Speld nz is registered as a private training establishment by the New Zealand qualifications Authority (NZQA) under the provisions of the Education Act 1989 and its subsequent amendments.
He mea rehita na te Mana Tohu Matauranga o Aotearoa kia
tu hei Wahi Whakangungu Motuhake I raro I te maru o te
Ture Matauranga 1989 me ona menemana.
The following Course are approved by New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) and speld nz is accredited to deliver the Courses.
This Course is available to New Zealand Certificated Secondary, Primary, and Early Childhood teachers, or those with a tertiary qualification and experience in working with children, who wish to extend their knowledge and expertise in teaching, or learning about, people with Specific Learning Disabilities.
The objectives of the Course are to:
- Provide ways of identifying students with Dyslexia and other Specific Learning Disabilities within various age ranges.
- Provide practical classroom strategies to better meet the needs of students with Dyslexia and Specific Learning Disabilities.
- Equip teachers to design and implement a classroom teaching programme that will meet the needs of the student with Dyslexia’ and Specific Learning Disabilities and the needs of the whole class.
- Equip teachers to support the student with Dyslexia and other Specific Learning Disabilities.
- Equip teachers to interpret specialist reports as a result of the educational assessment Woodcock Johnson III.
Areas covered in the Certificate Course include:
- Signs of Dyslexia in the five-seven, seven-thirteen, thirteen-eighteen and adult age groups.
- Overview of Theory Development
- Child development and exceptional children
- An Introduction to Neurology
- A Neuro-Psychological Introduction to Dyslexia
- Values, Materials and Uses of Different Play Media Related to Age Development and Interest of children
- Dyslexia in adolescence
- Self Help Strategies for Students
- Effects on families/whanau
- Behaviour and Emotions
- Auditory and Visual processes
- Assessment and lesson planning
- Reading, spelling, writing and maths with Dyslexia and Specific Learning Disabilities
- Remedial theories
- Sensory integration and motor development
- Teaching learners with Dyslexia - children to adults
- Technology and Specific Learning Disabilities
- Assessment and interpretation
- Lesson planning from an assessment report
There are two delivery systems available for the Certificate Course. Each requires 400 hours participation/study activity.
| Course Requirements | Distance |
| Online contact time: 18 weeks – chats, forums, discussions, online activities | 180 hours |
| Course reading and assignment writing | 200 hours |
| Workshop | 20 hours |
| Minimum Total Hours | 400 hours |
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| 2009 On-Line Course is full. The next on-line Course will begin in April 2010. Enrolments for 2010 open 1st October 2009.Please contact SPELD NZ at admin@speld.org.nz to find out details of face-to-face Courses running near you this year. |
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| For further information on the Distance Course please email admin@speld.org.nz |
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| Course Requirements | Distance |
| Course Workshop (face to face) | 80 hours
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Study time/research/reading/assignments
Minimum Total Hours | 320 hour
400 hours |
Following the successful completion of the Certificate Course those participants that hold a teaching qualification can apply to their local Member Association to become a SPELD teacher.For information on a Course near you email admin@speld.org.nz
Block Courses currently available
Speld Canterbury - 12th to 16th April plus four alternate Saturdays, followed by 5th- 9th July 2010
Fee: $800 per person.including course manual and notes./o:p>
Contact SPELD Canterbury: ph 03 366-6430, or email speldcanterbury@xtra.co.nz for registration details.
Speld Auckland- 12th-17th July and 27th September - 2nd October 2010 ( Closing date for applications 30th June 2010)
Fee: $1200.00 plus GST per person. Includes Course manual and notes
Contact SPELD Auckland: ph 09 624 3771, or email auckland@speld.org.nz for registration details.
This introductory course offers parents, caregivers and teacher aids a non-technical overview of Dyslexia and Specific Learning Disabilities and an insight into what it is like to have a learning disability. It offers strategies for assisting in the classroom and within the home environment.
This is a two-day course with activities to complete out of Course time. A certificate is issued on completion of the Course requirements.
Course topics include:
- How it feels to have a Dyslexia and other specific learning disability
- How failure leads to frustration and trouble in the classroom
- How the brain works
- Literacy
- Numeracy
No prior qualifications are needed to enrol in this course.
Introductory Courses currently available
Auckland - Friday 6thand Friday 13th November 2009 Limited spaces available.
Venue:The Disability Resources Centre, Conference Room, 14 Erson Avenue, Royal Oak
Time: 9am to 3pm both days
Tea and coffee is provided. Please bring your own lunch (plenty of local eateries within a very short walk)
Fee: $200 per person or earlybird payment of$180 (cut off date is Friday 16th October) Includes Course notes.
Directors: Eleanor Boyce, Pam Hutchinson and Kay Horsburgh
Canterbury - 13th and 20th March 2010 - closing date for enrolments 5th March 2010.
Venue: Seminar Room, Science Alive Building, Moorhouse Ave, Christchurch.
Time: 9am to 4pm both days
Morning and afternoon tea provided. Please bring your own lunch.
Fee: $140-00 per person. Includes Course manual and notes
Contact SPELD Canterbury -03 366 6430 or email speldcanterbury@xtra.co.nz for a registration brochure.
This Course is held once per year and aimed towards training applicants who have the required NZCER Level C qualifications in the administration and interpretation of WJIII.This is a 5 day block training course carried out by an International expert in the field.
The next course is scheduled for August 2010.
Price $1,500 for SPELD members only (Course fee $1000, after- course mentoring $500)
For further details contact: admin@speld.org.nz
Regional Professional Development Workshops
Friday 19 June to Sunday 21 June 2009 – New Plymouth
Plymouth Quality International Hotel A selection of presentations can be downloaded by clicking on the presentations displayed below. |
Congratulations to the SPELD Christchurch Conference Team for organising and hosting such a professional and interesting SPELD Conference for 2008.
A selection of presentations can be downloaded by clicking on the presentations displayed below.
