accessability & wellbeing support for students with specific learning difficulties, mental...
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AccessAbility & Wellbeing
Support for students with Specific Learning Difficulties,
mental health difficulties, other disabilities/health conditions
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Aims of session
• Overview of support
• Finding out about support before and during application
• Financial help – in advance
• Getting support when here
• Top tips and useful resources
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Who we are
Part of Student Services
Provide support to students to have equal access to their studies
AccessAbility Wellbeing
↓ ↓
Specific Learning Difficulties Counselling requirements
Physical disabilities Mental health conditions
Long-term health conditions
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Where we are
AccessAbility:
The Forum,
Streatham Campus.
Also offer sessions at
St.Lukes campus.
Wellbeing:
Reed Mews,
Streatham Campus
Also offer sessions in
the forum.
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Snapshot of what we do
• Provide advice, guidance, signposting to other services
• Advisers, Study Skills Tutors, Wellbeing counsellors & mental health practitioners
• Every College has an AccessAbility Liaison Contact as well
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Snapshot of what we do
• Advice on support for studies
• Study skills tuition, Mentoring, Counselling
• Dyslexia screenings
• Readers and scribes for exams, note takers for lecturers
• Support workers for labs or the library
• Arranging sign language interpreters
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Snapshot of what we do
• Advice and help on accessing text
• Exams support (eg. extra time)
• Accommodation support – including hearing alert equipment in rooms and evacuation plans
• Advice on disability-related funding
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Before and during application
How to contact us:
• Indicate disability on UCAS form (generates our contact to you)
• Telephone or email – contact details via university website
• Visit and meet an adviser/member of staff
• Web pages – valuable sources of information
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Before and during application
What to consider and tell the university about:
•Previous support requirements at school/college
(these won’t transfer across automatically)
•Additional requirements for higher education
(accommodation/independent living/independent study/types of teaching)
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Before and during application
Disclosure and confidentiality:
• UCAS disclosure – allows university to contact you about support
• Data Protection Act –
Personal information is only shared
with the student’s consent
on a “need to know” basis
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Financial help – up front
Disabled Students Allowance:
• Grant to help meet the extra course costs faced because of a disability
• Paid on top of the standard student finance package, or on its own.
• Don’t have to pay it back
• For UK students
• Apply online March before course starts (Directgov website)
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Financial help – up front
Disabled Students Allowance:
Examples of what it can provide…
• Specialist equipment (eg. computer software )• Non-medical helpers (eg. a note-taker or reader)• Extra travel costs• Extra accommodation costs• Misc. costs such as photocopying or printer cartridges
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Financial help – up front
Disability Living Allowance:
• Helps with extra costs due to a disability
• Eligibility:You have a physical or mental health disability, or both Your disability is severe enough for you to need help caring for yourself or you have walking difficulties, or both You are under 65 when you claim
• Can provide housing benefit to help with accommodation
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Financial help – up front
• Charitable Trusts
• Snowdon Award
• Helpful for non-UK students
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Financial help – on arrival
Access to Learning Fund:
• Managed by Student Guild
• Assists students who need extra financial support (disabled students
prioritised)
• UK students
• Helps top up DSA
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You’re here – Getting Support
Reasonable Adjustments:
Equality Act 2010:
• Prevents and addresses disability discrimination and disability related harassment.
• Duty of universities to provide reasonable adjustments.
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You’re here – Getting Support
Reasonable Adjustments – Examples:
UCAS Guide for students with disabilities – video:
UCAS - guide for students with disabilities - UCAStv - YouTube
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You’re here – Getting Support
The role of the AccessAbility Adviser:
• 1:1 sessions
• Set up tailored learning plans
• Provide support for course related issues
• Assistance with accessing support from other departments within the university
• Providing information about community based support which is available
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You’re here – Getting Support
The role of the Wellbeing Practitioner:
• Counseling support and mental health mentoring sessions
• Set up tailored learning plans
• Provide support for course related issues
• Assistance with accessing support from other departments within the university
• Providing information about community based support which is available
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You’re here – Getting Support
Other Services:
• Student Guild
• Personal Tutors within the subject department
• College AccessAbility Liaison staff
• Student Information Desk
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You’re here – Getting Support
Accessible Accommodation:
• Somewhere quieter
• Enhanced access (for mobility)
• Fridge for medication
• Hearing alert equipment
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Top Tips & Useful Resources
AccessAbility website:
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/accessability/
Wellbeing website:
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/wellbeing/
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Top Tips & Useful Resources
• Plan as far in advance as possible
• Find out who to contact
• Pass on requirements
• Funding for extra costs
• Don’t be afraid to ask
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Top Tips & Useful Resources
Disability Rights UK:
• http://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/disabledstudents.htm
• Provide advice to disabled students in post-16 education
• Benefits advice
• Email advice service
• Publications
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Top Tips & Useful Resources
Directgov:
• http://www.direct.gov.uk
• Education and learning link
• Student finance
• HEI and course information
• Graduate careers
• Postgraduate study