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Dear Heather Griffiths,
I know one ADHD student who has had avery successful transfer to the
workplace from university. ( He has a social work degree and is working
successfully with support as a social worker).We went on workstep which is
run by Job Centre Plus. He has been given a budget for £5000 for any
support he wish to purchase. He is hoping, for example, to go on a course
of Cognitive Behavioual Therapy especially devised for adults with ADHD
and all their complex needs by Susan Young and Jessica Bramham as written up
in 'ADHD in Adults - A psychological Guide to Practice' John Wiley and Sons
2007. There are other options as well. There are ADHD coaches and also
mentors can be very useful. See also Neurodiversity in Higher Education -
Positive Responses to Specific learning Differences edited by David Pollak
Wiley-Blackwell 2009. Please get in touch if you would like any further
information.
Mary Colley
DANDA, run by and for people with Specific proseesing and Learning
Differences.
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> There are 12 messages totalling 697 lines in this issue.
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> Topics of the day:
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> 1. Aspergers syndrome (2)
> 2. transition from University- students with ADHD or complex needs
> 3. Visual Impairment & ESOL
> 4. Subtitles on videos - copyright
> 5. Assistive Technology
> 6. Terminology: disabled students v students with disabilities? (2)
> 7. Departmental contacts/liaison officers
> 8. DSA and Extra accommodation costs (3)
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> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:23:40 -0000
> From: A Velarde <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Aspergers syndrome
>
> Dear Colleagues. Would you be able to suggest a resource, good practice
> guidance on supporting overseas aspergers students in HE. I understand
> that
> difficulties related to understand social clues may be a much clear
> difficulty here, and therefore the emphasise on foreign students
> experience.
> Many thanks. Andy Velarde
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:03:54 -0000
> From: Heather Griffiths <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: transition from University- students with ADHD or complex needs
>
> Dear all
> =20
> Just wondering how other institutions support students with complex
> needs (and dependencies) in preparing for graduating and moving on to
> the next step. To what extent is this facilitated by disability
> services and to what extent by Careers? Do you have a planned
> programme of preparation? - in which case, what form does it take,
> over what period and who is involved - e.g. specialist mentors?
> Which organisations would you refer people on to - particularly in the
> case of ADHD and multiple needs.
> =20
> Thanks very much for ideas.
> =20
> =20
> Heather Griffiths
> Inclusion Co-ordinator (Disability)/Equality and Diversity Officer
> Newman University College
> Genners Lane
> Birmingham B32 3NT
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:33:07 -0000
> From: "Loader, Paul" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Visual Impairment & ESOL
>
> Hi
>
> Has anyone any useful tips re assessment of trainee ESOL teachers with
> a visual impairment? The trainee teacher is on an ESOL course. The
> course director is very flexible and willing to make adjustments. The
> trainee teacher has a support worker as well as his own screenreading
> software. The main issue is with the assessment part of the course. As
> far as I understand this includes assessment by the trainee teacher of
> viusal materials produced by the learner. Is there any precedent for
> having a support worker provide visual descriptions of materials
> during this process?
>
> Many thanks in advance
>
> Paul Loader
>
> LSBU
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> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 12:46:20 -0000
> From: John Conway <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Aspergers syndrome
>
> Check the NADP website for two recent publications on the topic
> http://www.nadp-uk.org/resources/publications.php=20
>
> The Journal of Inclusive Practice in Further and Higher Education
> Issue 1: Working effectively with students who have Asperger Syndrome
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> NADP Template 1/2008
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> in further and higher education.
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> planning for improvement.
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>
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of A Velarde
> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 10:24 AM
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> Dear Colleagues. Would you be able to suggest a resource, good practice=20
> guidance on supporting overseas aspergers students in HE. I understand
> that=20
> difficulties related to understand social clues may be a much clear=20
> difficulty here, and therefore the emphasise on foreign students
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:52:43 -0000
> From: Simon Ball <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Subtitles on videos - copyright
>
> Hi Michael
>
> JISC Legal (one of JISC's free advisory services like ourselves) have
> several resources on copyright and accessibility such as=0D
> http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/publications/copyrightcoppenheim.htm=0D
> http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/pdfs/copyrightlawelearn.pdf=0D
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> and they are just putting the finishing touches to an online tutorial
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> them for details of when will be published as it should be any time now.
> Their enquiry function is listed on their home page at
> www.jisclegal.ac.uk=0D
>
> For what it's worth I would have thought that if the material was for
> use by specific named students and not for public consumption that would
> be deemed acceptable usage, but JISC Legal will be much better placed to
> advise you.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Dr Simon Ball
> Senior Advisor
> JISC TechDis Service
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Woodman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=0D
> Sent: 06 March 2009 16:02
> Subject: Subtitles on videos - copyright
>
> Dear All:
>
> We have a video resource produced by the University of Manchester from=0D
> 1986 which is used in our Biomedical Sciences teaching programme. We=0D
> have a student who is profoundly deaf, and because the film is being=0D
> used in a certain specific context, it would much more advantageous for=0D
> us to offer a re-edit of the DVD version with added subtitles using our=0D
> internal audio-visual services (rather than providing a transcript).
