Overview of Modules
- Disability Awareness
- models of disability,
- terminology,
- disability statistics,
- support in Higher Education.
- Students with Dyslexia in Higher Education.
- stereotypes,
- definitions,
- identifying dyslexic students, etc.
- Admissions of disabled applicants to Higher Education (HE)
- categories of disability,
- alternative approach to the classification,
- model for processing applications, etc.
- Assessment and examination regulations
- Modification of examination and assessment arrangements for disabled students: additional support or added advantage?
- Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (SENDA)
- Introduction to SENDA and how teaching staff can comply with the legislation.
- Reasonable adjustments.
- What is regarded as discrimination?