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Sheffield College We've developed a loan scheme for students with disabilities and specific learning difficulties. It includes quite a wide range of things: PCs, laptops, TFT screens, AlphaSmarts and a few AlphaSmart Danas; Bookmans; a range of recording devices, cassettes, digitals and minidisks. + range of specialist things e.g. braille and speak, CCTVs, Tash keyboards etc, etc. Our "stock" has taken about 5 years to develop and the scheme works well now. Loan computer systems do have specialist software as appropriate to the student. We're having Texthelp put on the college network over the summer and fingers crossed, it'll be available to all students via their roaming profile in September along with Mindgenius and typing software. More specialist software is made available as needed. A range of software for visually impaired students is available, but at present it has to be installed on individual machines. Hopefully there'll be a few copies of the latest version of Supernova by the end of the summer, available on roaming profiles. We've been able to give a small number of students copies of TextHelp, Inspiration and Dragon (licencing won't allow a loan) where they would be disadvantaged without it. Vicki Jackson ACCESS Centre Manager The Sheffield College Castle Centre Northside Granville Road Sheffield S2 2RL Tel. 0114 2602695 Fax 0114 2602694 >>> [log in to unmask] 18/06/04 12:26:43 >>> Hi to all of you, I am new to the forum, I was on the LEADSA forum (and still am actually) when i worked for Hounslow LEA but I now work as Disability Officer for Richmond Upon Thames College in London. I have only been in the post for four weeks and feel very new to the FE sector. One thing I have noticed is that there is no IT software etc to help students (e.g. with dyslexia) only PC's. Do othe DO's out there have much technology available for students? If so what do you have? Responses from FE colleges would be particularly interesting. Also do you loan students laptops? Do they have any disability software on them? Sorry to ask so many questions all at once, but your responses would be much appreciated! Thanks, Paul Smyth This e-mail and any files that accompany it are intended only for the use of the addressee/s, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure. If the reader is not an intended recipient, any disclosure, distribution or other use of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please delete it from your system and notify the sender immediately. Any views or opinions presented do not necessarily represent those of the College. Thank you.