Research supports a preventive approach to address potential learning challenges.
NILD’s SEARCH & TEACH workshop empowers teachers to assess and intervene with K-2 students, reducing the risk of future learning difficulties. This programme offers early identification and intervention strategies to help young learners succeed before they experience the frustration of failure.
Applicants must be in possession of a Bachelor Degree or 3-year teaching diploma or nursery school qualification. Non-teaching professionals (e.g. Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists) are also eligible for acceptance.
If you have any queries about your eligibility, please contact nildinzimbabwe@gmail.com
General: Successful completion of this course will equip the SEARCH & TEACH practitioner to identify children who are vulnerable to learning failure, and to utilise TEACH techniques to enable the child to succeed in the classroom.
Specific: Upon completion of this course, the SEARCH & TEACH practitioner will be able to:
TEACH consists of 55 tasks, prioritised from simple to complex, organised into 5 clusters. These clusters are:
• The goal of the Search and Teach® programme is to identify 5 to 7 year-old individuals who are vulnerable to learning failure and to address the issues before failure has occurred
• Children may be vulnerable due to a variety of reasons. These include, but are not restricted to, genetic factors, minimal structural damage to the central nervous system, physiological stress and lack of specific stimulation during the critical ages of children’s development
• Search and Teach aims to equip students to succeed in the classroom and in life as independent learners