Course curriculum

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    Webinar replay

    • Welcome!

      FREE PREVIEW
    • Establishing your aims and motivation

    • Your Background Information webinar

    • Looking back...

    • References

    • An invitation for you

Instructor(s)

Senior Trainer, Coach, Mentor

Sally-Ann Morrison

Hello there! I'm Sally-Ann, a former Patoss APC reviewer with over 25 years of experience as an SpLD Specialist. Throughout my career, I've contributed to postgraduate courses at London South Bank and Edge Hill University, where I served as Senior Lecturer on the AMBDA programme. As an assessor and long term APC holder myself, I can fully empathise with the challenges you may encounter in your professional journey. My goal is to support you in navigating your professional role and to enhance your skills as an assessor. I have a great network of fellow specialists and regularly consult with SASC to ensure that Praxis content is relevant, up to date and accurate. I am often commended on my ability to simplify potentially complex information, and I strive to bring that clarity to my training and coaching sessions. By working with me, you will embrace my motto of 'This is a do-able job.' I am here to guide you, fine tune you, and demonstrate that maintaining excellence in this field is within your reach.

Course ratings

5 star rating

Another inspirational session!

Cher Neves

This was honestly such a valuable session! The mind map at the beginning and throughout really appeals to me. The tips on SASC additional guidance and the v...

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This was honestly such a valuable session! The mind map at the beginning and throughout really appeals to me. The tips on SASC additional guidance and the visual screening was a great reminder. As always, Sally-Ann's approach to training, real life examples/stories and sharing best practice is a cut above the rest! We as professionals can sometimes be quite guarded about our methods so being part of the Praxis community has made me feel as though we all belong to something far bigger. A community of collaboration instead of professional competition. I've tweaked quite a few things in my own practice based on what I have learnt here and I would never have known that there was a better way unless I had been part of this (...I once had a boss who said 'you don't know what you don't know...until you know better!' )I have attended several sessions and appreciated every one of them! The 2 hours just flew by! Thank you Sally-Ann!

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5 star rating

Such an informative and useful course!

Felicity Boughton

I found Sally-Ann's delivery very engaging and clear. It's a long since I've written a report and I was worried about collecting and organising all the requ...

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I found Sally-Ann's delivery very engaging and clear. It's a long since I've written a report and I was worried about collecting and organising all the required information. I now feel much more confident generally, as she gave very clear guidance and I have remembered that I know a lot more than I sometimes think I do. Her generous sharing of wording and personal experiences was very enlightening and will be extremely helpful when writing up reports. As the background information now underpins assessment reports this course has equipped me to gather it efficiently and to weave it into the report. Thank you so much Sally-Ann - you have a new fan!

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5 star rating

Practical insight to improve background information gathe...

Fiona Dixon

Helped me reflect on my current practise in light of the SASC 'new' format and how to adapt my questionnaires to improve the effectiveness of my report writing.

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Helped me reflect on my current practise in light of the SASC 'new' format and how to adapt my questionnaires to improve the effectiveness of my report writing.

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5 star rating

Another great webinar!

Preena Lee

Sally-Ann has a natural, easy to follow style of delivery which is both incredibly informative and interesting. You make it sound so easy! Another excellent ...

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Sally-Ann has a natural, easy to follow style of delivery which is both incredibly informative and interesting. You make it sound so easy! Another excellent webinar.

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5 star rating

Another excellent webinar from Praxis

Abigail Isserlis

Jam packed with useful resources, references and links this is an excellent webinar. In addition to all the useful resources there are some really valuable t...

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Jam packed with useful resources, references and links this is an excellent webinar. In addition to all the useful resources there are some really valuable thinking tools and a chance to really consider why background information in so important. Sally-Ann is good at running courses that are really relevant to what we do and enabling us to help the people we assess.

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course attendee July 2020

I liked the personal touch from the trainer as well as the training skills and communication skills.

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course attendee July 2020

I particularly liked working through sample questionnaires following new report guidelines, advice re futureproofing and focus on primary age self perception.

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course attendee July 2020

I will now be able to update my questionnaires and face to face information gathering.

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course attendee July 2020

The impact of this course on my own professional practice is that I will now revisit my questionnaires and add more detailed questions.

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course attendee July 2020

Thank you Sally-Ann for a helpful and informative webinar.

FAQ

  • Can I use these courses towards my CPD record for APC?

    100% yes. This course gives you 2 hours to claim as informal CPD which can be counted towards your overall CPD hours for APC renewal

  • Will I receive a certificate of completion?

    If you complete 100% of the course, you will be able to claim your certificate at the end.

  • Can I connect with other people who have completed this course?

    Yes- there are options to join in with discussions for each lesson, as well as to join the Praxis CPD Community which is a great way of networking with other SpLD Specilaists.

  • For how long am I able to access the course content?

    You are able to access the course for 21 days from your booking date and your access duing this time is unlimited.