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Practical Solutions Plus – Writing (Live Virtual & eLearning)

Length

One Day

Cost

£120

Location

Live Virtual or eLearning/Online

Who is it suitable for?

This course is suitable for those working in education or parents of school age children. It may also be of interest to those who support older learners with difficulties with writing as the content goes right back to the basic building blocks of writing through to higher-level strategies to support individuals with this challenging area of learning.

Whilst aimed specifically at those working with and supporting dyslexic individuals the content of this programme will assist anyone who is involved in teaching literacy to improve their skills and knowledge.

This session can be used towards the completion of our accredited courses, so is a great for anyone wishing to go on to one of our accredited courses at Level 2 and 3, for more information use this link accredited training page.

Learning objectives

  • Understand the skills needed for writing
  • Understand the difficulties that may be encountered by a dyslexic learner
  • Consider ways to support handwriting difficulties
  • Consider the importance of vocabulary and the impact of this on writing
  • Explore a range of ways to generate ideas as a pre-writing activity
  • Consider the importance of planning as a crucial first step in writing
  • Explore practical strategies to support structuring a variety of pieces of writing
  • Explore the difficulties encountered by dyslexic learners in more complex writing tasks and practical ways to support them

Study Method

You have a choice between:

  • eLearning/Online
  • Live Virtual Training

eLearning

Access to eLearning modules

The BDA aim to release eLearning modules on the first Thursday following the submission of your booking; and more specifically, providing payment has been made before the allotted time.

Access to you chosen eLearning modules, will only be provided once confirmation of payment has been received / confirmed; and more specifically, providing payment has been confirmed by midnight on the preceding Wednesday (GMT).

More specifically, should you require access to your chosen course(s) in a hurry, we would suggest that payment for your course(s) be made using a credit/debit card, as our finance team are typically able to confirm receipt of this within a few days.

Conversely, if a decision is made to pay via invoice, please be advised that we will only be able to release your eLearning related modules once payment has been received / confirmed.

Live Virtual Training

Joining Instructions for Live Virtual Training

Joining instructions will be sent to the registered email address approximately 24hrs ahead of the training event. If the events start date falls on a Monday, these details will be sent out on the preceding Friday.

Please note joining instrutions will only be sent if payment has been received. If paying by invoice this should be paid within 30 days or 3 working days prior to the event date, whichever is soonest.

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Thursday 19th December 2024
(09:30 - 15:30)

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Bespoke onsite training

This course can be delivered at your location often at a significantly reduced cost per person compared to our scheduled open courses.

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