Postgraduate Diploma in Specific Learning Difficulties and Inclusion

• Overview

  This programme replaces the OCR Level 5 and 7 qualifications which have been discontinued by OCR.

  The Postgraduate Diploma in Specific Learning Difficulties and Inclusion will provide you with the skills to become a specialist teacher in literacy and understand the underlying difficulties that individuals with dyslexia experience.  It will help you to understand and qualify you to provide detailed assessments for access arrangements or the disabled student allowance.

  Course

  Highlights

  • Highly experienced and supportive teaching team
  • Opportunity to develop practical professional skills in a working context
  • Provides pathway to application for professional dyslexia teacher / assessor status

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• Course Details

  The programme is made up of four modules and the overall aim of the course is to:

  • understand the nature of literacy difficulties and those associated with SpLD (including dyslexia)
  • enable professionals working within educational settings to understand and use a range of teaching approaches to support learners with literacy difficulties (including dyslexia)
  • develop your critical understanding of psychometrics and how standardised assessments are used within access arrangments
  • develop your ability to select and accurately administer standardised assessments as part of a full diagnostic assessment

  The first two modules will be taught in year 1 and the second two modules in year 2.

  The course is taught on a part-time basis in twilight sessions (usually 5-8pm).  Face to face teaching is within informal and interactive small group seminars.  Sessions will cover both theoretical and practical aspects of assessment and teaching.

  Assessment takes a variety of forms, including essays and reports, reflective teaching portfolios and video observation of teaching and assessment practice.  Formative assessment will be offered by tutors to support this process.

  The programme includes work-based learning consisting of 1:1 teaching practices with learners with dyslexic-type difficulties, and also formal assessment using psychometric tests.  You will need to arrange access to learners that you can work with in order to complete the teaching and assessment activities required throughout the modules.

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  Additional

  Information

  MA SpLDI Top-up

  On completion of the PG Diploma in SpLDI, you will be able to undertake the SEN & Inclusion Research Module SENM100 (60 credits) in order to obtain the award of MA in SpLDI Top-up.

• Careers and Events
  • Careers

    The course will enhance your skills and knowledge working within any type of setting and enable you to lead good practice in literacy teaching.

    In addition, the qualification could lead to, work within disability support services in Further or Higher Education, as a specialist teacher and assessor in a Local Authority, as an assessor for access arrangements in schools or for Disabled Student Allowance assessments in HE, or to work as a private tutor or assessor.

    
• Requirements

  You should possess:

  • Two years of recent and relevant professional experience in an educational setting

  and

  • QTS or equivalent

  or

  • Good honours Degree (2:1 or above) of a UK University or from a recognised University other than in the UK

  or

  • Applicants woring in children’s services without QTS with an ordinary degree in Early Years Teacher Status or QTLS will be considered

  English Language Requirements

  All International and EU students applying for a course with us must meet the following minimum English language requirements:

  • Minimum standard – IELTS 6.5 (or equivalent) for study at postgraduate level.

  For information regarding English language requirements at the University, please see our IELTS page.

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  Course enquiries
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• Course Content
  • Level 7

  • Understanding the Nature of Literacy Difficulties and Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia) (30 Credits)
    Module code: SENM035

    Core Module Y
  • Approaches to Supporting Learners with Literacy Difficulties and Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia) (30 Credits)
    Module code: SENM036

    Core Module Y
  • Understanding Psychometrics and Access Arrangements (30 Credits)
    Module code: SENM037

    Core Module Y
  • Planning, Administering and Reporting Standardised Assessments (30 Credits)
    Module code: SENM038

    Core Module Y
• Further Studies
  • Open Days

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    Our Open Days offer you a fantastic opportunity to get a real taste of university life at Northampton and discover how studying here will be a life-changing experience.

    Each Open Day has a postgraduate stall, where you can speak with tutors about the postgraduate courses that interest you, to give you all the information you need about studying at the University of Northampton.

    To find out more about the day, please feel free to have a look at our Open Day Guide.

    
• Fees & Funding
  • UK & EU

  19/20 Tuition Fees

  • Year 1 (60 credits) £2,250
  • Year 2 (60 credits) £2,250*

  *fee may be subject to an inflationary increase in 20/21

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