Hi there - re Group Dyslexia Support...
We tried this a few years ago...we were keen to offer an alternative type of support experience and ran it more as a "Drop-In".
For the students who accessed the support it was very successful but the particular method of delivery we chose caused us some significant problems...not least the need to have study skills tutors on hand with no firm assurance that students would turn up. Also we had problems of students accessing "more" support than their entitlement allowed...causing us some invoicing difficulties.
Another upside resulted from our choice to have the sessions delivered in a team-teaching fashion - so we always had 2 tutors available...this provided them with the rare opportunity to witness the support methodologies / approaches used by others and also provided an opportunity for resource development.
The tutors involved reported a very high level of satisfaction as a result of this experience and if the DSA was a little more flexible I would like to continue to offer this option. However, the bottom line for us, was that such is the inflexibility of the DSA system when you try to use it in this way, that financially we couldn't make it break even.
I too, would welcome the input of others on this!
Regards
Simon Bloor - Access SUMMIT
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Subject: Group Dyslexia Support
Hi,
We are looking at ways of managing the ever-increasing demand for dyslexia support and are thinking about a variety of options - one of which is to set up group support sessions. I wondered if anyone else had already done this, what difficulties (or positives!) you have encountered and also how you dealt with funding via DSA if you are providing group support.
Happy to receive replies off list if people prefer.
Many thanks,
Lesley
Dr. Lesley Jane Black
Head of Disabilities and Learning Diversity
University of Winchester
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