Teaching Students with Dyslexia Level 1 (TSD1)

 

Next course April 2021

School Holidays - dates TBA

 

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This course is designed to provide specialist intervention teachers / tutors, classroom teachers and parents with an understanding of dyslexia as a learning disorder. The main focus will be to introduce participants to content and methodology most effective when tutoring in a tier 3 withdrawal situation. It will also provide participants with knowledge and strategies to teach literacy in the classroom.                                                                                                                   

This three day program is based on research (Oakland, Black, Stanford et al., 1998) which indicates that remedial instruction for students with dyslexia needs to incorporate:

• Highly structured phonetic-instruction training with a heavy emphasis on the alphabetic system.

• Drill and repetition are also necessary to compensate for difficulties in verbal working memory.

• Multi-sensory methods are required to help anchor verbal information through non-language mental representations.

• Learning objectives need to be highly sequential because the logic of language structure may escape these students.

• Comprehension and meta cognitive processes need to be taught to assist these students in the conscious use of language rule systems to guide their reading and spelling.

 

The course combines theory and practice, but practical teaching strategies are the main focus. Observation of Alison tutoring children is part of the course. Participants will be given a certificate to verify their attendance and completion of the course.

 

For those seeking further training in the methodology advocated for tutoring students with dyslexia, a Level 2 Course will be conducted at a later date.

Teaching Students with Dyslexia Level 2 (TSD2)

 

Next course September 30 - October 2, 2020

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TSD2 focuses on the practical application of a structured multi-sensory program and will follow the Playberry Multisensory Program structure. Participants will be required to prepare a full lesson and teach it to a partner on the final day.

 

Prerequisite: Completion of Teaching Students with Dyslexia Level 1.

 

Topics covered:

• Programming and evaluating progress and their response to intervention (RTI)

• Examining and comparing Educational Psychologists’ reports

• Visual analysis of words through coding

• Working with multi-syllable words

• Preparing structured, multi-sensory worksheets and learning tasks in line with the teaching structure

• Preparing structured reading material in line with the teaching structure

• Assisting students to develop written expression

• Study skills and memory strategies

Teaching Students with Dyslexia Level 3 (TSD3)

 

Next course to be arranged for 2021

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TSD3 will focus in more depth and detail on the practical application of a structured multi-sensory program and will follow the Playberry structure.

 

Prerequisite: Completion of Teaching Students with Dyslexia Levels 1 and 2.

 

Topics covered:

• Practical sessions on assessment resources and evaluation procedures which teachers can use to identify students with dyslexia.

• Phonology and morphology in more detail

• Introduction of new teaching points using directed discover teaching (DDT)

• Examining the structured program, focusing on the 2nd half of the teaching points.

• Revisiting spelling rules and grammar.

• The importance of learning strategies and content for students with dyslexia

• Evaluating students’ progress.

 

Prior to commencement of the course  teachers will be required to assess a child using some of the recognized assessment tests and write a report on their findings and recommendations. The report to be presented for group discussion on the Friday.  On the final day teachers will be required to introduce an advanced Teaching Point of their own choice to a partner.  Group discussion and evaluation will follow.