Specialist Learning Courses
From vocational courses and qualifications in care work, Access to Higher Education, British Sign Language (BSL) and teacher training to specialist courses in speech therapy and courses for students with learning difficulties.
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- Effective counselling skills for speech and language therapistsCourse start date: Wed 21 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Louise Hillyer, Anita McKiernan, Amy StewartDesigned for SLTs working with any client group, this interactive workshop will help you develop practical counselling skills. Topics include developing the therapeutic relationship, boundaries, ways of responding, paraphrasing, reflecting, questioning, immediacy, self disclosure and loss.Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £449.00 Concession £449.00 - Become more lipreadable
Course start date: Fri 23 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lorraine BragginsDo you know a hard of hearing or deaf person who needs to lipread you? Find out how lipreading works and how you can make some small adjustments in order to become more 'lipreadable'.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Train the TrainerCourse start date: Sat 25 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Trevor England'Train the Trainer' is a practical 2 day course designed to help you gain ideas for effective facilitation and managing groups. It is suitable if you are thinking of becoming a trainer and want to gain confidence in planning and facilitating the training, or if you are an experienced trainer and want to refresh your practice. You will leave with some tools and techniques that will ensure your training is engaging and productive for your learners. On day 2 you will have the opportunity to deliver a short micro-training or interactive presentation. You are required to attend both days of this course.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £129.00 - Level 3 certificate in BSLCourse start date: Thu 2 Oct 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pat ParkeIdeal if you have passed level 2 in BSL and are ready to develop the knowledge and skills you need to achieve the level 3 qualification, accredited by Signature.Full fee £1,549.00 Senior fee £1,549.00 Concession £1,549.00 - Pre-level 3 in BSL Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pat ParkeHave you have passed your level 2 in BSL but need more confidence and advice before moving on to a level 3 course? You will improve the standard of your productive and receptive BSL skills to enable you to converse comfortably with a BSL user.Full fee £629.00 Senior fee £503.00 Concession £440.00 - Pre level 6 in BSLCourse start date: Wed 8 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Emma IliffeThis course is the language development part of the Level 6 in BSL Studies. Ideal for you if you have passed level 3 in BSL or Level 4 in BSL - depending on your BSL skills. This course is suitable for you if you want to continue to develop your skills up to the appropriate standard for progression to the Level 6 in BSL. - Working with adults who stammer: a course for speech and language therapists Course start date: Mon 13 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Carolyn Cheasman, Vivien Grant-JonesDesigned for speech and language therapists, this four-day interactive workshop will cover assessment and selection, stammering modification, interiorised stammering, cluttering, acquired stammering and an introduction to mindfulness. Opportunity to practise teaching techniques to clients included.
Note: this course runs on these days: October 13-15; and a final follow-up day on March 30..Full fee £599.00 Senior fee £599.00 Concession £599.00 - Lipreading teacher training courseCourse start date: Fri 17 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Tutors: Anita ThorntonPart-time 19 days spread over 10 lecture blocks
This course will be a mixed delivery mode. Students will attend City Lit, Covent Garden, London for some of the teaching blocks and access some of the blocks online.
You will attend lecture and teaching practice blocks on the following dates.
2025: 17 and 18 October, 14 and 15 November, 12 and 13 December,
2026: 9 and 10 January, 6 and 7 February, 20 and 21 March,
17 18 April, 8 May, 15 and 16 May, 12 and 13 June
If combined with a teaching qualification such as our GT105 Award in Education and Training, this will qualify you to teach Lipreading in the Further Education sector.
You cannot enrol online for this course. Please contact us at lipreading@citylit.ac.uk to request an application form.Full fee £2,699.00 Senior fee £2,699.00 Concession £2,699.00 - Teaching methods for BSL teachers workshop Course start date: Fri 24 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Richard CarterAre you a BSL teacher? Would you like to improve or learn new ways to teach BSL in your class? Richard Carter comes highly recommended - he will teach you how to find the best way for your students to learn BSL. This will help you to become confident and motivate your teaching. - City Lit certificate in rehabilitation work with deaf people Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lorraine BragginsAre you working in a sensory team in Social Services supporting deaf service users in the community?
This course will give you a broad knowledge and understanding of all aspects of deafness to enhance your working practice.
Part-time. 20 days of teaching spread over 10 lecture blocks each of 2 days.
Students will attend City Lit, Covent Garden, London.Full fee £3,399.00 Senior fee £3,399.00 Concession £3,399.00
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