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Hi Everyone Is this affected in any way by institutional obligations under the DDA? We used to threaten (although seldom implement) a 'three strikes and you're out policy' i.e. three missed appointments without good reason and you came off the caseload and went to the bottom of the list. Our view is that we can't do this any longer since we now cannot under any circumstances refuse support to a student who is eligible. Any advice/views? Margo Liz Thompson wrote: > Below is a copy of the advice from John Joseph to a similar question- > in practice, the maximum number of sessions missed without notice > which LEAs will pay for seems to be 3. > > Students should be advised on referral to a tutor that they risk > having to pay for missed sessions if they do so without sufficient > notice / good reason. > > Regards > > Liz > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: 05 January 2005 16:13 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: RE: Funding for missed tutorials/support DSA > > LizPlease see the attached which is a copy of advice provided by a > colleague and should answer your question.John > > Payment arrangements for cancelled non-medical helper support sessions > > A colleague in DfES drafted some guidance on this subject a while ago > which was circulated in draft format to representatives of the various > DSA interest groups but never issued. It was clear from feedback > received that it would be impossible to provide comprehensive guidance > to cover the varied and complex issues.It was decided that cases > should be considered on an individual basis rather issuing standard > guidance which might be applied inappropriately. > > There will be occasions where students fail to attend sessions with > non-medical helpers (NMHs) at short notice for reasons such as > illness.In such circumstances we feel that the NMHs fee may still be > paid from the DSA.NMHs may otherwise lose income for that day and > incur travel costs.They may also have turned down other work on the > cancelled date which they were not able to accept at the time of the > offer because of the prior commitment but which was no longer > available when the student cancelled the session. > > The statutory instruments provide that DSAs are grants equal to the > additional amount that LEAs are satisfied the disabled student is > obliged to incur.Therefore, when students continually fail to attend > NMH sessions without good reason a point must come when the LEA can no > longer agree to pay for NMH provision that is not being > used.Similarly, where students give notice part way through the year > that they no longer need or want NMH support, we do not believe that > LEAs should continue to pay for NMH provision that is not being taken > up. > > Yours sincerely, > > John Joseph > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wakeham, Mark > Sent: 18 August 2005 11:44 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: DNAs > > > Hello > > Can anyone tell me how they deal with payments for students > who fail to attend appointments with their Dyslexia Tutors? > We have been informed by an LEA that students' DSA will not > cover the cost of this and so it must be retrieved from the > student. > > I am concerned about this because I do not want to deter > students from meeting with their tutors, because there maybe > a possibility of them incurring a cost. At the same time I > do not want to loose the valuable support that we get from > our Dyslexia tutors, because of loss of payments from > unreliable students. > > Our Department has limited funds and cannot afford to keep > covering this cost and I am aware that, for a lot of > Dyslexic students, short-term memory deficit is an issue > that may result in them missing the odd appointment. I do > not want them to be disadvantaged because of this, so is > there any advice out there that can help us with our > dilemma? > > Thanks > > Mark Wakeham > > Dyslexia Support Tutor (UWIC) >