Where to look for help

Education Scotland, in partnership with Addressing Dyslexia, offer 3 free online learning modules entitled “Introduction to Dyslexia and Inclusive Practice.”

The Addressing Dyslexia Toolkit can be found here

Supporting Learners with specific learning difficulties (dyslexia) in secondary schools can be found here: supporting pupils with spld

After registering, you can access the information available on What Works:  a moderated virtual library of evidenced interventions that aim to support children’s speech, language and communication.

http://www.thecommunicationtrust.org.uk/projects/what-works/what/

CALL Scotland help children and young people across Scotland to overcome disability and barriers to learning created by their environment, and to fulfil their potential. They have very useful resources to help support young people who need it:

http://www.callscotland.org.uk/home/

 

Things that might help to support learners

This useful list of i-pad apps is worth sharing: ipad literacy apps

using assistive technology to support dyslexic writers

20 ideas for supporting dyslexic learners

 

Targetted interventions

The Evidence 4 Impact website evaluates the effectiveness of a wide range of interventions including those for reading and writing.

The November 2017 document, Literacy and Numeracy catch-up strategies, also evaluates the impact of inteventions at upper primary / early secondary level.

 

More able pupils

The Scottish Network for Able Pupils (SNAP), organised by Glasgow University, have useful resources which you can use to challenge your most able pupils: http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/education/ablepupils/resources/