Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties

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• Eligibility to earn a CPD & QLS endorsed certificate.
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Understanding specific learning difficulties is essential for anyone involved in education, care, or personal development. These difficulties can affect how individuals process information, retain knowledge, or engage with everyday learning tasks. This course explores the nature of various learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, and dyscalculia, and highlights their common signs, effects, and distinctions.

The training offers insight into how these difficulties impact learners emotionally, socially, and academically. You’ll explore support strategies, learning adjustments, and inclusive teaching methods that address specific difficulties in a structured and thoughtful way. With clear explanations and case-based scenarios, this course equips you with the understanding to make a meaningful difference in educational or care settings, especially for those navigating different types of learning difficulties.

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Learning Outcomes

• Identify common types of specific learning difficulties in children.
• Understand how difficulties affect memory, literacy, and behaviour.
• Recognise emotional and social impacts caused by learning difficulties.
• Apply appropriate strategies to support learners with difficulties.
• Differentiate between overlapping symptoms of multiple learning difficulties.

Who is this course for?

• Teachers wanting to support students with learning difficulties.
• Parents seeking guidance on children's learning challenges.
• SEN staff enhancing knowledge of learning-related difficulties.
• Teaching assistants working with learners facing difficulties.
• Youth workers encountering behavioural or learning difficulties.

Career Path (UK Average Salaries)

• SEN Teaching Assistant – £18,000 to £23,000 per year
• Learning Support Assistant – £19,000 to £25,000 per year
• Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) – £30,000 to £45,000
• Education Welfare Officer – £28,000 to £36,000 per year
• Behaviour Support Specialist – £25,000 to £38,000 per year
• Advisory Teacher for Learning Difficulties – £32,000 to £48,000 per year