I tend to side with Lloyd on this.
Although I have often said, like Faye, “they are adults you know”
there are some students who do not seek help when they should. Having a named Dyslexia
Tutor who contacts them occasionally to see how they are progressing and who
often gets them through a difficult patch does, I am sure, help to reduce the
drop-out rate. Also, we all know students who believe, mistakenly in some cases,
that the computer & gismos they receive under the DSA will overcome their
difficulties without the support of a Dyslexia Tutor. Most will, no doubt, get
their degree but do we not have a responsibility to the public purse to see
that the DSA is not wasted? I’m not sure about the last bit myself.
Malcolm
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Sent: 06 September 2007 11:54
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Subject: Re: dyslexic support
tutor
Unfortunately with over
600 Dyslexics we are unable to maintain regular contact and as all students are
essentially adults operating within HE we provide them with all the information
they need but ultimately need them to come in and book an appointment for
tuition...if they do not then that is their problem frankly!
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Sent: 05 September 2007 15:29
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: dyslexic support
tutor
Thank you Faye
Our dyslexia support is
pro-active; we do not ‘tell students how to access support’ and
wait for them to come…our tutors maintain contact with students and
ensure that regular support sessions are provided. We do not feel that we
are qualified to judge whether or not individuals should have one-to-one
support; if it has been recommended we provide it. Since some of our
students are profoundly dyslexic they do require help throughout their courses
to ‘sustain them’. That does not mean that we are failing to
help them to ‘assist themselves’; it is a tacit recognition that
such help (for some) needs to be on-going.
Lloyd
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Sent: 05 September 2007 14:31
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Subject: Re: dyslexic support
tutor
just replying to one or 2
elements of this:
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