“Thanks for the positive feedback on my assignment. Your assistance on this course has been brilliant, really helpful input throughout. Thanks so much”
V.J.
“I have completed this unit, it is an excellent course that combines study skills strategies with assistive technology. If you don’t know much about the technology, you will learn a lot from it.”
M.R.
“I have enjoyed the portfolio style assignment and all the learning that came with it very much. I am feeling much more confident about AT now. Thank you for all your support.”
L.G.
“It has been a really fantastic course, and I’ve learnt a great deal and I’m already sharing new ideas with my students. It is such an interesting area. Every week things seem to change in the world of technology.”
T.K.
DACPD96 – This accredited Level 5 Unit will allow you to develop practical solutions to help learners use Assistive Technology, and overcome barriers and build your knowledge of reasonable adjustments for those with disabilities.
Applicants should:
Participants should normally be employed as a:
Please note: We reserve the right to request information in support of all applications from a headteacher or other suitably qualified line manager or referee.
Study the Developing Literacy Skills with Assistive Technology Unit as an individual CPD course to enhance your skills in a particular area.
This CPD course runs six times a year with start dates in September, November, January, March, May and July. Please click on the date below to make a booking.
Awards contain three-set CPD Units. By booking an Award you will save a total of £30 as opposed to booking the units individually.
For more information on the Award that this unit is included in please visit the following page:
Level 5 Award in Supporting Adults with Dyslexia and Co-occurring Difficulties (DAAWD59)
Award Cost – £855 + VAT
Please note: When an Award is booked, participants will study the first unit on the Award start date, the second and third unit will follow in date succession. All three individual units must be completed within a one-year period.
Our courses run six times a year in September, November, January, March, May and July. Please click on the date below to make a booking for the Award containing three units (click here to book the units individually).
The Developing Literacy Skills with Assistive Technology Unit is included in the following certificates.
Please note: you cannot book the certificate outright but instead book either six set individual Units or two set Awards.
If you would like to train to become a full specialist SpLD teacher/practitioner, you may be in a position to enrol in the following teacher/practitioner certificate course:
The Level 5 Diploma (DIST) confers eligibility for Associate Membership of The Dyslexia Guild (ADG) recognised as the first grade of professional membership for a specialist teacher/practitioner and approved by The CPD Standards Office. The Level 5 Diploma is also accredited by the British Dyslexia Association for Approved Teacher Status or Approved Practitioner Status (ATS/APS) and PATOSS for Associate membership.
Do you hold a degree?
As an alternative to the pathway routes, we offer a Level 5 Graduate Route: this route is only available for graduates with at least two years of recent and relevant teaching or learning support experience in a dyslexia/literacy support setting and takes one calendar year to complete. More details can be found here.