Slightly off the issue here, could others tell me 
if Dyslexia Action have recently increased their 
charges dramatically (and without warning) in 
your areas. We were quite shocked last month when 
students started calling, frantic that the £485 
fee would not be covered by the ALF because it 
was £110 more than we had told them.

We feel lucky to be able to use the ALF 
successfully to fund home student Diagnostic 
Assessments for SpLD, and use our ISDF 
(International Students with Disabilities Fund) 
to cover costs for students ineligible for ALF. 
As costs shoot up we stand a chance of reducing 
drastically the number of students who can be funded in this way.

I'd be interested in your responses.

Regards,

Celia

At 15:04 22/11/2007, Claire Shanks wrote:
>I am interested to know how institutions 
>currently pay for their dyslexia diagnostic 
>assessments?  We currently ring-fence funding 
>from ALF to pay for assessments but are on 
>course to potentially exceed this amount with no 
>extra funds available, this is despite an 
>increase in funding for dyslexia 
>assessments.  Have any of you come across this 
>before and if so, how have you resolved this 
>issue?  One suggestion put forward was to look 
>at the option of making this means tested in 
>order to ensure the funds allocated are not 
>exceeded.  Any advice or suggestions would be greatly received.
>
>I look forward to hearing from you.  Thank you.
>
>With best wishes
>Claire
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