I agree with Dawn. We have just had a visit from a Psychologist arranged by
the local Disability Adviser for one of our staff with a different problem
and it was really useful.
Clare
University Of Wales Bangor
"Smith, Dawn" wrote:
>
> This strike me as similar to the Dyslexia scenarios we often get dragged
> into. My view is I don't think it would be your remit to explore educational
> difficulties, whether pre employment or during. So unless there are health
> issues declared as a result of the Turner's syndrome such as endocrine, or
> cardiovascular that would impair their ability to do the job, I don't see
> that you would call them in. Maybe the manager should commission an
> educational psychologist assessment as it will help guide the manager
> towards how he could make reasonable adjustments (it must be DDA?).
> Dawn C. Smith
> Occupational Health Adviser - Southern
> * CTN: 142 3099
> * BT: 01424 - 892 666 Ext. 3099
> * Mobile: 07836 290 849
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Swann, Alan B [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 29 May 2003 18:41
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Turner's syndrome
>
> Dear all,
> I'm being taken to task somewhat by a manager aggrieved that
> a new member of
> staff who is running into performance difficulties in her
> work (a library
> 'assistant) wasn't 'picked up' by OccHealth at
> pre-employment. She is
> over-anxious in her work & defensive when errors are raised
> with her and has
> apparently cited her Turner's Syndrome as the cause. I'm
> also trying to work
> out how to help both manager & member of staff resolve the
> problem
> I confess I was ignorant, until doing a bit of Googling
> prior to seeing this
> person that women with Turner's Syndrome may have
> difficulties with
> performing mathematical calculations (not relevant to this
> job), spatial
> recognition & executive functioning. I suppose the latter
> two may affect
> working relationships through difficulties in recognising &
> interpreting
> body language.
>
> Has anyone experienced a similar problem before.?
> Would you call in for assessment/ enquire further someone
> who declares
> Turner's Syndrome, but no other health issues declared on
> their PE
> questionnaire.?
> Any other thoughts?
>
> Dr. Alan Swann, BM, AFOM
> Director of Occupational Health
> Occupational Health Service
> Imperial College London
> Southside building
> South Kensington Campus
> London
> SW7 1 LU
> Tel: +44 (20) 7594 9385
> Fax: +44 (20) 7594 9407
> http://www.ad.imperial.ac.uk/occ_health/
> <http://www.ad.imperial.ac.uk/occ_health/>
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