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Courses for Learners with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities

We are pleased to offer a variety of courses for people aged 25 and over with moderate learning
disabilities and difficulties.

Our courses offer students the opportunity to experience the positive effects of learning, enjoying increased independence and wellbeing, a wider social circle and new interests and skills.

We can address learning needs such as the development of English and maths, work and social skills through enterprise, physical wellbeing and mental wellbeing through healthy living and the arts.

How to Enrol onto an LLDD course:
We like to meet all new students to make sure our courses are right for them. Please call our Enrolment Advisors on 0116 454 1900 and ask to speak to the LLDD curriculum team.

These courses include:

We like to meet all new students to make sure our courses are right for them. Please call our Enrolment Advisors on 0116 454 1900 and ask to speak to the LLDD curriculum team.

Our Arts and Crafts courses allow our learners to discover different types of arts and crafts, including:

  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Printing
  • Sewing
  • Creating collages
  • Making Models

Our pottery course teaches learners how to create their own pottery artwork, by allowing them to discover how to:

  • Construct 3D forms from clay and create a range of projects. These include looking at slab pottery, adding texture, and using different tools.
  • Be creative with textiles, making cushion designs, pencil cases and aprons.
  • Use recycled and found materials to make new works of art including art for garden and picture frames for the house.
  • Use paintings and drawings to research and complement the work and then filling a sketchbook with ideas.

Snap and share!

This short course lets you take amazing photos, edit them on a computer, and showcase them in our art exhibition.

Explore your city with confidence! This course teaches trip planning, teamwork, and getting around safely.

Level up your tech skills! This course teaches safe internet browsing, apps, and using computers, smartphones, and tablets.

Eat well, feel great!

Learn healthy eating, meal planning, and cooking delicious food in this fun course.

Our Literacy and Numeracy for Independence teaches our learners how to:

  • Add and take away money and check change
  • Write a simple sentence with good spelling
  • Read from newspapers, magazines, books, and letters
  • Take part in discussions and activities to learn more maths and English
  • Learn how to be safe when using a computer to search on the internet

Our Enterprise Skill course gives learners the exciting challenge of working with a team to plan, design, and sell a product. At the end of the course, all products will be donated to a charity of the group’s choice. This course explores how to:

  • Work successfully within a team
  • Share ideas within a group environment
  • Use the computer safely for research
  • Identify the resources needed for the product
  • Use math to calculate the costs needed for the product
  • Market and sell the finished product
  • Review what went well and what changes would be made next time

We meet all new students to make sure that our courses are right for them.

Boost your everyday skills with this fun maths course! Learn budgeting, time management, and more through practical activities.

Our Music and Sing course teaches learners how to read the music by following simple instructions. If they would like to, they will be encouraged to perform in front of an audience. This course also teaches learners about beats and rhythm by playing percussion instruments such as:

  • Tambourine
  • Drums
  • Maracas