Every Tuesday, we open up one lesson of the Dyslexia Trainer Certification Program here on the blog, all 48 of them, one week at a time. Whether you are a teacher, a parent, or an education professional, this series shows you exactly what certified dyslexia trainers learn, and how the program works from the inside.
This week: From Session Design to Home Practice. Using the Training Plan Effectively
A good training plan is a roadmap: it makes sure every session addresses attention, sensory function, and symptoms, while staying flexible for what the child needs on that particular day. This lesson covers session design, documentation, and progress monitoring, and shows how a plan generated from AFS-Test results guides the work from the most significant needs toward systematic improvement.
What this lesson is about
Effective training for learners with dyslexia or dyscalculia requires a structured yet flexible approach. Each session should address attention, sensory function, and symptoms, but the order and emphasis can vary depending on the child’s needs on that day.
Documentation is an essential part of the process, allowing trainers to monitor progress, adjust plans, and ensure that all areas are addressed over time. The training plan, whether written up manually or generated via the AFS Test, serves as a roadmap to guide the process, ensuring that interventions target the most significant needs first and build systematically toward improvement.
A training session should always include three components, attention training, function training, and symptom training, though the sequence does not need to be followed rigidly. Each session should begin with an activity that helps the child focus, but it may be necessary to return to an attention exercise later if focus is lost during other parts of the session.
What you will learn in Lesson 9
- How to structure a training session across attention, function, and symptoms
- Flexible emphasis: reading what the child needs on a given day
- Documentation that makes progress visible
- Using AFS-Test-generated training plans as your roadmap
About the Dyslexia Trainer Certification Program
Since 1997, more than 17,000 dyslexia trainers in 64 countries have been certified. The certification gives you more than knowledge: all the tools you need to actually work with dyslexic children are included as well. Worksheets, training programs, assessment materials, everything ready to use in your practice. You get the whole package.
The program is accredited by the American Dyslexia Association (ADA) and follows the training standards of the International Federation of Dyslexia and Dyscalculia Associations (IFDDA).
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Lesson 1 is free for everyone. Register in a minute and see the program from the inside: dyslexiacertificate.com
You can find all published lessons of this series under the tag Lesson Series.