Teaching Children with Specific Learning Difficulties

Course description

The University Advanced Certificate Teaching Children with Specific Learning Difficulties is accredited by the University of Worcester and is comprised of the following modules which may be completed in any order:

The accredited course is now full, however there are still places available for those who wish to attend only.

Link to Module 1: Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties
Link to Module 2: Meeting the individual learning needs of pupils with Specific
Download course flyer and application form

Your course tutors

Dr. Geraldine Price (Member of the Rose Committee)

Geraldine is a lecturer in Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) at Southampton University and is involved in teacher training at all levels: PGCE Primary and Secondary; Advanced Teaching Courses and Director of MSc. in SpLD. She also supervises PhD students in SpLD and her area of research is concerned with the dyslexic writer and reading difficulties and dyslexic learners.

Geraldine was a member of the Rose committee on dyslexia and is also a member of the DCSF Working Party on Assessment for Specific Learning Difficulties in Higher Education. She is a national and international speaker on SpLD.

Fil Came

Fil is director of Learning Works and is a respected teacher trainer and presenter. He FilCame

has published several books in the field of SEN and learning skills. These include Memory Trainers, Learning Styles and the Learning Toolkit. Fil co-authored with Anne Henderson the best selling Working with Dyscalculia. His latest book, co-authored with Gavin Reid, is ‘CAP IT All! – A Practical Manual for Assessing Individual Needs’.

Who will benefit from the course?

This Advance Certificate course aims to equip educational practitioners with the knowledge, strategies and techniques required to identify, plan, teach and support pupils with specific learning difficulties. It is designed for non-specialists and will provide a secure understanding of SpLD, introducing the latest research findings and insights into current best practice.

This course is of real benefit to a wide variety of people including:

Classroom teachers
SEN/LDD/Learning support co-ordinators
Teachers with responsibility for inclusion and ‘Dyslexia friendly’ initiatives
Learning support teachers
Learning support assistants
Speech and language therapists
Occupational therapists

Study support from Learning Works

Comprehensive course notes and handouts from presenters
Practical distance-learning workbook
Memory stick of additional readings, articles, software and school-based resources
Study partner/buddy
Email and telephone contact with tutors

University support

Student handbook
Student ID card
Individual university web and network account
Individual 'sole' account
Access to blackboard - on-line learning resources
University email account
Full access to library resources

Places are also available for people who do not want to take the Advanced Certificate.

Links:
Worcester University
Module 1: Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties
Module 2: Meeting the individual learning needs of pupils with Specific Learning Difficulties
Download course flyer and application form