Onyss Optimum System

First Name

Last Name

Preferred name (if different from above)

University or college email address (you will receive a confirmation email on this address)

Password (enter a password for your new Optimum account)

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Date of birth

Gender

Preferred method of contact

Type of support required

Face to face support is dependent on support workers availability to provide face to face support at your University and on your University providing a suitable and confidential space for sessions to take place.

Please select your University or College

Who is funding your DSA?

Select your funding body from the list. If not, or if you don't know who is funding your application, select 'Other / don't know'

Upload your funding approval (DSA2) letter

This is the letter that was sent to you by your funding body confirming that the funding for your support has been approved. Please click here to view a DSA2 letter template.

Student Finance Customer Reference Number/NHS SBA

This will be on the funding approval (DSA2) letter from your funding body.

University Student Number

This will be given by your university, once you are enrolled on the course.

Your University or College

Course Level

Attendance Level

Does your course include?

Course start (month)

Course start (year)

Course length (years)

This is the official date your course ends as published by your University

Course end (day)

Course end (month)

Course end (year)

Your diagnosis

For us to match you with the appropriate Support Worker and/or Study Skills Support Worker

UCAS - B You have a social/communication impairment such as Asperger's syndrome/other autistic spectrum disorder

UCAS - C You are blind or have a serious visual impairment uncorrected by glasses

UCAS - D You are deaf or have a serious hearing impairment

UCAS - E You have a long standing illness or health condition such as cancer, HIV, diabetes, chronic heart disease, or epilepsy

UCAS - F You have a mental health condition, such as depression, schizophrenia or anxiety disorder

UCAS - G You have a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia, dyspraxia or AD(H)D

UCAS - H You have physical impairment or mobility issues, such as difficulty using your arms or using a wheelchair or crutches

UCAS - I You have a disability, impairment or medical condition that is not listed above

Your diagnosis details (continued)

Any additional information you would like us to consider when allocating your support worker.

Specialist support type

Please select the type(s) of specialist support you have been approved to receive through DSA funding. If you're unsure, you can find this information in your DSA2 letter. In the roles listed below, SpLD refers to students with specific learning differences, ASD refers to autistic students, and MH refers to students with mental health conditions. Please click here to view a DSA2 letter template.

Specialist One-to-One (SpLD)

Specialist 1:1 Study Skills Support is individual support for learners with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD), which may include Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Dyscalculia.

Support is mapped to your specific needs in relation to your course.

Study Skills Support can help with:

• time management and organisational skills
• efficient strategies for reading academic texts
• note taking from texts, hand-outs and in lectures
• research skills
• mind mapping and planning techniques
• proof reading strategies
• approaching written assignments
• memory techniques and strategies
• revision methods
• analysing exam/essay questions

Specialist Mentor (Mental Health)

Mentoring is not counselling. Mentors provide specialist, one-to-one support which helps learners address the barriers to learning. The support could address a range of issues, for example:

• how to deal with concentration difficulties
• time management, goal setting
• timetabling and prioritising workload
• creating a suitable work-life balance
• depression, anxiety, eating disorders, bipolar disorder, OCD

Assistive Technology Training

Specialist One-to-One (ASC)

Support is mapped to your specific needs in relation to your course.

Study Skills Support can help with:

Specialist Mentor (ASC)

Specialist autism and ADHD Mentors hold an in-depth knowledge and practical strategies to work alongside autistic and ADHD learners to support them succeed in their studies/ work placements. Our mentors can assist with such things as:

• managing change and difficult emotions
• dealing with challenging social situations
• developing social and communication skills
• having a healthy work/life balance
• accessing academic support and guidance
• managing course requirements (e.g., speaking in seminars, giving presentations, professional meetings)
• developing self-awareness and self-advocacy
• advising on quiet (low-sensory) study spaces
• any other issues that the learner brings to the sessions

When would you like your support to start?

Support Start (day)

Support Start (month)

Support Start (year)

Please select the month when you would like to have the first appointment

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What Happens Next

Appointment for Specialist One-to-One (ASC)