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SpLD Specialist Teacher Training Courses
The following are institutions which provide training for specialist teachers seeking to gain qualifications suitable for:
- AMBDA [Associate Membership of the BDA] which would qualify for Full Membership of Patoss and an SpLD Assessment Practising Certificate or
- ATS [Approved Teacher Status of the BDA] which would qualify for Associate Membership of Patoss.
National
South & South West
London & South East
Wales
North West
Midlands
Northern England & Scotland
Overseas
National
Dyslexia Action (formerly known as Dyslexia Institute) (AMBDA and ATS and ATS FE/HE).
National Training Office.
Tel: 01784 222 304.
Fax: 01784 222 393.
Certificate and Diploma courses and Adults in Dyslexia and Literacy course by blended learning (e-learning with limited attendance)
OCR (Oxford, Cambridge & RSA) (AMBDA and ATS)
Customer Information Bureau.
Tel: 024 7647 0033.
Fax: 024 7642 1944.
37 centres running diploma and certificate courses.
Open University (AMBDA).
FELS-AMBDA-admin@open.ac.uk.
South and South West
Bath Spa University
Identifying and Supporting Learners with SpLD/Dyslexia (ATS)
Assessment methodology for SpLD/Dyslexia (Top up to AMBDA)
Masters in SpLD/Dyslexia
Dr Tilly Mortimore.
Tel:01225 876118
CPD Office.
Tel: 01225 875540
East Sussex County Council (AMBDA and ATS).
Joan Amos.
Tel: 01825 764 177.
Fax: 01825 768 667.
Please note that these courses are only open to teachers working for East Sussex County Council.
Somerset LEA (AMBDA).
Rosemary Latham.
Tel: 01823 334 475.
Fax: 01823 323 656.
Medway Dyslexia Association (OCR Level 5 and Level 7 courses).
Tel: 01634 848232.
Southampton University (AMBDA and ATS).
Geraldine Price.
Tel: 023 8059 2611.
Fax: 023 8059 3556.
University of Gloucestershire (AMBDA).
Course Manager Judith Hudson.
PG Cert Teaching Children with Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia) Code refs. EDM408, EDM409 & EDM410
Tel: 01242 715 342.
University of the West of England (Bristol) (ATS).
Jillian Harker.
Tel: 0117 965 6261.
Fax: 0117 976 2146.
See also Dyslexia Action (Bristol).
London and South East
Fairley House School (ATS)
Patricia Snowdon
Tel:0207 630 3751.
Fax: 0207 976 5905.
Oxford Brookes University (AMBDA).
Georgina Glenny.
Tel: 01865 488 570.
Thames Christian College(ATS and AMBDA)
Mary Catto
Tel: 020 7228 3933.
Fax: 020 7924 1112.
See also Dyslexia Action (London and Tonbridge) and OCR (London and home counties).
Wales
Bangor, University of Wales (AMBDA and ATS).
Ann Cooke.
Tel: 01248 383 841.
Fax: 01248 383 614.
Carmarthenshire County Council (ATS).
Margaret Beaumont.
Tel: 01994 231 866.
Fax: 01994 231 255.
Conwy LEA (ATS).
Training Department.
Tel: 01492 575 019.
Fax: 01492 541 311.
Newport, University of Wales (AMBDA).
Val Miller.
Tel: 01633 432 432.
Fax: 01633 432 074.
North East Wales Institute (ATS).
Maggie Bowen.
Tel: 01978 293 172.
Fax: 01978 293 326.
Swansea LEA (AMBDA and ATS).
Deborah Avington.
Tel: 01792 405 689.
Fax: 01792 404 705.
North West
Liverpool John Moores University (AMBDA and ATS).
Tel: 0151 231 5261.
Fax: 0151 231 5338.
London Metropolitan University (AMBDA and ATS).
PGCert Teaching Adult Dyslexic Learners in HE & FE (ATS).
PGDip Assessment for SpLD (Dyslexia) (AMBDA).
MA in Specific Learning Difficulties.
Sandra Hragreaves.
Tel: 0207 423 0000
Manchester Metropolitan University (AMBDA, AMBDA FE/HE and ATS (ITT)).
Judy Capener.
Tel: 0161 247 5621.
Fax: 0161 247 6370.
Midlands
Birmingham University (AMBDA, ATS).
Konstantina Michail.
Tel: 0121 414 4871.
Fax: 0121 414 4865.
See also Dyslexia Action (Leicester).
Northern England and Scotland
Cumbria County Council (ATS).
Diana Crewdson.
Durham County Council (AMBDA and ATS).
Angela Fewell.
Tel: 01740 656 998.
Fax: 01740 657 792.
Moray House Institute of Education - see Open University
See also Dyslexia Action (York).
Overseas
Bar Ilan University (Israel) (AMBDA Overseas).
Avril Rose.
Tel: 00 972 3 534 4744.
Fax: 00 972 3 534 9532.
See also Dyslexia Institute (distance learning) and Open University (distance learning)
A full course list and contact details can be accessed from the BDA website www.bdadyslexia.org.uk or click on the link at the bottom of this page: Course List and Details
