Disabled Student Allowance (DSA):

This is a sum of money that is given to aid students who have recognized disabilities sufficient for them to need extra tuition or equipment in order to help level the playing field with students who are able to learn without additional impediments.  It is available via medical advice to all sorts of physical disabilities but crucially it is available for students diagnosed as having specific learning difficulties (SpLd)/Dyslexia by a Chartered Educational Psychologist.

Colleges vary in the way that they provide assessment.  Some will make a preliminary assessment of the student and then refer them to the in house consultant EP.  Others will give the student a preliminary assessment and then provide the student with a letter authorizing EP assessment up to a certain fee level.  The student then has to select an EP from the list and then make their own arrangements.  The EP will then invoice the College/University.  The student does not have to part with their own money usually.

The DSA is available to students on Nursing courses provided they fall within higher education.  It is available to open university students.  In addition to the full range of higher education courses run by institutions in the UK.

If you would like to arrange for an assessment under DSA regulations then please contact Dan Petrov or call  01825 766011

DSA assessment with our in house psychologist is £250.