A Mile In My Shoes – The Dyslexia & Dyspraxia Experience

This course gives practical guidance to academic departments and teachers on Dyslexia and Dyspraxia.

It is intended to foster greater awareness for teachers who interact with students with learning differences, increasing equality and inclusion standards across your classroom.

Identifying the fundamental concepts and key issues of Dyslexia and Dyspraxia and the role of the teacher in a school. Drawing connections between different types of positive learning differences, recognising that major challenges often produce experiences that are positive or negative for a pupil, caused by or exacerbated by for example school actions.

The course describes and explains how learning differences are “A Gift”, looking from various points of view, with a full and fair-minded understanding of how each strength makes sense on its own terms; the meaningfulness, the empowering support, and the potential successful impact of cognitive power skills on classroom decisions for pupils.

Identifying and analysing the ethical aspects of the power of bystanders, designing a positive school, presenting a critical consideration of the option for neuro-diversity that is well-balanced and courageous.

This course removes the barriers and focuses on the gift of a learning difference. There are opportunities for everyone to be immersed and get to know Dyslexia and Dyspraxia on a more personal level.