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Many thanks for your comments Sheenagh. 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 Sheenagh Hull Sent: 16 April 2007 15:19 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: exam requirements for students with Dyslexia doing BSL level 1 Hi Wendy, Do you mean the CACDP qualification? If so, they might advise you. Certainly their website (www.cacdp.org.uk <http://www.cacdp.org.uk/> ) will give a detailed breakdown of assessment criteria and procedure which will give an indication of areas which might create difficulty for the dyslexic candidate - obviously depending on their particular strategies and difficulties. CACDP should be responsive to requests for justified variation. Similarly, if the exam is set by a different awarding body, you would need to look at the particular candidate in relation to assessment criteria & tasks to be performed within the assessment. There may be no specific requirements needed. Certainly there is very little spelling and reading normally for this level - it is assessing BSL, and most awarding bodies are trying to be accessible to Deaf people where good English skills cannot be assumed. I think it is the usual advice for ANY exam - What are candidates actually required to do? Will this present any difficulty for this particular candidate? What might remove these barrier (if there are any)? Regards, Sheenagh Hull Disability Co-ordinator: Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students & Note-taking Scheme The Equality Service Grd Floor Social Sciences Building University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT 0113 343 7367 (voice) Please note this is a new number. 0113 343 2616 (minicom textphone only) 0113 343 3944 (fax) www.equality.leeds.ac.uk -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wendy Knowles (W.Knowles) Sent: 12 April 2007 16:44 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: exam requirements for students with Dyslexia doing BSL level 1 Can anyone advise me about exam requirements for students with dyslexia doing the practical BSL level 1 exam? Many thanks. Wendy Knowles Disability Service Co-ordinator York St John University