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| Course Dates |
Online course to be completed by all teachers in their own school.
Schools must hold each session within the dates stipulated in the left hand column.
This allows schools the flexibility to hold the various sessions at a time that is convenient to the school. |
Specialist seminars attended by 2 teachers from each school will be held in St Mary’s University College,
Stranmillis University College and in other regional locations. Participants must attend one seminar for each of the sessions listed below.
Dates are in the left hand column. The seminars are held from Monday to Thursday.
Teachers will be allocated to one of these sessions for each of the eight seminars. |
| 24th Sep—27th Sep |
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1. Introduction to the course: The nature of dyslexia.
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| 28th Sep—19th Oct |
1. Introduction to the course: Factors affecting Literacy development—Memory. |
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| 22nd Oct—25th Oct |
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2. The role of memory. |
| 26th Oct—23rd Nov |
2. Phonics: the case for systematic phonics teaching. |
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| 26th Nov—29th Nov |
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3. Phonological skills, literacy and dyslexia. |
| 30 Nov—1st Feb |
3. The teaching of reading. |
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| 4th Feb —7th Feb |
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4. The development of reading skills. |
| 8th Feb—8th Mar |
4. Spelling development and independent writing. |
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| 11th Mar—14th Mar |
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5. Spelling development and dyslexia. |
| 15th Mar—19th Apr |
5. Motor processing difficulties. |
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| 22nd Apr—25th Apr |
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6. Teaching handwriting. |
| 26th Apr—17th May |
6. Assessing literacy difficulties. |
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| 20th May—23rd May |
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7. Co-morbidity and dyslexia.
Dyslexia and English as an Additional Language. |
| 24th May—14th Jun |
7. The inclusive school. |
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| 17th Jun—20th Jun |
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8. Improving motivation, organisational skills and self esteem. |
RTU Summer school
(4 days—22 hours) August 2013.
Date to be confirmed. |
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RTU Summer School
- Making a diagnostic appraisal using informal and formal assessment methods.
- Constructing and evaluating a structured, sequential, multi-sensory teaching programme.
- Communicating with teachers, parents and other professionals.
- Disseminating good practice in teaching and learning within school and to other schools.
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