I'd like an ed psych's reaction to this, but my impression was that
they regarded re-assessment as essential for relatively young people
for whom there would have been further maturation and intellectual
development since the last assessment. For instance, an 18 year old
with a three year old diagnosis.
I am not so sure that they see any point in re-assessing a 35 year
old with a ten year old diagnosis. Would this be a fair comment? I
believe that many LEAs react like exam boards with a formula position,
simply to play safe. I have been able to persuade LEAs to withdraw
the requirement in such cases, they simply needed reassuring that
their actions were reasonable.
Either way I cannot see how the DSA can be used to pay for this.
Rightly or wrongly, the LEA is asking for proof of the (continued)
existence of a condition, which is not what the DSAs are for.
Dave Laycock
Head of CCPD, Chair of NFAC
Computer Centre for People with Disabilities
University of Westminster
72 Great Portland Street
London W1N 5AL
tel. 0171-911-5161
fax. 0171-911-5162
WWW home page: http://www.wmin.ac.uk/ccpd/
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