>
> However, our AV services are concerned that we need permission to=0D
> re-subtitle an existing DVD from the original manufacturers.=0D
> Unfortunately, Manchester University Press Office told me they have no=0D
> record of the video on their systems and suggested I contact the=0D
> academics involved directly ... if I could find them(!)
>
> Does copyright come into play here if it is as part of a reasonable=0D
> adjustment, (I am just mindful of the fact that we suspend copyright=0D
> issues when dyslexic students record lectures as long as they are using=0D
> the content for their own uses only)? Could a similar case be argued if=0D
> the subtitled version isn't made publically available?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> --=0D
> Michael Woodman
> Disabilities Coordinator
> Registry, Hunter Wing,
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> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 15:01:06 +0000
> From: Julia Tait <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Assistive Technology
>
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
> <html>
> <head>
> </head>
> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#3366ff">
> <font size="+1"><font face="Arial">Hello everyone<br>
> Firstly, thank you to everyone who answered my question about local IT
> trainers and SFE. Your replies were very helpful in giving us
> a clear
> idea of what the official guidance says. I now have another
> (related)
> question, particularly for those working in an HE institution.<br>
> <br>
> I would be grateful if you could tell me the following:<br>
> <br>
> How do you meet the needs of students with Assistive Technology
> requirements? Does your institution have an AT Centre?
> How is it
> funded?<br>
> Do you have an individual who has responsibility for Assistive
> Technology</font></font><font size="+1"><font face="Arial">? I'm
> thinking of issues to do with sourcing, licensing, purchasing,
> installing and maintaining as well as providing support and training
> for students. Is that person based within the Student
> Services/Disability Team or elsewhere and is the post funded by the
> university or elsewhere (e.g. DSA).<br>
> <br>
> Many thanks for your help on this. <br>
> <br>
> Best wishes<br>
> <br>
> Julia<br>
> </font></font>
> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
> Julia Tait
> Senior Adviser & Co-ordinator for Students with Dyslexia
> & Other Specific Learning Difficulties,
> Student Services,
> Oxford Brookes University
> Helena Kennedy Student Centre,
> Headington Hill Campus
> Oxford OX3 0BP
>
> 01865 484659
> </pre>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:40:38 +0000
> From: Emma Rowlett <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Terminology: disabled students v students with disabilities?
>
> Apologies for cross posting...
>
> When I started at University in 1999 the common term in use was
> 'students with disabilities' (e.g. NUS SWD Officer) and I was told
> that the idea behind this was putting the 'student' first (I don't
> remember who told me this!). I know there has been a move away from
> this in many places as "it implies that we =E2=80=98own=E2=80=99 the
> disabi=
> lity, while
> it is society which disables us" (according to Lorraine Gradwell in "A
> rose by any other name=E2=80=A6" -
> http://www.healthmatters.org.uk/issue32/arose).
>
> Do any of you know of any other literature about this, particularly
> where 'students with disabilities' came from and why? Anything that
> references disabled people versus people with disabilities is also
> useful. I need to write about this in my thesis, but I also co-edit
> the "Students with Disabilities Series" in MSOR Connections and I am
> considering making a case for changing the name.
>
> Also, if you have any opinions about the two terms I'd like to hear from
> yo=
> u.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Emma
>
> --=20
> Emma Jane Rowlett (n=C3=A9e Wright)
> School of Sociology and Social Policy
> University of Nottingham
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
> www.accessingmaterials.org.uk
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:58:51 +0000
> From: Kirsty Wayland <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Departmental contacts/liaison officers
>
> Dear colleagues,=20
>
> I am currently involved in a review of our departmental contacts/liaison
> officer scheme and I would be very grateful if you could let me know abou=
> t
> any schemes that you operate in particular;
>
> The role/job description of individuals involved What you offer them, in
> order to have buy in/commitment to the scheme How you select people for t=
> he
> scheme
>
> Very many thanks, Kirsty
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 17:28:55 -0000
> From: A Velarde <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Terminology: disabled students v students with disabilities?
>
> Hi Emma. under the social model framework, in my view, disabled students =
> is=20
> probably find. It acknowledged that the person is facing socially=20
> constructed barriers. In the same line, student with impairments is a bet=
> ter=20
> constructed term than student with disabilities. Because the latter impl=
> ies=20
> an individual model perspective. Hope this helps, Andy
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Emma Rowlett" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 4:40 PM
> Subject: Terminology: disabled students v students with disabilities?
>
>
> Apologies for cross posting...
>
> When I started at University in 1999 the common term in use was
> 'students with disabilities' (e.g. NUS SWD Officer) and I was told
> that the idea behind this was putting the 'student' first (I don't
> remember who told me this!). I know there has been a move away from
> this in many places as "it implies that we =E2=80=98own=E2=80=99 the disa=
> bility, while
> it is society which disables us" (according to Lorraine Gradwell in "A
> rose by any other name=E2=80=A6" -
> http://www.healthmatters.org.uk/issue32/arose).
