Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the Special Educational Needs online Academy!

    • Empowering Teachers to realise the full potential of students with Dyslexia in an Education setting

  • 2

    Module I: Signs and Symptoms

    • Unit I - Topic I: Understanding Special Educational needs (SEN)

    • Unit I - Topic II: Facts about Dyslexia, the causes and risk factors

    • Unit I - Topic III: How the Dyslexic brain functions

    • Unit II - Topic I: History of the development of understading

    • Unit II - Topic II: Definition of Dyslexia

    • Unit II - Topic III: Terminology used

    • Unit III - Topic I: Early signs of Dyslexia

    • Unit III - Topic II: Difficulties students with Dyslexia may experience

    • Unit III - Topic III: Dyslexic strengths and weakness

    • Unit III - Topic IV: Co-occurring conditions and need for diagnosis

  • 3

    Module II: Informal assessment and diagnosis

    • Unit I - Topic I: The importance of a definition in education

    • Unit I - Topic II: The main components of a definition

    • Unit I - Topic III: Roots to identification and diagnosis of dyslexia

    • Unit II - Topic I: Understanding of tests

    • Unit II - Topic II: Tests to identify specific learning difficulties

    • Unit II - Topic III: Tests to identify educational skills

    • Unit III - Topic I: Dyslexia as a continuum & co-occurring conditions

    • Unit III - Topic II: Why teachers may fail to pick up signs of Dyslexia

    • Unit III - Topic III: How tests can shape teaching strategies

  • 4

    Module III: Educational Support and Strategies

    • Unit I - Topic I: Why students with dyslexia may not thrieve at school

    • Unit I - Topic II: Learning difficulties and the impact thereof

    • Unit I - Topic III: Discrepancies in Educational performance

    • Unit II - Topic I: Main educational difficulties for students with dyslexia

    • Unit II - Topic II: Special teaching programmes

    • Unit II - Topic III: Roots towards inclusive education

    • Unit III - Topic I: Strategies to develop reading, writing and spelling

    • Unit III - Topic II: Practical strategies for teachers

    • Unit III - Topic III: Coping mechanisms for students and teachers

  • 5

    Module IV: Social support- Understanding self and others

    • Unit I - Topic I: The impact of a lack of diagnosis

    • Unit I - Topic II: Dyslexic anti social behaviour

    • Unit I - Topic III: Strategies for supporting behaviour

    • Unit II - Topic I: Understanding emotional difficulties

    • Unit II - Topic II: Understanding self and positive self perception

    • Unit II - Topic III: Mental Heath and SEN/ Dyslexia

    • Unit III - Topic I: Social understanding and friendship skills

    • Unit III - Topic II: Specialist interventions & low self esteem

    • Unit III - Topic III: Fostering emotional wellbeing

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    Module V: Inclusive education – best practice

    • Unit I - Topic I: Is Inclusive education necessary or achievable?

    • Unit I - Topic II: The SEN Code of Practice

    • Unit I - Topic III: The catalytic teacher

    • Unit II - Topic I: What is inclusion?

    • Unit II - Topic II: SEN provision

    • Unit II - Topic III: SEN teaching methods

    • Unit III - Topic I: Strengths and attributes of people with Dyslexia

    • Unit III - Topic II: Educational strategies to prepare students with Dyslexia for the future

    • Unit III - Topic III: The gifts of people with dyslexia and role models