Our teaching programme and methodology is designed to develop literacy skills of all learners, regardless of age or experience. However, in the first year of training we recommend that your two learners both be between 8 - 14yrs and have literacy difficulties only. The reason we ask this is because, our experience is that this age range is best suited to enable you,whilst in training, to gain confidence as you learn new teaching techniques. A younger or less able learner will not progress as quickly through the programme as would an older/more able learner and therefore would not reach the stage when complex concepts first appear and thus you, as a student, would not receive tutor support whilst teaching these concepts.
In addition we ask that your chosen learners have literacy difficulties but not additional overlapping conditions (ADHD, ADD Aspergers) that might interfere with progress. Once qualified, you will meet all sorts of learners with a variety of dyslexic and other overlapping SpLDs