BDA Accredited and Recognised Courses for Teachers and Other Professionals

The following centres offer BDA accredited and recognised specific learning difficulties / dyslexia training courses for teachers and other professionals. Contact them for:

• details of course contents.
• length of course.
• prices.
• coursework required.
• the qualifications obtained.
• which of their courses are BDA accredited.

We also accredit courses for learning support assistants.

Various Regional Centres/distance learning courses.
South and South West.
London and South East.
Wales.
North West.
Midlands.
Northern England and Scotland.
Overseas.

Various Regional Centres and Distance Learning Courses.

Dyslexia Action (formerly known as Dyslexia Institute). (AMBDA and ATS and ATS FE/HE).
National Training Office.
Tel: 01784 222 304.
Fax: 01784 222 393.

Teaching centres running diploma courses at: Bristol, Leicester, London, York & Tonbridge.
Distance learning also available.

OCR (Oxford, Cambridge & RSA). (AMBDA and ATS).
Customer Information Bureau.
Tel: 024 7647 0033.
Fax: 024 7642 1944.

37 centres running diploma and certificate courses.

Open University. (AMBDA).
I M Nash..
Tel: 01908 652 309.

South and South West.

Bath Spa University (ATS)
Tel: 01225 876118 or 01225 875 593
Fax: 01225 875 444
Email: Dr Tilly Mortimore t.mortimore@bathspa.ac.uk">t.mortimore@bathspa.ac.uk

East Sussex County Council. (AMBDA and ATS).
Joan Amos.
Tel: 01825 764 177.
Fax: 01825 768 667.

Please note that these courses are only open to teachers working for East Sussex County Council.

London Metroplitan University (ATS. FE/HE).
Contact: Sandra Hargreaves
Email: s.hargreaves@londonmet.ac.uk
Tel: 0207 133 2229

Middlesex University (ATS FE/HE)
Email: English@mdx.ac.uk
Web: www.mdx.ac.uk
Telephone: 0208 411 4609

Somerset LEA. (AMBDA).
Rosemary Latham.
Tel: 01823 334 475.
Fax: 01823 323 656.

Southampton University. (AMBDA and ATS).
Geraldine Price.
Tel: 023 8059 2611.
Fax: 023 8059 3556.

University of Gloucestershire. (AMBDA).
Sarah Kellet Boyle.
Tel: 01242 543 361.
Fax: 01242 536 262.

University of the West of England (Bristol). (ATS).
Jillian Harker.
Tel: 0117 965 6261.
Fax: 0117 976 2146.

See also Dyslexia Action (Bristol).

London and South East

London Borough of Sutton.(Mainstream Teachers' Recognition).
Sue Carless.
Tel: 020 8770 6743.
Fax: 020 8770 6743.

Oxford Brookes University. (AMBDA).
Georgina Glenny.
Tel: 01865 488 570.

See also Dyslexia Action (London and Tonbridge) and OCR (London and home counties).

Wales

Bangor, University of Wales. (AMBDA and ATS).
Ann Cooke.
Tel: 01248 383 841.
Fax: 01248 383 614.

Carmarthenshire County Council. (ATS).
Margaret Beaumont.
Tel: 01994 231 866.
Fax: 01994 231 255.

Conwy LEA. (ATS).
Training Department.
Tel: 01492 575 019.
Fax: 01492 541 311.

Newport, University of Wales. (AMBDA).
Eirlys Lamb.
Tel: 01633 432 432.
Fax: 01633 432 074.

North East Wales Institute. (ATS).
Maggie Bowen.
Tel: 01978 293 172.
Fax: 01978 293 326.

Swansea LEA. (AMBDA and ATS).
Deborah Avington.
Tel: 01792 405 689.
Fax: 01792 404 705.

North West

Liverpool John Moores University. (AMBDA and ATS).
Pat Mullins.
Tel: 0151 231 5261.
Fax: 0151 231 5338.

Manchester Metropolitan University. (AMBDA, AMBDA FE/HE and ATS (ITT)).
Judy Capener.
Tel: 0161 247 5621.
Fax: 0161 247 6370.

Midlands

Loughborough University
Jacqueline Szumko or Clare Trott
web:

Birmingham University. (AMBDA, AMBDA FE/HE, ATS and ATS FE/HE).
Lyn Layton.
Tel: 0121 414 4871.
Fax: 0121 414 4865.

Leicester University - AMBDA & ATS
Denise Lanes - email: denise.lanes@leicester.gov.uk
Tel: 0116 2254 800 or 0116 2523 656
Fax: 0116 225 480 or 0116 252 3653

See also Dyslexia Action (Leicester).

Northern England and Scotland.

Cumbria County Council. (ATS).
Diana Crewdson.

Durham County Council. (AMBDA and ATS).
Angela Fewell.
Tel: 01740 656 998.
Fax: 01740 657 792.

Moray House Institute of Education - see Open University

See also Dyslexia Action (York).

Overseas.

Bar Ilan University (Israel). (AMBDA Overseas).
Avril Rose.
Tel: 00 972 3 534 4744.
Fax: 00 972 3 534 9532.

See also Dyslexia Action (distance learning) and Open University (distance learning)

Full course list and contact details

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