Supporting Learners with Dyslexia/SpLDs (6 Nov – 11 Dec 2026)
Event Date
6 November, 2026
Event Time
9:30 AM
Event Description
*If you would like access to a session that has already happened, please still book that particular session and we will send you a recording instead.*
Each session o
f this course is 3 hours of CPD. You have the option to book the entire course (18 hours) or just the sessions you are interested in. After the course if finished, you will be accredited with the relevant hours of CPD by the CPD Standards Office and issued with a certificate. You will be awarded a certificate regardless of whether you view the sessions live or on-demand.
The Theo Paphitis Bursary fund offers a free place for 1 staff member per UK state funded school. Please fill in the form here to apply. We will review your application within a few weeks.
Some important notices about the Theo Paphitis bursary fund:
- If you have already applied for funding for this course, you do not need to apply again.
- We unfortunately cannot offer funding to schools that have received Theo Paphitis bursary funding before.
- Each funded place is intended to be used by 1 staff member per state funded school. Only the registered staff member will receive a CPD certificate at the end of the course.
This is an online course. You will be sent Zoom joining details and handouts during the Thursday before each Friday session, check your junk box if you have not received the joining details by 4pm on Thursdays. Recordings will be sent our every Friday afternoon to everybody.
This is a very practical course for teachers, teaching assistants or anyone supporting learners with dyslexia or Specific Learning Difficulties in primary and early secondary. You will be shown lots of useful, tried and tested strategies to enable you to support learners effective.
The course comprises six three-hour sessions on Fridays 9.30 am – 12.30pm online:
| Session 1 on 6 Nov | Overview of Dyslexia and SpLDs |
| Session 2 on 13 Nov | Introduction to Phonological Awareness and Phonics |
| Session 3 on 20 Nov | Learning Preferences and Multi-sensory Teaching |
| Session 4 on 27 Nov | Reading Accuracy and Comprehension |
| Session 5 on 4 Dec | Spelling and Writing |
| Session 6 on 11 Dec | Numeracy |
Book all the sessions together or individual sessions to suit your needs. Each session is accredited 3 hours of CPD, you will receive a certificate at the end of the course listing the sessions you completed and your number of CPD hours.
There will be a recording sent out after each session so that you can watch if you booked and could not attend the live session, or if you would like to watch again!
If you would like access to a session that has already happened, please still book that particular session and we will send you a recording instead.
There are no assignments to complete outside of sessions.
Review from an attendee:
“I would like to say what an amazing course this has been!! I am a literacy practitioner at a secondary school, and the course was everything I was looking for and more !! It has given me so much confidence delivering my Literacy sessions, and I have gained so many tips and ideas. The presenters wealth of knowledge and information has been amazing, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed every week.”
