Certificate Course
Basics of Literacy Support for Children with SEN
Before funding: $2,106
After funding: $631.80*
Duration: 4-day course / 24 hours
Dates:
- 31 Oct: Access to Pre-course E-learning module is provided
- 7 November: 9.30 am – 12.45 pm (Face-to-face learning in class)
- 8 & 9 November: 9.30 am – 5.30 pm (Live online learning via Zoom)
- 10 November: 9.30 am – 12.45 pm (Live online learning via Zoom)
- 15 Nov (Assessment Day) (In-class session or via Zoom)
This course is delivered in partnership with Social Service Institute (SSI) under the Training Network Model (TNM) and participants can attend at 70% off the course fee with Skillsfuture funding. Click here to find out more about TNM.
With effect from 1 Jan 2023, fees will include the prevailing GST of 8%. All Singaporeans aged 25 and above can use their SkillsFuture Credit from the government to pay for a wide range of approved skills-related courses.
About the Lecturer
Rebecca Shalinah, Siti Asjamiah
About the Course
With growing academic demand and expectations in mainstream schools, children with SEN often struggle to cope, especially if they have literacy challenges. These literacy challenges may cause significant gaps in their ability to access the content needed to keep up with the fast-moving curriculum. Addressing these literacy challenges then becomes imperative.
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to understand the literacy challenges of children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in reading, spelling, and writing; describe the importance of the five building blocks of literacy, the alphabetic principle, and the principles of the Orton Gillingham approach in supporting children with dyslexia; and provide informed intervention support and apply relevant strategies to support the literacy development of children with dyslexia.
- Parents/caregivers and educators/practitioners in the disability sector, who are supporting children with SEN or additional learning needs in the area of literacy. This will in turn impact children with literacy difficulties and their caregivers as these children will then be able to better access literacy content to meet academic demands.
- Those with a keen desire to support children with SEN with literacy challenges
- Illustrate the literacy challenges and management of children with SEN in reading, spelling, and writing
- Interpret dyslexia through the lens of phonological processing deficit theory and double deficit theory
- Evaluate evidence-based approaches to literacy intervention for children with SEN
- Apply the Orton Gillingham principles, the alphabetic principle, and the five building blocks of literacy
- Apply phonological awareness and phonological-based strategies for teaching reading and spelling
- Administer basic reading fluency interventions for children with literacy difficulties
- Implement simultaneously multisensory instruction for grammar for children with literacy difficulties
- Illustrate letter-sound relationships, spelling rules and generalisations, VCCV syllabication, and suffix rules in the use of assistive tools in interventions
- Use Brookfield’s reflection model to evaluate your own practices by integrating inputs and engaging in collaborative practices from different disciplines
On successful completion of the course, participants will be:
- Equipped with the knowledge, rationale, and strategies/skills to support children with SEN in literacy through conceptual teaching and instruction
DAS Academy will be delivering this course with these modes of learning: Classroom, Synchronous & Asynchronous E-learning.
This course will only proceed with a minimum of 15 participants.
- Written Assessment
- Oral Interview
- Role-Play
Statement of Attainment
After this Executive Function Course, I can now strategise and help my dyslexic son with his daily activities. I never knew that my son is struggling daily and unmotivated due to lack of executive function. I like this Executive Function Course because it empowers me to be confident in handling my son's outbursts and managing his learning needs.
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