Are you looking to develop new skills in a safe, inclusive and supportive environment that understands and responds to your individual learning needs?
Our ALDD curriculum supports learners with learning difficulties and disabilities to build confidence, develop independence, and prepare for adulthood. Courses are tailored to help you progress at your own pace, while developing wellbeing, communication and everyday life skills.
All our courses embed speech, language and communication development, maths, digital and transferable employability skills.
You will learn alongside experienced and supportive staff in friendly and welcoming classes, where you can:
- build confidence and independence
- develop social skills and friendships
- take part in group and team activities
- contribute to projects and events in the local and wider community.
Each year, we help learners with learning difficulties and disabilities take the next step, whether that’s continuing your learning, preparing for work or becoming more independent in everyday life.
Learning with us will help you to:
- plan, budget, shop for and prepare a healthy meals
- take part in creative and practical activities
- improve your health, wellbeing and confidence
- discover your interests and strengths
- improve your english, maths and digital skills.
Course groups
We want you to learn a range of skills, so we have organised our courses into 3 groups.
Select the links below to view courses in each group.
Whatever course you choose, you will be supported, have fun and expand your skills base.
Booking your place on a course
New learners: If you're new to our courses, contact one of our centres to arrange a meeting with a member of the team before making any course requests.
Existing learners: Once you have chosen 5 courses from any of the course groups above, complete our online Course Request Form, with:
- your name and contact details
- your preferred courses, listing your favourite 1st.
Complete our ALDD course request form
If needed, ask your parents/carers for help.
We will contact you and confirm which courses you can enrol on and help you enrol on your courses.
We will do our best to place you in your preferred course but remember to choose something different if you studied with us last year.
All courses are termly. You can choose to enrol on different courses through the year or enrol for all 3 terms of any course.
For more information, call our Civic Centre Adult Education Centre on 01895 556455 or email civiccentre@hae-acl.ac.uk.