In this self-paced on-line course participants will have an opportunity to engage with the Department’s Learning Support guidelines, appraise the school’s approach to learning support in conjunction with the published guidelines, explore strategies to support and strengthen some of the main skill deficits in learning to read and finally to appraise a number of oral reading strategies. A number of research papers will be presented as additional reading material.

The on-line format of the course enables you to study when and where you want to learn. Content is divided into 5 modules which you can complete in any order between July 1st and August 27th 2010.

Participants are encouraged to interact with one another using the communication tools (forum, chat, e-mail) provided by the CPD College learning system. Active facilitation throughout the course provides expert interaction, guidance and feedback for all participants. Assignments and questions which call for critical reflection, self-analysis and a reasoned response punctuate this highly interactive web based course.

On completion of the course the participant will be presented with their own time record, excercise content and approval by the course facilitator as their CPD record to keep.