Difficulties with literacy are unlikely to be fully visible until a child begins to engage with print and starts to become a reader.
Skills around sequencing, working memory, auditory processing and visual discrimination are needed for literacy and if these are delayed for any reason, then learning to read and write may be difficult.
The information below may be appropriate for primary and/or secondary pupils according to their age, stage and individual needs.
Websites
- National research and resources for teachers - What is literacy?
- Understanding and meeting the needs of a child with dyslexia, access national accredited training - British Dyslexia Association (bdadyslexia.org.uk)
- Effective interventions - What works for literacy difficulties
- Using technology to support literacy difficulties - callscotland.org.uk
- Supporting with handwriting difficulties - nha-handwriting.org.uk
Self-help resources
- Guidance on including pupils with literacy difficulties in the curriculum – Oxfordshire literacy difficulties
- Explore gaps in phonological knowledge and processing - literacy assessment pack
- Strengths-based tool to identify reasonable adjustments in learning settings -
Training
Training available on Clicker 8, using assistive technology, and Down’s syndrome. Access training through education services
Training on Dyslexia - in-school CPD and as an OXSIT training courses
Training on understanding the building blocks for reading. Access training through Whole School SEND
Specialist support in school
Options and referral routes to specialist support in settings
Oxfordshire School Inclusion Team (OXSIT)
Dyslexia and literacy difficulties consultancy package (whole school training and pupil focus)
- Training on literacy assessments: Salford, PhAB, LAPACK, YARC, NARA
- Supporting the monitoring of inclusive practice for literacy
- Supporting the development of robust systems to enable an effective graduated approach for pupils with cognition and learning needs
- Middle leaders as leaders of SEND.
- Consultancy support bespoke to school including learning walk, book look at training.
Find out more on what is available from OXSIT
Educational psychology service
- Bespoke training for schools and settings.
- Joint problem-solving/psychological consultation around a specific case or issue.
- Whole class /whole school interventions
Find out more about what is available on the Family Information Service