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Hello All. I have just successfully negotiated with an LEA to fund travel, hotel and other costs for a non-medical assistant to accompany a student on a study trip to Florence for a week. The student would not be able to take the trip without this support, so this seems reasonable to me. cindy curtis Disability Co-ordinator Falmouth College of Arts -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Hazel Devereux Sent: 09 January 2004 12:17 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: travel costs for non-medical helpers Alice in the past I've negotiated with LEA's on an individual basis and they've usually agreed to fund travel and PA costs as long as it's an integral part of the course and they know how much it's going to cost approx., up-front. regards Hazel >>> [log in to unmask] 09/01/2004 09:52:47 >>> Here we run a Learning Support Assistants (non-medical helpers) scheme, where LSA's receive a standard hourly rate of pay for the hours that they work. A number of our students are on courses that involve studying off-site i.e. day field trips, museum visits, research visits etc. and require LSA support whilst doing such activities. I am wondering who should meet the additional traveling expenses of non-medical assistants when they are supporting students away from their normal place of work. Can this be met from a student's DSA as part of their non-medical helpers allowance? If the non-medical helper has to meet costs themselves, then there is a disincentive for them to undertake this work. Or should the institution running the scheme meet the costs from invoicing LEAs a greater hourly amount than they pay non-medical assistants? thanks alice Alice Pennington Disabilities Officer RED Centre University of Surrey Roehampton Froebel College Roehampton Lane London SW15 5PJ Tel: 020 8392 3113 ext 4088 Fax: 020 8392 3735 Email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by The University of Surrey Roehampton MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.