Hi
I'm not sure what Bryan's message refers to. But it's good that someone
has finally come clean about the origins of the '23 hour rule'.
Presumably Patrick missed all the earlier discussion - otherwise, being
a man of integrity, he'd have told us all about it.
Peter
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Bryan Jones wrote:
>A salutary lesson to us all, don't mess with ADSHE, they're hard. Have
>they untied Claire yet do we know?
>
>Bryan Jones,
>Manager, Disability Support Services
>& North London Regional Access Centre,
>Middlesex University
>Tel: 020 8411 5366
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Pauline Sumner
>Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 12:36 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Dyslexia Tuition + LEAs : Message from Claire Jamieson
>
>
>A message from Claire Jamieson - is there someone who can pass the
>message on to the Local Authority jiscmail please? It was disseminated
>last month, but does not appear to have reached all of the Local
>Authorities by the sounds of it.
>
>A clarifying statement about the so-called 23 hours : -
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>Provision for specialist tuition for dyslexic students
>through the DSA
>A statement from Claire Jamieson
>
>In February this year I agreed to a request from Patrick Mulcahy to
>draft a short document which might help LEA officers and Needs Assessors
>to make links between diagnostic assessment reports and students'
>support needs. The skills required for the development of competence in
>researching, note-taking, composition, editing, oral language and time
>and information management were identified, and linked to potential
>areas of weakness in the performance of dyslexic students. For each
>study area an example of a suggested number of tuition hours was
>provided, but there was never any intention of these numbers being taken
>as firm guidelines.
>
>The document was sent in draft form to Patrick Mulcahy, who proceeded to
>disseminate it at a training session conducted for LA Awards Officers at
>a London Access Centre. It soon became apparent that it had been widely
>disseminated and was forming the basis for some LA and Access Centres'
>policy. The suggested number of tuition hours - which was intended only
>as an example - had been totalled to 23. The document should not have
>been made available in draft form, and the notion of a 23 hour limit for
>tuition is a consequence of misinterpretation of the draft document.
>
>As the impact of specific learning difficulties varies widely, depending
>on relative severity and on the demands of particular courses, it is not
>envisaged that tuition hours can be established in a formulaic way;
>rather that clear objectives should be set on the basis of the evidence
>provided in the diagnostic assessment report, and in consultation with
>the student.
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