| Update from SLC following SASC Guidance |
| SLC accepts remote assessments of need for DSA SpLD evidence for limited period |
 | 21/05/2020 |
The Student Loans Company through its Student Support
Information Note [SSIN 4/20] confirms:
While under normal circumstances we would require a full diagnostic
assessment of an SpLD to be submitted as evidence of eligibility for DSAs, we
do not wish there to be a delay in students accessing the support they need
through DSAs. We have therefore decided that DSAs applicants who do not
already have a full diagnostic assessment for an SpLD will temporarily be
able to submit an evaluation of need carried out in line with the SASC
guidance, and that SLC will accept this as evidence of eligibility for DSAs.
This means that SLC will accept evaluations of need which have been
undertaken up to and including 31
August 2020.
Providers should note that all remote evaluations of need must contain the
wording of the ‘specific statement' as advised in the SASC guidance on
Physical Distancing and SpLD Assessment to be acceptable.
See SASC guidance paper with this
link and on our downloads page.
SLC's SSIN is available from this link
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