>
> Do any of you know of any other literature about this, particularly
> where 'students with disabilities' came from and why? Anything that
> references disabled people versus people with disabilities is also
> useful. I need to write about this in my thesis, but I also co-edit
> the "Students with Disabilities Series" in MSOR Connections and I am
> considering making a case for changing the name.
>
> Also, if you have any opinions about the two terms I'd like to hear
> from=20
> you.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Emma
>
> --=20
> Emma Jane Rowlett (n=C3=A9e Wright)
> School of Sociology and Social Policy
> University of Nottingham
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
> www.accessingmaterials.org.uk
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 19:14:49 +0000
> From: Peter Hill <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: DSA and Extra accommodation costs
>
> Hi
>
> I'm sure this has arisen before - but hopefully, someone can provide
> up-to-date info.
>
> I've been asked whether DSA can be used to pay for extra on-campus
> accommodation costs - such as en-suite facilities - where the need for
> such accommodation arises because of the student's disability.
>
> I suspect the answer could be yes - but I confess I'm not certain.
>
> Any thoughts or advice would be welcomed.
>
> Regards
>
> Peter Hill
>
> --
>
> Peter J Hill
>
> Tel: 01905 391 547
> Mobile: 07751 792711
>
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 20:17:53 +0000
> From: Amanda Kent <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: DSA and Extra accommodation costs
>
> Yes - "Additional costs of en suite university accommodation" is
> listed=20=
>
> on p 34 of the DSA Guidance Chapter 2008-09 and p24 of the 2009 -10=20
> version. (Goes under General allowance).=20
> Amanda
> On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 19:14:49 +0000, Peter Hill <[log in to unmask]> wrote=
> :
>
>>Hi
>>
>>I'm sure this has arisen before - but hopefully, someone can provide
>>up-to-date info.
>>
>>I've been asked whether DSA can be used to pay for extra on-campus
>>accommodation costs - such as en-suite facilities - where the need for
>>such accommodation arises because of the student's disability.
>>
>>I suspect the answer could be yes - but I confess I'm not certain.
>>
>>Any thoughts or advice would be welcomed.
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Peter Hill
>>
>>--
>>
>>Peter J Hill
>>
>>Tel: 01905 391 547
>>Mobile: 07751 792711
>>
>>Email: [log in to unmask]
>>
>>-----------------------------------
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 20:37:16 +0000
> From: Peter Hill <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: DSA and Extra accommodation costs
>
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> Hi
>
> Thanks for this.
>
> Regards
>
> Peter
>
> Amanda Kent wrote:
>> Yes - "Additional costs of en suite university accommodation" is listed
>> on p 34 of the DSA Guidance Chapter 2008-09 and p24 of the 2009 -10
>> version. (Goes under General allowance).
>> Amanda
>> On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 19:14:49 +0000, Peter Hill <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I'm sure this has arisen before - but hopefully, someone can provide
>>> up-to-date info.
>>>
>>> I've been asked whether DSA can be used to pay for extra on-campus
>>> accommodation costs - such as en-suite facilities - where the need for
>>> such accommodation arises because of the student's disability.
>>>
>>> I suspect the answer could be yes - but I confess I'm not certain.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts or advice would be welcomed.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Peter Hill
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Peter J Hill
>>>
>>> Tel: 01905 391 547
>>> Mobile: 07751 792711
>>>
>>> Email: [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
>
> Peter J Hill
>
> Tel: 01905 391 547
> Mobile: 07751 792711
>
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
>
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> Hi<br>
> <br>
> Thanks for this.<br>
> <br>
> Regards<br>
> <br>
> Peter<br>
> <br>
> Amanda Kent wrote:
> <blockquote cite="mid:[log in to unmask]"
> type="cite">
> <pre wrap="">Yes - "Additional costs of en suite university
> accommodation" is listed
> on p 34 of the DSA Guidance Chapter 2008-09 and p24 of the 2009 -10
> version. (Goes under General allowance).
> Amanda
> On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 19:14:49 +0000, Peter Hill <a
> class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
> href="mailto:[log in to unmask]"><[log in to unmask]></a> wrote:
>
> </pre>
> <blockquote type="cite">
> <pre wrap="">Hi
>
> I'm sure this has arisen before - but hopefully, someone can provide
> up-to-date info.
>
> I've been asked whether DSA can be used to pay for extra on-campus
> accommodation costs - such as en-suite facilities - where the need for
> such accommodation arises because of the student's disability.
>
> I suspect the answer could be yes - but I confess I'm not certain.
>
> Any thoughts or advice would be welcomed.
>
> Regards
>
> Peter Hill
>
> --
>
> Peter J Hill
>
> Tel: 01905 391 547
> Mobile: 07751 792711
>
> Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
> href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</a>
>
> -----------------------------------
> </pre>
> </blockquote>
> <pre wrap=""><!---->
>
>
>
> </pre>
> </blockquote>
> <br>
> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
>
> Peter J Hill
>
> Tel: 01905 391 547
> Mobile: 07751 792711
>
> Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
> href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</a>
>
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