264 pages
244 x 170mm
ISBN-13: 978 1 85856 411 1
September 2007

Specialist teacher assessors work in all sectors of education. As key personnel in higher education institutions, they are responsible for conducting essential diagnostic psychometric assessments for students. The government has identified procedures for assessing and identifying students in higher education with specific learning difficulties and this book shows how to implement them.
This book is a practitioner's guide for specialist teachers working with SpLD students in higher education institutions and is the key text for the practitioner's certificate introduced in 2006. It provides
· practical guidance to aid specialist tutors who are assessing and supporting students from all academic fields.
· formats for assessments to help specialist tutors comply with the new regulations
· guidance on reasonable adjustments for students which do not compromise academic standards
This manual is essential for SpLD managers, for professionals who wish to update their skills so they can support HE students, and for all teachers involved in advanced training.
Dr Geraldine Price is a member of the original DfES working party which set up the SpLD practicing certificate and of the current committee responsible for the regulation of courses. She is Director of the MSc in SpLD at the University of Southampton, where Janet Skinner is Head of the Learning Differences Centre, which provides support for all SpLD students.