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 Training Opportunities
for
those
wishing to support dyslexic
students.
Courses
run by Hampshire County
Council for school staff are available through
the Hampshire Teaching and Leadership College (HTLC). This can
be accessed at http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/htlc.htm
.
Courses
on offer include SIDNEY, After SIDNEY, ALSA for Teaching
Assistants (accredited by the BDA) and the Hampshire
Certificate in Dyslexia (accredited by the University of
Winchester.)
There
are other courses available as follows:
Basingstoke College of
Technology (BCOT) offers 2 courses for
teachers and LSA's
For
more details contact Kate.Roycroft@bcot.ac.uk
or phone 01256 306402
The Helen Arkell Dyslexia
Centre offers OCR courses at levels 5 and 7.
There is now Government funding for these courses which
each last for one year. They also run the TA Level 3
certificate (NOCN) over 16 weeks. For more details go to www.arkellcentre.org
The Open University:
Difficulties
in literacy development Code: E801
The
OU says “The course can be taken as part of our masters
programme in education or on its own for a Postgraduate
Certificate in Professional Studies in Education (Difficulties
in Literacy Development). It can also lead to accreditation by
the British Dyslexia Association.
The
Joint Council for General Qualifications has now formally
accepted successful completion of E801 and the accompanying
certificate conforms to their criteria for approval of
qualification for teachers preparing reports in support of
examination candidates (GCSE and A-level) with special
requirements.“
For
more details go to www.ww3.open.ac.uk/courses.
The Quantum Group, (Bosham
,Chichester, West Sussex) offer OCR courses. More details can
be found at www.trainthebrain.co.uk
or by phoning 01243 572132
Southampton University
School of Education Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia)
Assessment & Identification (PCES). The professional
training programme for Specialist Teacher Assessors at the
University of Southampton has been in existence since 1994.
The programme conforms to the national pattern of a
Postgraduate Course of Educational Studies (PCES) over one
academic year, together with supervised, fieldwork experience
to meet the regulations set down by the British Dyslexia
Association (BDA) to enable suitably qualified teachers
and speech and language therapist professionals to gain the
Associate Membership of the British Dyslexia Association
(AMBDA).
For
more information go to www.education.soton.ac.uk
and follow the links.
If
you know of any courses running which we have not mentioned
here, please let us know at help@hantsda.org.uk.
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