Would you like to improve your support for children with specific needs?

Our training courses for SEN teachers and SENCO's , awarded by OCR, include the Level 7 Certificate and Diploma in Assessing and Teaching Learners with Specific Learning Difficulties such as dyslexia. The course includes training to produce Annual Reviews and carry out assessments for Access Arrangements.

The training course is designed to enhance current skills by introducing a greater understanding of the challenges, such as dyslexia, faced by some children. All our courses embody multisensory teaching techniques which help children with dyslexia and other SpLD's fully participate in lessons and regain their enthusiasm for learning.

Completed over 30 weeks, the time commitment needed is one day a week of guided training at our site in South West London and a further day a week of private study.

Successful completion of our Level 7 courses will enable staff to:

  • Plan annual reviews and produce reports
  • Carry out assessments for access arrangements for public examinations

These qualifications are recognised as credits by Open University and for membership of the British Dyslexia Association leading to AMBDA (Associate Member of the British Dyslexia Association) and . accreditation by PATOSS. The course is approved for DCSF funding by the dyslexia-SpLD trust, please see the link below for eligibility.

Unlike many distance learning centres, our courses combine classroom theory taught by experienced professionals with hands-on teaching practice with primary and secondary aged pupils.

The courses are run from Thames Christian College, an increasingly well-known independent school and one of only a handful of CReSTeD registered schools with provision up to GCSE. Experience with primary-aged pupils is gained at a nearby state primary school.

Applicants for Level 7 should have already obtained Level 5 or equivalent or had significant experience working with children with SpLD.

The courses run on Wednesdays from September 2010 through to June 2011 from our site in Battersea just 5 minutes from Clapham Junction.

The full cost of the course for 2010/2011 is £3,050.

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"I have enjoyed the course very much and have gained a considerable amount from it. Not only have I benefited personally from it but my school and staff have also. Completing this course has enabled me to provide a higher level of support to both staff and children alike."

"It was always really nice to have 'open' discussions with Vicky and the rest of the group to exchange ideas and experiences."

"I have really enjoyed this course and am very much looking forward to continuing my work with dyslexic children next year."

"Very informative, highly detailed information. Good ideas and strategies that work. An excellent course on dyslexia."

"I really enjoyed the challenge and found it incredibly interesting."

"This was a very thought-provoking course."

"Now it is finished I have a huge sense of achievement and feel more confident in my ability to help dyslexic children."