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No to Failure
Xtraordinary People (XP) is a charity based organisation that sits as a restricted fund under the BDA. XP has united the leading dyslexia charities and Patoss and as a result XP has won backing from Government to fund an initiative, No to Failure. The project will demonstrate the link between children failing and dyslexia and clearly define the level of training and expertise teaching staff should have to support dyslexic learners.
No to Failure has three main aims:
The No to Failure Training Pyramid charts the levels of expertise and demonstrates how the project aims to populate the dyslexia awareness and specialist training.
Although dyslexia affects 10% of the population it goes widely unrecognised in schools because teachers have little or no dyslexia training despite it being the most common Special Educational Need and the most common cause of problems with learning in children.
Recent NUT research found that 77% of teachers want training in dyslexia. Less than 14% were very confident that they could identify a dyslexic child and only 9% were very confident that they could teach one.
No To Failure is working with schools and Pupil Referral Units around the country, screening children for dyslexia and providing specialist support and training to help schools understand why children are failing and how best to help these children succeed.
XP believes that whilst many of the other Government initiatives are a great step forward for dyslexic children, it’s only a start. Until every school has a teacher who can provide the specialist support these children need they will continue to fail. These skills enable teachers to help every child learn better; not just those with dyslexia and the Government who is prepared to go the distance with this issue will be the Government that transforms education.
Supporting organisations include:
British Dyslexia Association
Telephone: 0118 966 8271
Web:www.bdadyslexia.org.uk
Email:admin@bdadyslexia.org.uk
Dyslexia Action
Telephone: 01784 222300
Web: www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk
Email: info@dyslexia.org.uk
Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre
Telephone: 01252 792400
Web: www.arkellcentre.org.uk
Email:enquiries@arkellcentre.org.uk
PATOSS- the Professional Association of Teachers Of Students with Specific learning difficulties
Telephone01386 712650
Web:www.patoss-dyslexia.org
Xtraordinary People
Telephone 0118 929 6948
Web: www.xtraordinarypeople.com
Email: info@Xtraordinarypeople.com
Page updated 27 September 2007
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