What also needs to be considered by the individual is how much use
it will be to get any
sort of assessment, if it's 'for my own information' which is an
extremely valid point it
might be better not to involve the employment service for reasons
like wishing to keep
ones job and avoid discrimination... a hard decision, it is easier
being deaf sometimes. I
think Bryan Jones has pinched by punchline I think Counselling
Rehabilitation And
Placement team is a fine title, that was actually told to me by a
DEA so it's a true story!
I am forwarding this to a colleague who is Dyslexic, maybe she will
swish to respond from a personal perspective.
Chris
> ----------
> From: Melanie Jameson[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 22 January 1999 18:00
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Dyslexia Assessments for employees
>
> Baxter, Chris wrote:
> >
> > Yes indeed what about PACT! Seriously though, it is their
> responsibility
> > and your colleague needs to visit them to discuss (tell her not to
> forget
> > her suit of armour) I hope she gets on OK, could you let us all know the
> > outcome please ?
> > Thanks
> > Chris
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From: [log in to unmask][SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > > Sent: 21 January 1999 16:21
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
>
> >> Subject: Dyslexia Assessments for employees
>
> If someone goes through the Employment Service for an assessment they get
> an assessment from an Occupational
> Psychologist (not an Educational psychologist) but this is not an
> automatic process; it depends on whether the
> Disability Employment Adviser (DEA).judges it to be necessary. Also,
> waiting times vary as does expertise at
> the DEA level. The OP focuses on work-related needs /difficulties and
> those I have spoken to within the PACT
> (employment service) do not regard it as their job to diagnose dyslexia -
> just to identify the strengths and
> weaknesses as they impact work.
> Reports are often very brief and go through the Disability Employment
> Adviser .
> I have had no experience of DEAs successfully assisting dyslexic
> individuals who are at graduate level or
> above. Nor have I found that the route through a doctor to a Clinical
> Psychologist brings good results - again
> reports are brief and recommendations for the individual are minimal.
> Either a qualified and experienced tutor
> or an Educational Psychologist with experience of adults (as opposed to
> one who works mainly with school
> children) is the best way of getting a helpful assessment and useful
> report recommendations. This will often
> involve going privately to a chartered psychologist who could be Occ, Ed
> or Clinical.
> I advise people to be assessed by someone who has been recommended to them
> - phone the local dyslexia
> association to see if they have anyone who knows about adults.
>
>
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