PGCert SpLD (Dyslexia) with AMBDA/ATS

Program Overview

SpLD (Dyslexia) with AMBDA/ATS PGCert

Overview

The PGCert SpLD (Dyslexia) with AMBDA/ATS is a postgraduate certificate program that enables students to develop the expertise to enhance provision in educational settings for learners with specific learning difficulties, dyslexia. The program is accredited by the British Dyslexia Association.

Course Features

• Professional accreditation
• Develops expertise in enhancing provision for learners with specific learning difficulties, dyslexia
• Enables students to investigate research and literature relevant to SpLD dyslexia and evaluate this in terms of specialist teaching and learning practice

What You'll Study

• Complexities of identification, assessment, and multi-sensory learning environments
• Critical analysis of a range of intervention strategies and teaching approaches
• Principles underlying structured, sequential, multi-sensory teaching
• The role and impact of legislation
• Current research, theory, and practice of psychometrics
• Diagnostic assessment
• Validity and reliability of testing
• Practice of other teachers supporting pupils with dyslexia within a different context
• Analysis of the potential impact of dyslexia on social and emotional development
• Analysis of potential barriers to learning
• Dyslexia and society

Compulsory Modules

• Identification, Assessment and Intervention for Students with SpLD Dyslexia (AP)
• Specialist Dyslexia Training Work-based Practice
• Theories and Dilemmas of Dyslexia

How You'll Study

• Eight face-to-face teaching days and four online teaching days during the program
• Evaluated specialist teaching, including at least 20 hours of teaching with pupils
• Diagnostic assessments with pupils

How You'll Be Assessed

• Modules are assessed using case studies, diagnostic assessment reports, specialist teaching evaluations, annotated lesson plans, and observations of teaching practice
• Assessments and activities on the Specialist Dyslexia Training program give students the opportunity to analyze current practice, utilizing and reflecting upon current research and debate to bring about change with clear impact

Who Will Be Teaching You

• Experienced and knowledgeable tutors, supplemented by face-to-face and blended learning opportunities
• All teaching observations will be carried out by tutors who hold Associate Membership of the British Dyslexia Association (AMBDA) status

Entry Criteria

• Relevant degree (or equivalent)
• Written statement from head teacher/manager supporting suitability as a specialist teacher and confirming DBS clearance

How to Apply

• Online application form available
• Applications for module 2 running in May 2025 are open until April 2025 for students requesting to complete Recognized Prior Learning

Facilities

• Faculty of Education enjoys a state-of-the-art £9m building
• Facilities include a 300-seat lecture theatre, five well-equipped ICT suites, and 18 teaching rooms complete with the latest technology

Finance

• Tuition fees for 2024/25: £2,370 (Year 1), £620 (Year 2)
• Tuition fees for 2025/26: £2,440 (Year 1), £640 (Year 2)
• Estimated cost for Dyslexia PG certificate assessment materials: £1,650
• Students are responsible for sourcing and purchasing their own diagnostic assessments

Your Future Career

• The program has been designed to equip students with the professional attributes, skills, knowledge, attitudes, and confidence necessary to act as a specialist teacher for dyslexia
• Specialist teachers can make access arrangements for examinations and diagnostic screenings for dyslexia in both their own workplace and other Local Authority settings

Course Changes

• Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this information, however, our courses are subject to ongoing review and development
• Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of professional bodies, revisions to subject benchmarks statements, to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback
• We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students

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