Parent Workshops - SPELD NSW

Supporting children and adults with specific learning difficulties

Parent Workshops

Parents and carers are welcome to attend our Parent Information Workshops to learn more about supporting their children with learning difficulties. Our workshops focus on evidence-based literacy and numeracy instruction and best-practice approaches to teaching and supporting students with specific learning difficulties, such as dyslexia.

Parents and carers are also welcome to attend our professional learning workshops. Many of our on-demand professional learning workshops have specially reduced parent prices to make them more accessible for parents seeking to understand their children’s learning. We have included a selection of relevant professional learning workshops on this page.

Workshops are generally held online, but they can also be held face-to-face at your school or community centre with prior booking.

Teaching New Sound-Spelling Correspondences Webinar Recording

WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,

2 April 2024

In this short webinar, you will learn a very simple but effective way to introduce new sound-spelling correspondences to your students. How do we teach students voiced/unvoiced sounds? How do we ensure they are pronouncing the phonemes correctly? We will show you how to be direct, targeted, and student-centred using our simple ‘Learning a new GPC’ routine.

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Teaching How to Decode and Blend Words Webinar Recording

WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,

10 April 2024

Every K-2 classroom needs an effective routine of how to decode, encode, and blend words. In this session, we show you a great way to help students understand the connection between sounds and letters and how to blend sounds to read words correctly and confidently. This session will help you ensure that there is no guesswork in word reading! 

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Multiplication and Division – Maths with Judy Hornigold

WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed

24 June 2024

This short course looks at what concepts children need to understand to multiply and divide and the properties of these operations. It then explores the concept of key facts, derived facts and fluency, before looking at the different models of multiplication and division.

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How we Learn to Read Webinar Recording

WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed

22 June 2024

In this webinar, you will learn about some of the very important and fascinating evidence that informs our understanding of how our brains become literate. If you want to understand the WHY behind the NSW English Syllabus then this session is for you! 

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Introduction to Dyscalculia – Maths with Judy Hornigold

WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed

24 June 2024

This short course will explain the nature of dyscalculia and how it differs from more general maths learning difficulties. Indicators of dyscalculia will be detailed together with a review of current screening tools for dyscalculia. The course will also explore a range of strategies to support children with dyscalculia.

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Maths and Dyslexia – Maths with Judy Hornigold

WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed

24 June 2024

This course will explain how dyslexia can impact on maths attainment and how the strengths of the dyslexic learner can be harnessed to support maths attainment. We will look at the role of working memory and processing speed in maths as well as the impact of reading issues when working with word problems.

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Addition and Subtraction – Maths with Judy Hornigold

WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed

24 June 2024

This short course looks at what concepts children need to understand to be able to add and subtract and the properties of these operations. It then explains the different models of addition and subtraction.

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Help me Read! Strategies for Struggling Readers – On-Demand Individual Learning Course

WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed

26 August 2024

In this on-demand 8 module course you will learn about a range of evidence-based strategies to support struggling readers. On-demand professional learning designed for individual primary school teachers and educators providing learning support and intervention for primary school and high school students who are experiencing reading difficulties.

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Understanding Dyslexia – Free Dyslexia Awareness Month Professional Learning

WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed

1 October 2024

Join us for this free talk on reading difficulties and dyslexia! Learn some valuable information that will help you better understand why some people struggle with reading and gain some insights and tips on how you can support them in the classroom and at home. We look forward to sharing this important information with you for Dyslexia Awareness month!

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Understanding And Responding to Reading Difficulties, including Dyslexia – Canberra

WHEN: 4:30pm - 6:30pm,

30 October 2024

An introduction to why some people struggle with reading and what we can do to support them in our classrooms and schools.