Pre-Assessment Questionnaire - ARK
Pre-Assessment Questionnaire - ARK
Pre-Assessment Questionnaire - ARK
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.arkassessments.co.uk
Please return this form ASAP or at least within 5 working days of the appointment.
(This form can be completed electronically by typing in the boxes)
The purpose of the DSA Study Needs Assessment is to determine what difficulties you may
encounter with your studies due to your disability, and to consider what can be recommended to
overcome those difficulties. The PAQ will help the needs assessor to do any prior research
needed to prepare for your assessment.
Your details:
Date of birth
Email:
PERSONAL:
UNIVERSITY:
(please provide both if you can)
Course Name
University or College name
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What month and year did you start your
course? (MM/YY)
ADDRESS:
We will not disclose your identity to your Please confirm if you give your permission to
University/College without your permission. contact your disability officer/course leader:
However, it may be helpful for us to contact
YES/NO
your disability officer/course leader for
information regarding your course
How does your disability affect you? You will also be asked about this in the Needs Assessment.
What type of support (if any) have you received in the past e.g., at School or College? Please
indicate if you found it helpful.
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Please indicate any equipment you already own and provide as much detail as you can about the
equipment in the box below.
If you have a laptop, please bring this with you, or have it available during your online
assessment. (For help on computer specifications please refer to the following link for a
step by step guide: https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/media/1755/guidance-for-
assessment-centres.docx )
Laptop PC
(please also include operating
system, processor number,
Memory (RAM) and available
storage)
Tablet
Printer/scanner/photocopier
Smartphone
Other
Have you any prior experience with any kind of enabling technology?
Speech to Text software (for example Y/N Mind mapping software (for example Y/N
Dragon) MindView)
Magnification software (for example Y/N Text to Speech software (for example Y/N
JAWS) TextHelp)
Spellchecking software (for example Y/N Other: Y/N
Grammarly)
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If YES, please can you attach a copy of the
report. If you do not have a copy, please can
you provide details about when and where the
assessment took place.
The following questions only need to be answered if you have trouble travelling to and
from university as a result of your disability.
The cost of your Study Needs Assessment will be met from your DSA and on completion we will
invoice your funding body.
By signing this form, you are asking us to arrange your assessment for you and you are giving
your funding body permission to release funds from your DSA to pay for your assessment.
Student Name
Student Signature
Date
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