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British Dyslexia Association (BDA) course accreditation is normally granted for four years. This is contingent on the Accreditation Team's approval of any significant changes to the course or its personnel during that time. It is the responsibility of the course leader to inform the Accreditation Team of any changes in order to retain ÂìÒϵ¼º½Accreditation. If you do not comply with this you may lose your ÂìÒϵ¼º½Accreditation.

Accreditation process

Complete the and email to accreditation@bdadyslexia.org.uk. You will be sent a course accreditation pack which outlines the course criteria and quality assurance procedures and a SharePoint link to upload your documents.

1. When you have read these documents, write your course proposal and upload to the SharePoint link, please make sure that your uploaded documents are in the order/are numbered to match the criteria documents.
2. We invoice with a purchase order, fees are per accreditation.
3. The Accreditation Team will review the submission and will contact you directly within 6 weeks of application.
4. All accreditations are for 4 years, unless otherwise stated.

Course requirments

The ÂìÒϵ¼º½will accredit a course if each of the following criteria is fulfilled:

• The course content meets all of the criteria of the accreditation being requested.
• The quality assurance procedures are met in full.
• The course is directed and taught by appropriately qualified personnel. In particular all observation of practical work must be undertaken by a tutor who holds current AMÂìÒϵ¼º½or equivalent.
  
• Distance learning courses using tutors for observations should take formal steps to ensure cross moderation.
• Appropriate means are in place to assess students’ progress and their final level of attainment.
• An appropriately qualified external examiner must be appointed.

Re-accreditation

Courses will be re-accredited for a further 4 years if:

• the content has been up-dated to take account of changes in regulations and legislation relating to SpLD, development in SpLD research and approaches to teaching and support for SpLD
• any significant changes to the staff teaching the course and/or the processes of teaching and assessment fulfil the ÂìÒϵ¼º½course criteria

Course fees

Each accreditation carries a separate fee. Please contact the email address below for details.

Contact us

email: accreditation@bdadyslexia.org.uk

Accreditation, British Dyslexia Association, Office 205 Access Business Centre, Willoughby Road, Bracknell, RG12 8FB