The actual mechanic of the claim I'm not sure of, we do however set aside a
chunk of our budget for Ed Psych assessments, this is based on how many
students might need this type of assessment(as you say those going on the HE
who need to make a DSA application). The Ed Psych then bills us and we pay
her, at the end of the year when we put in our AS claim this becomes part of
that based on the cost of each individual student. So if a student gets
support, an Ed Psych assessment/report and any other assessment as a follow
on, the claim for that student would be based on the total cost of all of
this, plus any administration cost that are part of supporting this
individual student.
Malcolm Starrs
Specific Learning Difficulties Team Leader
South Thames College
X 7180
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From: Petrie, Joel [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 02 March 2005 09:59
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: LSC funding (for F.E. Only)
Malcolm I wonder if you could expand on claiming for Ed Psych reports for FE
students - we scabble around for funding elsewhere for this for out learners
(mainly when they're anticipating progression to HE to facilitate DSA
applications).
Thanks, Joel
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From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. on
behalf of Malcolm Starrs
Sent: Tue 01/03/2005 18:09
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: LSC funding (for F.E. Only)
Hi All,
I think at times it's a chicken and egg situation, as South Thames we have a
reseasonably large budget for providing support for students across a wide
range of difficulties and are constantly trying to expand to provide an even
better service, we certainly claim for double staffing or smaller class size
whichever is the more appropriate for example. In SpLD we claim for all our
assessment, Ed Psych and teacher, time for meetings that are about a
particular student, materials used by individual students, including cost of
specialist software, and the depreciation on specialist hardware. The
difficulty is I suppose that you have to have a fair idea about what you
might spend and budget to that so that you can claim back that amount at the
end of the year, it is sometimes difficult to persuade senior management
that the investment will be returned.
Malcolm Starrs
Specific Learning Difficulties Team Leader
South Thames College
X 7180
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From: Paul Smyth [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 01 March 2005 16:21
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: LSC funding (for F.E. Only)
Hello All,
I was recently at a conference and during a chat with a fellow Disability
Officer the subject of ALS funding came up. The DO said that they were very
limited in the support they could offer due to financial restraints, when I
asked about how much they claim for support such as the Ed Psych Report,
double staffing of some classes etc the DO gave me a blank stare and said
that the college did not claim for such expenses.
Can I just ask what is the experience of other F.E colleges? Do you provide
extensive additional support in the knowledge that the LSC will reimburse
them? Or do you find that there isn't funding for all the support you could
potentially offer?
Thanks, Paul (Disability Officer, Richmond upon Thames College)
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