I think a dyslexia tutor should have a degree as wellas a
qualilfication.
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I think many of the skills employed by dyslexia tutors across the
post-16 sector are very similar (study skills etc). Multisensory
language teaching isn't nearly so widely used as enabling software -
someone with good IT skills is really important too.
Is the real probem here the shortage generally of tutors with the
skills / experience to meet the increasing numbers of learners with
SpLDs in receipt of DSA?
Joel
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behalf of Lloyd G. Richardson
Sent: Tue 01/03/2005 14:19
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Subject: Re: 'qualified dyslexia support tutor'
Thanks for the response.
Employing a diploma holder without HE experience (it was 10 years ago)
reflected my own desperation to find someone to provide support to a
dyslexic student who was struggling (so the choice was between not very
good support or no support at all) as well as the politics of the HEI at
which I then worked (it ran the RSA Dip. Course).
The question is, as I put it, how do other HEIs define the term
'qualified dyslexia support tutor'? In other words, is a person without
HE experience really qualified to help someone who is undergoing that
experience?
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter Hill
Sent: 01 March 2005 14:10
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Subject: Re: 'qualified dyslexia support tutor'
Hi
I'm curious about the question that you are really asking here.
If you chose to employ someone with no experience of working in HE,
then surely that's your fault (unless you are prepared to provide
further training)? Perhaps you should examine your interview procedures
rather than inferring that the RSA Diploma is a sub-standard
qualification.
I'd expect a more informed and rigorous approach from someone sporting
a PhD.
Regards
Peter Hill
(RSA Diploma and a few other bits of paper)
Lloyd G. Richardson wrote:
Hi to anyone who is interested.
I am curious about how other HEIs define the term 'qualified dyslexia
support tutor'. (I have seen it used several times in job
advertisements, etc.)
I have previously employed a person with an RSA Diploma to provide
one-to-one support. While she was knowledgeable about SpLD, she didn't
have a clue when it came to advising students about course work at
under-graduate level (her previous experience was school and FE based).
I have come across other support tutors who have obtained 'dyslexia
qualifications' but who lacked HE experience and did not have degrees
themselves. The question here is how 'qualified' is a support tutor who
has an RSA Diploma (or some other bit of paper that asserts their
apparent competence as a 'dyslexia expert') but who has never been
awarded a degree (so has no insider knowledge of HE level work) or who
has no experience of supporting students at university?
So, I would be grateful to know how some of you define the term
'qualified dyslexia support tutor'.
Lloyd Richardson PhD, MA(Ed), BA, Dip Sp.Ed., Dip RD, Cert Ed. (but
never RSA Diploma)
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