Not all HEIs insist on graduate status before entry onto SpLD diploma courses (check the UCN website) and Hornsby offer “open entry” for learning support assistants and “individuals seeking a career change”.  So, there are routes into HE work with dyslexics for diploma holders who are not graduates (not at UCN I would add, their job description for dyslexia support tutors is very thorough…I’d say exemplary).

 

Lloyd Richardson

 

From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wakeham, Mark
Sent: 02 March 2005 08:40
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: FW: 'qualified dyslexia support tutor'

 

 

 

Hello Everybody

 

I’m a little confused here, because when I applied for my SpLD Diploma it was stated that I had to have a degree, because the qualification had postgraduate status, thus giving the tutor a background in writing extended essays and dissertations. Has this prerequisite changed?

 

Mark Wakeham

Dyslexia Support Tutor (UWIC)

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Lloyd G. Richardson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 01 March 2005 13:25
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: 'qualified dyslexia support tutor'

 

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)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

****
The information contained in this E-mail is confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. Access to this E-mail by anyone other than the intended recipient is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, copy, distribute or disclose the E-mail or any part of its contents or
take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify the Postmaster at [log in to unmask] or telephone the IT Department on 01522 527347 ext. 317/318. All reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present in this E-mail system.
As Bishop Grosseteste College cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage arising from the use of this E-mail or attachments, we recommend that you subject these to your virus checking procedures prior to use.
****