Dyscalculia in the Teaching Environment

Teacher Training

What is the course about?

This highly interactive teacher training course provides a solid introduction to the challenges of dyscalculia in education. The course covers a broad span of ideas and activities to enliven lessons and make them more motivating, and places a strong emphasis on developing practical skills and outcomes for the classroom. The course is useful for both those with some experience of dyspraxia and those new to the condition. Key topics will be addressed, including characteristics and diagnostic criteria, a structured approach to teaching, recognising different types of discriminatory or exclusive behavior, and understanding the causes of challenging behaviours, with the aim of developing a range of best practices. Included is an optional team-building activity.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the course for?

This course is for all professionals who want to better understand the challenges of dyscalculia within the professional environment. You will learn about what dyscalculia is, how it fits into the dyslexic spectrum, how it affects the teaching and learning environments, and why understanding dyscalculia is so important. Those who will benefit include teachers, teaching assistants, school heads, counsellors, and teacher trainers. This course can also be combined with other SEN courses in consecutive weeks for form a two-week course. Participants need to be at a minimum B1 level of English.

What preparation is required?

After registration, participants on this course programme will receive:

What are the course objectives?

At the end of the course, you will:

Is there any follow up?

The course ends with an evaluation session, where teachers are asked to reflect upon the value of the knowledge gained on the course. They are also encouraged in this session to create a Personal Development Action Plan, and select activities which they would like to try out in their own classes. They are invited to join the York Associates Community, which allows networking and contact with the trainers and fellow colleagues, and with participants from other courses.

What visa requirements are there?

If you are from a country outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, you will need a visa. Students from certain countries do not need to apply for a visa before arriving in the UK. You can check if you need to apply for a visa on the UK Visas and Immigration website.

What’s the cancellation policy?

In the unlikely event of a course not recruiting sufficient numbers you would be offered an alternative.