Training Days
Fundamentals of Dyscalculia or Maths Learning Difficulties
This introductory course will look at what can cause children to struggle with maths and identify what is the difference between maths learning difficulties and dyscalculia.
Time
Thursday 23rd January 2025
9:30am - 12:30pm
Location
Virtual / Online
United Kingdom
Who is it suitable for?
This introductory course is suitable for anyone wishing to develop their knowledge and understanding of dyscalculia.
Learning Aims
- This course will look at what can cause children to struggle with maths and identify what is the difference between maths learning difficulties and dyscalculia.
- Learn how to identify children’s difficulties and the strategies to correctly support them, making learning math enjoyable and reducing math anxiety.
Course Leader - Amanda Lynch
Amanda has had 25+ years teaching experience from early years to year 6. She was also the Maths Lead for much of this time and completed the primary MaST (Maths Specialist Teacher) course in 2010. She completed the L5/L7 Dyscalculia/maths learning difficulties course at Edge Hill University in 2015, the L7 dyscalculia assessors qualification at Chester in 2020 and L5/L7 qualifications in Dyslexia from Canterbury Christ Church University in 2021. In addition to her ongoing work tutoring maths and assessing for dyscalculia/dyslexia, Amanda has worked for the BDA since 2021 and is currently the course leader for Level 5 Dyscalculia.
Joining Instructions for Live Virtual Training
Joining instructions will be sent to the registered email address approximately 24hrs ahead of the training event. If the events start date falls on a Monday, these details will be sent out on the preceding Friday.
What is live virtual learning?
Our virtual training is designed to replicate the benefits of in-person training but from the comfort and safety of your home. Here is some feedback from one of the delegates…
“The session was very informative, and I will be able to put a lot of what I have learnt into the classroom. The technical support in the session was fantastic and any issues I had were quickly and successfully attended too. The instructor was extremely knowledgeable and answered questions extremely well. The session had a good pace to it and was as good as I think you could get without being an in-person session.”
Virtual training is live and interactive. Expect what you would from our in-person training, Q&A time, videos, activities and material you can take away to support with putting your new knowledge into action.
The technology is easy to use and a host is available on each session to support with any technical hitches you might hit. If you have a computer and internet connection you have been able to successfully use for video calling via software like TEAMS or Zoom in the past, you’ll be able to access our virtual training.