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The PR1 does have a line for disabled students to renew their DSA. Or to apply if they didn't previously have one. That seems to satisfy most! Dr John S Conway FGS FRGS MNADO FHEA Disability Officer / Principal Lecturer in Soil Science / Chair, Research Committee Programme Manager, MSc International Rural Development Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Glos GL7 6JS 01285 652531 ext 2234 fax 01285 650219 http://www.rac.ac.uk/index.php?_id=590 email [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sally Foister Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 12:32 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: DSA payments We do remind our continuing students to complete their PR1 forms(we understand that it is PR1 and not DSA forms that they need to submit) each year when setting up new support arrangements and some of our more accessible colleagues at the LEAs are willing to confirm by email that the student has reapplied if we ask. However we can't guarantee that the students will actually submit their forms and we do spend an awful lot of time on this! Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Bousfield" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 11:53 AM Subject: Re: DSA payments >I didn't know DSA 1 forms had to be completed every year! > > Jane Bousfield > Student Adviser (Disabilities) > Learning Support > Anglia Ruskin University > East Road > CAMBRIDGE > CB1 1PT > 0845 1962434 > [log in to unmask] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wakeham, Mark" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 10:04 AM > Subject: DSA payments > > > Hello > > Is anybody having the same problems as we are when it comes to LEAs > paying (or not paying more to the point) for non medical helper support, > after they have agreed for the support to go ahead? > > The reasons that LEAs are giving is that the student is not completing > their DSA 1 forms for each new academic year, in spite of the LEA > forwarding several copies to them. > > We currently have several hundred disabled students receiving > non-medical helper support and we never really find out whether or not > they are completing these forms until the end of the academic year when > we are at the point of taking the LEA to court. > Is anybody out there able to offer us a solution to this or do you know > of anything within DfES guidelines that we can use to claim back the > money for this? > Mark Wakeham >