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Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils
The Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils (CReSTeD) is a charity founded in 1989 to help parents and those who advise them choose an educational establishment to support a student with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD). These include Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, ADD, ADHD as well as Pragmatic and Semantic Language Difficulties.
The CReSTeD Council includes representatives from the BDA, Dyslexia Action, Dyslexia-SpLD Trust, the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity, educational psychologists and schools.
Dyslexia specialist provision (DSP)
Maintained schools (MS)
Teaching centre (TC)
CReSTeD maintain a Register of schools and teaching centres, accredited for their provision for students with SpLD. These establishments are visited by a Consultant, selected for their experience in the field of SpLD, to ensure that the criterions set by CReSTeD are met. All schools and centres are revisited every three years or earlier in certain circumstances. If successful, they are placed into one of six categories according to their type of provision:
Established primarily to teach pupils with dyslexia.
Local authority schools able to demonstrate an effective system for identifying pupils with dyslexia.
Designated centre providing specialist tuition on a small group or individual basis, according to need.
Category
Description
Learning support centre (LSC) – formerly Dyslexia unit (DU)
Offers a designated unit that provides specialist tuition on a small group or individual basis, according to need.
Specialist provision (SPS)
Specifically established to teach pupils with dyslexia and related specific learning difficulties.
Withdrawal system (WS)
Helps dyslexic pupils by withdrawing them from appropriately selected lessons for specialist tuition.
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