I cannot speak for other ACCESS Centres or assessors, but the practice
in this Centre is to recommend that the student discuss the matter with
the dyslexia support tutor to determine if such support is appropriate.
In practice, our reports establish permission for DSA payment if the
college or university seek to arrange it. Typically, the phrasing will
mention that students are generally granted up to 40 hours a year at a
cost of up to £45 an hour, although individual needs vary and charges
differ from region to region. It is then up to the adviser to write to
the awards officer explaining what is intended and how much it will
cost. This seems a fair division of labour to me: what is viewed as
appropriate and how much it costs vary enormously from one institution
to another.
At the same time, I am constantly struck by how much virtually all the
students I see would benefit from individual attention to their work and
their ways of working, far more (I suspect) than from the technology (or
the technology without human support) that tends to be our focus. In
this regard, I am not surprised that the number of recommendations is
increasing. Some students need a great deal of help and advice with
virtually every area of their work: with it, they succeed; without it,
they fail. Who is to provide it in a modern university where the
function of the individual tutor has changed so dramatically in the past
decade or so?
However, this simply reflects my thinking and the general practice of
this Centre.
Regards, Bernard
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 16:09:28 +0000 Faye Langston
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>
> 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)
> > [log in to unmask]
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Bernard Doherty
Student Adviser
ACCESS Centre
Anglia Polytechnic University
Tel: 01223 363271 x2534
Fax: 01223 417730
Minicom: 01223 576155
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