Dyslexia Awareness Course - Casentino National Park (Italy)
Course description
If you’re passionate about teaching and believe that ALL students should be able to make the most of your classes, this course is for you. It doesn’t matter if you already know anything about dyslexia, how much teaching experience you have, or where you are from. The only requirement is your passion for teaching.
During the course, we will take you on a personal learning journey that combines awareness, theoretical background knowledge, practical activities, mindset, and sharing experiences with the other participants.
This course will prepare you to be the teacher who makes a difference to their students with dyslexia. The course will be held at Hotel Bosco Verde in Badia Prataglia, a little town at the heart of the Tuscan side of the Foreste Casentinesi National Park.
Course facts
Participants have to be B2 speakers of English (or above).
Number of participants: maximum 20.
Prices
Option A
- Arrival on Thursday afternoon.
- Departure on Sunday afternoon.
- This option includes the course, 3 nights accommodation + 2 trekking excursions.
- 12 hours dyslexia awareness training
- Date: 5-8 September
Option B
- Arrival on Friday morning.
- Departure on Sunday afternoon.
- This option includes the course, 2 nights accommodation + 1 trekking excursion.
- 12 hours dyslexia awareness training
- Date: 6-8 September
Accommodation: Hotel Bosco Verde, Via Nazionale 8/10, 52014 Badia Prataglia Italia (Accommodation + Full Board)
learning outcomes
Understanding dyslexia
You will understand what dyslexia is and how the dyslexic brain works
Dyslexia & language learning
You will know the effect that dyslexia has on learning different languages
Recognize dyslexia in your students
You will be able to screen for dyslexia and recognize it in your students.
What does dyslexia feel like?
You will experience what it feels like to have a dyslexic brain
Adapt your classes & materials
You will know how to effectively adapt your classes and materials to students with dyslexia
Marketing dyslexia friendly courses
You will have the tools to market your courses and communicate effectively with your target group
Motivating your students with dyslexia
You will have the tools to create powerful rapport with your students and motivate them to reach their full potential
Useful teaching tools
You will have a series of tools and games to make your classes more fun and dyslexia friendly.
Boelo van der pool
The trainer
Over the past 30 years, Boelo van der Pool has worked in many different areas of language education in the UK and Spain; school management, language course development, language coaching, international research, dyslexia awareness, and teacher training.
Since 2018 he has been actively researching in the field of dyslexia and language learning and, over the years, has developed a methodology that has already improved the learning outcomes of over 150 dyslexic teen and adult students in Spain and Latin America.
He is a regular speaker at ELT conferences and events, as well as podcasts and webinars worldwide. He has created this course to share his passion and experience with other language teachers.
For this course, he works with a team of language teachers and neurodiversity experts from Arezzo (Italy).
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Weekdays
09 AM – 12 PM
Saturdays
12 PM – 02 AM