The Postgraduate Award of Proficiency in Assessment for Access Arrangements (PAPAA) enables professionals to fully meet the requirements set by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) to assess candidates for Access Arrangements. The PAPAA
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Communicate-ed run this course in partnership with our sister company Include-ed.
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The course tutors are Caroline Read, Lia Castiglione, Rebecca Thompson, Anna Barnett, Elizabeth Allen, Ally Howes, Abi James and Malcom Litten.
Caroline is one of the founders of Communicate-ed. She is a specialist teacher who has practical experience in all areas of the access arrangements process and trains for local authorities, universities and SEND services. Caroline has contributed to a range of publications, including academic journals. She has worked with a number of publishers to develop tests, and has been involved in various DfE and Ofqual training and policy projects. She was a member of the working party that established the Access Arrangements Online system. In 2024 Caroline was presented with a University of Roehampton Chancellor’s Alumni Award, for Innovation and Inspiration in her industry.
Lia has been teaching and supporting learners of all ages for over 30 years and in varying educational settings. She is a specialist teacher assessor who is highly experienced in all aspects of access arrangements, has held a current Assessment Practising Certificate since 2008 and regularly assesses in schools and colleges. An accomplished educational trainer, Lia is the co-creator of a postgraduate access arrangements assessor course and is the author of the Patoss/JCQ book, ‘Assessing the Need for Access Arrangements’. She works as an independent educational consultant through her company ‘Castiglione Consulting Ltd’.
Rebecca is a Specialist Teacher with more than 21 years’ assessment experience. She has a current Assessment Practising Certificate, regularly carrying out diagnostic assessment for dyslexia and dyscalculia, as well as carrying out access arrangement assessments. She is a senior assessor and IQA for the PAPAA course, supporting students with the course demands. She is a member of the APC accreditation team for the BDA and is a SpLD Assessment Standards Committee (SASC) approved CPD provider, with current SASC courses for mentoring on diagnostic report writing; building assessment confidence in report writing for SpLD in maths; branching out into EAA: a guide for Level 7/APC holder; and using the SASC 2025 report format for SpLD in maths.
Anna Barnett is a Professor in Psychology at the Centre for Psychological Research, Oxford Brookes University. Much of Anna’s research is in the area of motor development and disorders, particularly Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). She has published widely on the assessment, diagnosis and understanding of DCD. Anna also has a particular interest in writing and handwriting. She is the principal author of the DASH, DASH1 7+ and Handwriting Legibility Scale and has conducted research to better understand the writing and handwriting difficulties of individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders, including those with DCD and Dyslexia.
Elizabeth is the Director of Research and Development at PRO-ED. She is a developmental psychologist with substantial experience in all aspects of educational and psychological test development, publishing, and software design. She has co-authored a number of assessments during her time at PRO-ED and has recently been working on guidance for conducting language assessments remotely.
Ally is a Specialist Teacher who has assessed pupils across various age ranges and settings, as well as working as a SENCo in a large mixed comprehensive school. Ally has led on both literacy and numeracy interventions working with pupils with a range of special educational needs. She has been part of a team of experts working with NFER to develop the National Reference Tests.
Abi is an assistive technology consultant and researcher, specialising in how technology can assist learners with dyslexia and other disabilities. Over the past decade she has led projects to develop, deploy and evaluate how both mainstream and assistive technology removes barriers to learning. Abi also works as a Research Fellow with the ECS Accessibility Team at the University of Southampton and chairs the British Dyslexia Association New Technologies Committee where she advises on the accessibility issues within exams.
Malcolm is a Consultant in dyslexia and assistive technology. He worked for more than 40 years as an English teacher, the majority in a specialist secondary school for children severely affected by dyslexia. He developed uses for text-to-speech software in the development of reading and writing skills and was an early user of speech recognition software with students. Malcom currently undertakes research into the use of assistive technology in schools, trains teachers and individuals in its use and campaigns for its wider adoption. He is a member of the British Dyslexia Association’s New Technologies Committee.
Thank you for your interest in the Postgraduate Award of Proficiency in Assessment for Access Arrangements (PAPAA).
Communicate-ed run this course in partnership with our sister company Include-ed.
Please CLICK HERE to be taken to the Include-ed site for more information about the PAPAA.
For full course details please CLICK HERE
Thank you for your interest in the Postgraduate Award of Proficiency in Assessment for Access Arrangements (PAPAA).
Communicate-ed run this course in partnership with our sister company Include-ed.
Please CLICK HERE to be taken to the Include-ed site for more information about the PAPAA.
Communicate-ed work in association with Include-ed (http://www.include-ed.org.uk) to offer the PAPAA course.
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As the PAPAA is a qualification, the application process is more rigorous, so delegates can’t book online using the normal booking method, we have a separate application form.
Please click here to apply for the PAPAA.
Please send your completed form to admin@include-ed.org.uk with supporting documents also attached.
