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Disability and Dyslexia Service | Tel: 01895 265213 | Email: [email protected]

Working out ‘reasonable’ adjustments

Gill BeechBrunel University

20th June 2012


Where do we start?

Ask for evidence

Disability/medical condition

• GP letter• Report from medical

practitioner

Specific learning difficulty (dyslexia,

dyspraxia etc.)

• Diagnostic assessment report from psychologist or specialist teacher


What is a ‘diagnostic assessment’?• Range of tests administered by a

suitably qualified professional

• Tests are standardised measures of literacy skills, cognitive processing and underlying ability

• Results analysed and report written to confirm evidence of specific learning difficulty (dyslexia, dyspraxia etc.)


What next?

Evidence

Encourage student to apply for Disabled Students’ Allowances (funding to pay for ‘reasonable adjustments’)


How are needs assessed?

• Student meets with a Needs Assessor at a regional assessment centre

• Identify support requirements (based on diagnostic evidence and discussion with student)

• Report written – makes detailed recommendations and provides costs

Specialist equipment


Undergraduate : £5161 for whole course

Support workers


Undergraduate: Up to £20,520 a year

General allowance


Undergraduate: Up to £1,724 a year

Travel allowance


Undergraduate: Unlimited reasonable spending on extra travel costs

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What next?

Evidence

Identified support needed

Develop a ‘Support Profile’


What is a Support Profile?• Document which summarises

adjustments required to level the playing field

• Provides Academic staff with a brief description of the disability and impact on learning

• Can be updated or amended at any time during studies

• See handout as an example


How can this translate into the workplace?Encourage

graduate to apply for Access to Work

fundingAccess to work report should identify

equipment and support requirements for the workplace.

Needs assessment report will provide detail of equipment and human help required during

studies.

Ask graduate to share needs assessment

report

Develop a workplace support profile

• Review regularly and amend if things change

• Transfer with employee if change role


Further information

Access to work

www.direct.gov.uk/accesstowork

Disabled Students’ Allowances

www.direct.gov.uk/en/disabledpeople/e

ducationandtraining/highereducation/dg

_10034898

http://www.direct.gov.uk/accesstowork

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/disabledpeople/educationandtraining/highereducation/dg_10034898



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