The professional association of teachers of students with specific learning difficulties

Courses Leading to a Practising Certificate

The following courses will qualify successful candidates to apply for SpLD Assessment Practising Certificate from Patoss. This list will be updated as more courses are approved by the BDA Accreditation Board for AMBDA or by SASC as meeting the training requirements for SpLD Assessment Training.

• All courses leading to AMBDA [See SpLD Specialist Teacher Training Courses for list of providers.]
• University College London Certificate in the Diagnostic Assessment & Management of Literacy Difficulties [from 2000 through 2004]
• Certificate of Competence in Educational Testing (Level A) when combined with an ATS-level SpLD qualification. See important notes below. The CCET qualification must have been obtained prior to end of March 2011. [See SpLD Specialist Teacher Training Courses for list of ATS training providers.]
• Evesham & Malvern Hills College Postgraduate Certificate in the Assessment of Specific Learning Difficulties validated by University of Worcester
• London South Bank University Postgraduate Diploma in Adult Dyslexia, Diagnosis and Support M Level (7) [from November 2006]
• Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations
  OCR Level 7 Certificate in Assessing and Teaching Learners with Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia)

NOTE: Updated Guidance on ATS+CCET Route to APC

SASC advises candidates trying to plan their specialist teacher training that there are modifications to the ATS+CCET route to an APC underway which will involve additional training to include synthesizing theory and practice in assessing SpLDs to qualify for an assessment practising certificate.

Candidates holding ATS and completing their CCET training after 31st March 2011 will have to complete additional training as described above.

SASC has drawn up the requirements for this additional training. SASC is encouraging Training Providers to develop and submit programmes for SASC approval which would meet the learning outcomes. If you are a provider and wish to offer this training please contact SASC training@sasc.org.uk.

We do not have a schedule of release for these modules yet since they will have to be approved by SASC prior to offering. Details will be listed on the SASC website.