SpLD Assessment Practising Certificate Qualification

Courses Leading to SpLD Assessment Practising Certificate

The following courses will qualify successful candidates to apply for SpLD Assessment Practising Certificate from Patoss or Dyslexia Action. 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 at the bottom of this page for list of providers.]
• University College London
  Certificate in the Diagnostic Assessment & Management of Literacy Difficulties [from 2000 through 2004]
• Evesham & Malvern Hills College
  Postgraduate Certificate in the Assessment of Specific Learning Difficulties validated by University of Worcester
• London South Bank University
  LLU+ 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 RE ATS + CCET ROUTE

It has become apparent that the CCET route is an anomaly in that it does not ensure that applicants for the SpLD Assessment Practising Certificate have particular knowledge about SpLDs and their assessment. It was acknowledged that the CCET Level A provides excellent training in psychometrics and test administration. However there are additional areas required of candidates to meet the upgrade in knowledge and skills in synthesizing theory and practice in assessing SpLDs to qualify for an assessment practising certificate. Therefore those with ATS qualifications who take the CCET for the psychological testing input will have to complete an additional module to bring the combined training up to a par with others approved by SASC for this purpose.

It is proposed that those who follow the CCET route should include the study of a module that will ensure that SpLD Assessment Practising Certificate holders possess such knowledge. The new module will be assessed by APC holders who may be CCET Assessors and/or AMBDA holders, but will be approved by SASC and not the BPS.

SASC are in the process of drawing up the requirements for this additional module and a timetable for implementation so that those currently on CCET would not be disadvantaged.

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

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.

SpLD Specialist Teacher Training Courses