Hi to anyone who is interested.

 

I am curious about how other HEIs define the term ‘qualified dyslexia support tutor’.  (I have seen it used several times in job advertisements, etc.)

 

I have previously employed a person with an RSA Diploma to provide one-to-one support.  While she was knowledgeable about SpLD, she didn’t have a clue when it came to advising students about course work at under-graduate level (her previous experience was school and FE based).

 

I have come across other support tutors who have obtained ‘dyslexia qualifications’ but who lacked HE experience and did not have degrees themselves.  The question here is how ‘qualified’ is a support tutor who has an RSA Diploma (or some other bit of paper that asserts their apparent competence as a ‘dyslexia expert’) but who has never been awarded a degree (so has no insider knowledge of HE level work) or who has no experience of supporting students at university?

 

So, I would be grateful to know how some of you define the term ‘qualified dyslexia support tutor’.

 

 

Lloyd Richardson  PhD, MA(Ed), BA, Dip Sp.Ed., Dip RD, Cert Ed. (but never RSA Diploma)