Cant read ,cant write Channel 4

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Anyone else watching?

I felt that he really didn't truly grasp the fragility that not reading and writing gave them, whilst in other areas they were all very strong. I felt cross that he encouraged them to measure their successes in such extrinsic ways rather than intrinsic. Writing that letter to her mother was more important than doing the exam. Phil Beadle yet again reinforced the idea that only that which can be measured is important when we all know that some of the biggest gains can never be quantified.

JUX - To be a specialist dyslexia teacher you need to be a qualified teacher first and to have taught for (I think) 2 years, then you can do a course at some universitys to gain an SPLD PGCE at F/E level, which you could also use to work with adults. That is the kind of help that James needs, poor bloke.

I think the programme missed a trick.

It was a great opportunity to give some of the students some really intense specialist dyslexic teaching, to show how it can make such a massive difference.

It would have been the making of James.

And prove that early intervention in the school system would save years of anguish for the students, and make economic sense for the government.

Humphrey I absolutely agree.

Jux, if you're anywhere near a young offenders institution, they're crying out for people to help teach the kids.

I very nearly did this a while ago, and was told that I'd get about 5 full days training and would then be allocated a young lad to work with him 4 hours a week. (dh then got a job elsewhere so it never happened.)

Perhaps worth looking into if you don't have teaching quals (I don't).

I detest Phil Beadle. Every TV programme is about him, when surely it should be about the students?

Thanks Hulababy, Cornsilk and Mumblechum. It's something I've been thinking about for a long time, but can't commit to anything full time for the foreseeable future. There may be a prison or something similar near us, I'll check it out.

This program was very frustrating to watch. Phil didn't have a clue how to teach those with Spld.
The adults who had just been left behind at school with no learning difficulties picked it up quickly and probably could have done at any adult literacy course.
Those who were obviously severely dyslexic were not going to learn like this.
How can you write words when you haven't learnt your letters. How can you start on non-phonetic words. He was a tosser.
These people needed one-to-one with professional teachers qualified to help dyslexics.
My son spent 3 years at Fairley House and it was the best thing that could have happened. The teachers in that school would have got poor James sorted in no time. What they didn't tell you was that a fair number of kids there are paid for by their local authority.

Anyone know what happened next to the learners in this - paticularly James. I only watched the first few episodes.