Advanced Kindergarten: Learning Difficulties
Overview
This course is a practical training program for teachers who want to identify and support students with learning difficulties. Delivered over 42 hours at CIS branches across Lebanon and online, it covers key areas including dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, ADHD and ADD, language delays, and autism, with hands on strategies and classroom activities for each.
By the end of the course, you will be able to identify different types of learning difficulties found in schools, apply suitable activities for each type and case, and work as a shadow teacher supporting students with special learning needs.
What You Will Learn
- Identify different types of learning difficulties found in schools
- Distinguish between learning difficulties and learning disorders
- Recognize developmental skills such as attention, memory, and perception in children
- Apply phonological awareness activities that support reading development
- Use teaching strategies for students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia
- Support children with language delay and stuttering through targeted activities and games
- Apply strategies for ADHD, ADD, and oppositional defiant disorder cases
- Work as a shadow teacher supporting students with special learning needs
Course Curriculum
| Module | What you cover |
|---|---|
| Understanding Learning Difficulties | Definitions and types of learning difficulties, and the difference between learning difficulties and disorders |
| Developmental and Phonological Skills | Developmental skills (attention, memory, perception) and phonological awareness with practice activities |
| Dyslexia (Reading Difficulty) | Definition of dyslexia and methods and examples for teaching reading to students with dyslexia |
| Dysgraphia (Writing Difficulty) | Definition of dysgraphia and methods and examples for teaching writing to students with dysgraphia |
| Dyscalculia (Math Difficulty) | Definition of dyscalculia and methods and examples for teaching math to students with dyscalculia |
| Language and Speech Difficulties | Language delay, stuttering, and activities and games to support language and speech problems |
| Attention Disorders (ADHD and ADD) | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Attention Deficit Disorder, with supporting activities and games |
| Selective Mutism and Autism | Selective mutism and autism and its types |
| Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) | Identifying and understanding oppositional defiant disorder |
Who This Course Is For
- Teachers who want to identify and support students with learning difficulties in mainstream classrooms
- Individuals seeking to work as a shadow teacher for students with special learning needs
Target audiences
- Teachers seeking to identify and support students with learning difficulties
- Individuals training to work as a shadow teacher
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