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Many thanks Ginny. That's really useful. Best wishes. Wendy Wendy Knowles Disability Service Co-ordinator -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ginny Stacey Sent: 30 November 2006 12:47 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Support Groups Dear Wendy, I've run them for a long time for dyslexic students. They work very well. Students get a lot from realising they are not alone and they develop different ways of studying from each other. I've always found they need to have a structure and be directly useful on the study front; without that the students tend to be too pressurised to be able to come. The group sessions can be sufficient for some students, but many need the opportunity to work one-one as well. I created a module that was part of the degree modules system while at Oxford Brookes. I would expect something quite similar to work for other disabilities where the problems encountered by the group have a lot of overlap. In setting up the dyslexia ones originally, we had a lot of discussion with the students at the time to see what they thought would help. The same would work with other disabilities. Hope that helps Ginny Wendy Knowles (W.Knowles) wrote: > Does anyone have experience of setting up a support group for students > with disabilities within their institution? We are in the process at > York St John of setting up such a group and I am very interested to > hear from anyone about the pros and cons/ what has or has not > worked/how successful the group has been/does the group run itself or > does it need to be lead etc etc. Any feedback gratefully received. > Many thanks. > > > > Wendy Knowles > > Disability Service Co-ordinator > > > -- Dr Ginny Stacey Senior Dyslexia Study Tutor and Researcher Tel: (01865 2)72495 Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics Sherrington Building Parks Road Oxford OX1 3PT