Dyslexia at Home & at School

There is so much more to Dyslexia than people think... It affects communication and so much more.

Getting a diagnosis and support for Dyslexic children is no mean feat. We aim to answer all your questions a parent in our expert seminar presented by Amanda Keen from the British Dyslexia Association.

The session will cover:

• What is Dyslexia and how does it present at home and at school?
  
• How and when to gain a diagnosis
  
• Other co-occurring learning differences, difficulties and conditions
  
• Assessments - who, when and how they should be done
  
• How to get school on board with creating interventions and specialist support
  
• What can be done at home to support the child
  
  As always there will be time for questions throughout the presentation.

Slides, references and CPD certificates will be available to attendees along with a recording to watch the webinar again for up to 30 days afterwards.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER

Having qualified as a teacher in 1995, Amanda spent 17 years teaching across the whole of the primary age range (Early Years to Year 6). She then attained specialist teacher and assessor status for children with dyslexia in 2012 and became an Associate Member of the British Dyslexia Association (AMBDA).

Since this time she has worked in Learning Support departments in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, supporting children with specific difficulties in both literacy and numeracy.

In 2018 Amanda gained her Post Graduate Certificate in Dyscalculia with Distinction and was granted an Assessment Practising Certificate and Approved Teacher Status Dyscalculia. This qualifies her as one of the first specialist teacher assessors for children with dyscalculia in the country. Having Level 7 qualifications in both dyslexia and dyscalculia is seen as the "gold standard" for assessing dyscalculia (Peter Jarrett, Chair of the British Dyslexia Association's Dyscalculia and Maths Difficulties Committee).

DISCLAIMER

The views expressed in the webinar are of the presenter and not Sunshine Support as an organisation. The information detailed on this page is accurate at the time of publishing. We reserve the right to change the speaker at any time. There maybe events outside of our control that contribute to this and our intention will always be to ensure the webinar goes ahead and meets the brief as closely as possible.