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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