royagcol.ac.uk/~john_conway/
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-----Original Message-----
From: Elaine Shillcock [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 12:23 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Advice needed
Can anybody offer any advice about this problem in relation to
SENDA?
A student with dyslexia has writing difficulties which result in his
writing
becoming illegible under time pressure. The student doesn't tell
anybody
that he has dyslexia, but when his examination scripts are marked,
they are
illegible. The department is advised to contact the student and to
ask him
to come into the University to transcribe his papers so that they
can be
marked. At this point, the student declares he has dyslexia and
produces an
ed. psych report. Allowances are made, the student's papers are
transcribed
etc.
However, the student doesn't want any adaptations or other
considerations
(including extra time in future exams). Would the University,
having
offered the student extra time in any future exams (which he has
refused to
take) be expected to still go to quite a lot of trouble after the
examination periods to get the student to return and have his papers
transcribed, or would it be reasonable to say to the student that
unless he
uses extra time, which may alleviate his difficulty, that this would
not be
an option?
There would be no hesitation in offering the services of a scribe,
or having
papers transcribed if they were still illegible after extra time had
been
used.
Thanks in advance
Elaine
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