This Home learning special needs course covers all the underpinning knowledge required for special needs modules on Early Years courses. The book is written in an accessible style, so that even difficult areas such as the legal framework will be easily understood. It Provides an overview of the full range of special needs, including physical,behavioral 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.
Ideal support course for: NVQ and SVQ 3 in Early Years Care and Education, CACHE Diploma in Nursery Nursing, BTEC National in Early Years, Specialist Teacher Award
Entry Requirements There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds. Course Syllabus Special needs: Key Issues
Unit One: Understanding Key Issues and Perspectives - Models of disability
- Understanding the concept of inclusive education
- Attitudes and stereotypesBeing sensitive to language
Unit Two: Key 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
Qualification: Students will be awarded the First Choice Learning College Level 2 Certificate in Special Needs Care, which would prove to any potential employer your commitment in this rewarding field. What's Includeds: - Course manual
- A4 ring binder
- Pen, pencil and stationary
- Study Bag
Study Hours: Average completion time is approximately 80 study hours, this is dependant on the time and effort you have to commit to this course.
Examination:
No examination is necessary as students are assessed on the assignments they submit for grading Are there any additional costs? The only additional costs on top of your course fees is £9.99 postage.
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