The SPELD Teacher Training Course
in Specific Learning Difficulties
Presented by Michelle Hutchison and Dr Daryl Greaves
This course will help you
How do you help those students who are weak but rarely if ever get any extra funding?
This is the most comprehensive 4 day teacher training course in learning difficulties. In this course you will become skilled in testing, understanding, and practical teaching strategies to help primary and secondary students who are experiencing learning difficulties. This unique course is presented by two award winning lecturers who specialise in this field.
This course is ideal for all teachers who have an interest in making a real difference to students' lives. Hundreds of teachers have benefited from this course in recent years. Be sure to register early!
Who should attend?
The 4 day learning difficulties teacher training course is ideal for all primary and secondary classroom teachers, special education coordinators, reading recovery teachers, literacy coordinators, student well being coordinators, tutors, speech therapists, psychologists and even very keen parents!
Course overview
On completing this comprehensive course you will...
Understand specific learning difficulties
Become skilled at interpreting the WISC
Study how to assess reading and spelling
Examine phonological processing
Consider auditory and visual processing difficulties
Examine Dyslexia in detail
Learn clever reading strategies
Recognise effective phonics
Discover practical writing and spelling strategies
Gain knowledge of organisation and study skills
Observe useful software
Briefly consider Dyscalculia (maths difficulties)
Cost
$990 per participant includes GST, catering, comprehensive notes and teaching materials.
Further information
If you wish to have specific questions about course content, answered please call Michelle Hutchison directly on 0488 958 810 or for course bookings or administration please call the SPELD office on 9489 4344 or click here to book online.
Upcoming Courses
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Melbourne October 2010
Place
SPELD Victoria, 494 Brunswick Street North Fitzroy
Dates
Saturdays 2, 9, 16, 23 October 2010
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Melbourne January 2011
Place
SPELD Victoria, 494 Brunswick Street North Fitzroy
Dates 20, 21 22 and 23 January 2011
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Evaluation Snapshot
This has been the best PD I have attended.
Great to have such well organised notes to look back on and resources to take away.
These 4 days have been the most fulfilling professional development I have undertaken in the past 19 years of teaching!
I will be recommending this PD to others.
Highly professional, engaging and USEABLE functional content.
I have found this course to be so informative and exciting.
WOW! What a fantastic way to spend the last four days of my holidays.
Most insightful PD I’ve ever attended
This course should be a compulsory!
Resources
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Michelle Hutchison demonstrates using a pen to assist with visual tracking during paired reading with 7 1/2 year old.
Press PLAY button in the middle below to play video (2mins 22sec)
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The Vu Bar
The Vu Bar is a tool that assists reading on the computer screen. It can be extremely helpful for students who experience difficulties with visual tracking. It can be used on top of any text to help keep your place when reading, see example above. The Vu Bar tool is about half way down the page on the following link. Download the Vu Bar
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The Rose Report
From the United Kingdom, the Rose Report on the identification and teaching of students with dyslexia. Essential reading for professionals working with students who experience difficulties with reading and spelling. Download the Rose Report
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A Multiplication Grid
An easy way to modify maths! Allow all students access to this grid. Kids who need a reference for times tables will use it - and those who don't need it won't! The correct answers provided by the grid act as a teaching mechanism, that is much more preferable to just guessing. It also allows students who find the times tables difficult, a way to continue solving maths problems and to devote their effort to higher order mathematical thinking. Download the multiplication grid
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The clock face
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