Supporting Learners with Dyslexia/SpLDs – Summer 2025
On completion of the whole course, you will be accredited with 18 hours’ CPD by the CPD Standards Office and issued with a certificate.
The Theo Paphitis Bursary fund offers places for 1 staff member per state funded school. Please note that applications are now closed for Summer 2025, but, please do fill in the form here so that we can contact you when funding is available again!
** If you have already applied, please do not apply again. **
– This is an online course. You will be sent Zoom joining details during the Thursday before each Friday session, check your junk box if you have not received the joining details by 4pm on Thursdays –
This is a very practical course for teaching assistants or anyone supporting learners with dyslexia or Specific Learning Difficulties.
The course comprises six three-hour sessions on Fridays 9.30 am – 12.30pm online:
| Session 1 on 25 April | Overview of Dyslexia and SpLDs |
| Session 2 on 2 May | Introduction to Phonological Awareness and Phonics |
| Session 3 on 9 May | Learning Preferences and Multi-sensory Teaching |
| Session 4 on 16 May | Reading Accuracy and Comprehension |
| Session 5 on 23 May | Spelling and Writing |
| Session 6 on 6 June | Numeracy |
You will be shown lots of useful, tried and tested strategies to enable you to support learners effectively. You will also have the opportunity to make attractive, practical resources that you will be able to use with your learners.
Book all the sessions together or individual sessions to suit your needs.
This course is accredited by CPD Standards Office and counts as 18 hours of CPD. There are no assignments to complete. You will receive a Helen Arkell Certificate of Attendance on completion of all sessions.
There will be a recording sent out after each so that you can watch if you booked and can’t attend the live session, or if you would like to watch again!
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.”
