Special Needs course

£189.00


Level: Certificate

 This home learning course in Supporting Special Needs is a must for any student looking to move into caring or working with children. This very rewarding but demanding distance learning course will offer you everything required to enhance your career or help you make massive strides if considering entering this line of work. One of the most popular courses on offer from the UK Open College continues to creat massive interest year after year. Enjoy the benefits and flexibility Open Learning brings. See details below for our Certificate in Supporting Specail Needs.

A truly comprehensive course in this very rewarding area of childcare!! 

  • This course covers all the underpinning knowledge required for special needs modules on Early Years courses.
  • The course is written in an accessible style, so that even difficult areas such as the legal framework will be easily understood.
  • Provides an overview of the full range of special needs, including physical, behavioural and learning difficulties.
  • Offers practical advice on how to integrate children with special needs in mainstream provision.
  • Includes case studies to heighten awareness of issues and to promote individual evaluation skills.

Course fees: £189.00 if paid in full.

Pay monthly option: £50 Deposit followed by 4 monthly payments of £50.00. (Total fees of £250.00) Call in for guaranteed payment plan.


Entry requirements:

There are no previous qualifications required to register for this study programme. Simple word processing skills and use of email are essential.

Support:

All students will be assigned a personal tutor with whom they may correspond with via email. A tutor will be assigned upon receipt of your first assignment

Duration:

All students have one year to complete this course from date of registration. Average study of 160 hours.

Provided materials:

 

 

  • Course Manual
  • Pen, Pencil and Ruler  
  • A4 Folder 
  • Paper
  • Unlimited email support Monday to Friday
  • College Certification  

    This course comes complete in a college bag for real flexibility

    Course syllabus:

    Special needs: Key Issues
    Unit One: Understanding Key Issues and Perspectives

    Definitions of special need educational needs
    Models of disability
    Understanding the concept of inclusive education
    Attitudes and stereotypes    Being sensitive to language

    Unit Two: Key Legislation

    The background to current legislation 

    Unit Three: Working with SEN Code of Practice 2001

    • Fundamental principles of the code of practice
    • Understanding how the code of practice might affect your setting
    • The role of the SENCO
    • Developing the SEN policy

    Unit Four: Identifying and Assessing Children who need extra support

    • Early identification is not about “sorting” children
    • Focusing on the child
    • What to observe
    • Using the information gained from the observations

    Unit Five: Working with Parents 

    • Parents and the Code of Practice
    • Communicating with parents
    • Parents as an invaluable source of information
    • Parent partnership services

    Unit Six: Individual Education Plans 

    • The purpose of IEPs
    • Understanding when children need an IEP
    • Reviewing IEPsIEPs can be modified
    • Writing IEPs
    • Storage of IEPs
    • What information should an IEP Contain?
    • People involved with writing the IEP

    Unit Seven: Gaining additional support for children: Early years action plus 

    • Early years action plus
    • Sources of support and information

    Module Two:
    Working with Children

    Unit Eight: Valuing and Empowering Children 

    • The code of practice and children
    • Developing a key worker system
    • Suggested activities
    • Helping children to develop a positive self image
    • Understanding how the self image is built

    Unit Nine: Supporting Children’s Communication and Interaction

    • Why communication is an important skill
    • Understanding the components of interaction
    • Strategies to develop children’s language
    • Principles of supporting children’s communications and interaction
    • Common difficulties for children
    • Suggested activities

    Unit Ten: Supporting Children’s Cognition and Learning

    • What is Cognitive development?
    • Suggested activities
    • Learning about abstract concepts
    • Motivation
    • Understanding how information is processed
    • Language and thought

    Module Three:

    • Meeting the Needs of Children with Specific Impairments and Conditions

    Unit Eleven: Supporting Children’s Behaviour and Social and Emotional Development 

    • Guiding children’s behaviour
    • Learning appropriate behaviour
    • Understanding how children learn behaviours
    • Taking a pro-active approach to guiding children’s behaviour
    • Specific challenging behaviours
    • Supporting children’s emotional and social development
    • Suggested Activities

     Unit Twelve: Supporting Children’s Sensory and Physical Development

    • Understanding why sensory development is important
    • Supporting children’s physical development
    • Suggested Activities

     Unit Thirteen: Summary of Conditions and Impairments in Children

    • Asthma
    • Attention Deficit
    • Hyperactivity Disorder
    • Spectrum Disorder 
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Coeliac Disease
    • Cystic Fibrosis
    • Diabetes
    • Downs Syndrome
    • Duchenne
    • Muscular Dystrophy
    • Dyslexia
    • Dyspraxia
    • Eczema
    • Epilepsy
    • Fragile X
    • Hearing
    • Impairment
    • Hydrocephalus
    • Sickle Cell
    • Disorders
    • Spina Bifida
    • Visual Impairment

     

    Examination:

    No examination is necessary

    Assessment method:

    This course is completed using continual assessment, allowing your tutor to closely monitor your progress every step of the way. Therefore no examination is required. All assignments are required to be submitted via email throughout your course.

    Qualification: 

    Supporting Special Needs Award

    Once completed successfully each student will receive their award from the college proving their skills and knowledge in this rewarding field. Add this to your completed folder of courswork and impress any potential employer. Your award will give you the self belief and confidence to progress further with your studies or help make inroads to getting that job you have always wanted.


     

      

     

     


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