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> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 09:21:25 +0000 > From: [log in to unmask] > To: [log in to unmask] > Cc: [log in to unmask] > Subject: RE: Re: Lewisham LEA and DSAs > Reply-to: [log in to unmask] > I am amused by some of the comments people are making about LEAs. I agree they > are difficult to work with sometimes, but we do share a common interest even in > we approach it from different directions. Perhaps we should consider talking > to them more, invite them to SKILL HE meetings - like the North West Group do, > go and visit them and find out more about their "criteria" - on doing this I > was surprised how isolated Awards Officers can be, and don't assume that they > are not members of disforum! Comments like "partial victory" only serve to > create a bigger gulf between us. > > Ed Barker, Senior Student Adviser "Learning Support" > Anglia Polytechnic University > Cambridge We attended a meeting last year with the Devon psychologists and received a veritable grilling concerning our criteria, our testing and our procedures mostly in relation to dyslexic students. Devon now use us for all their DSA assessments for all students with disabilities and we use this relationship to improve the service for our own students and, through the advice we give, for those at other institutions too. It is a slow and laborious job! I therefore have sympathy with the view that Ed Barker expresses but also identify very closely with the frustration behind earlier comments. I am not sure that all LEAs do 'share a common interest' with us! At least not all of the time. Alison Courtney Alison Courtney South West Regional Access Centre Room 10, Babbage Building University of Plymouth Drake Circus Plymouth, PL4 8AA Tel: 01752 232253 Fax: 01752 232279 Minicom: 01752 232285 E-mail: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%