Introducing Your Tutors

Alison Brown

Susan Richardson

1-to-1 Tutor Support

Your dedicated personal tutor is on hand when needed to help you enjoy and succeed in your study.

They will always be happy to assist you discover the answers to your queries however big or small.

This tried and tested arrangement assures you of successfully completing the course with full understanding.

Course Syllabus & Expected Outcomes

OK let's put some “flesh on the bones”.

You'll see below the full syllabus with expected outcomes too.

And remember there is a personal tutor on standby to help you through the course and give you feed back which let's you know that you are on track. Or, if not gently guides you back to the foundation you are laying to become a specialist in special educational needs.

Not only that you can take as long as you like to study this material, there's no time limit. Or you may prefer to move through it quickly but thoroughly and complete your training and qualify in just 6 weeks or less. It's up to you, it's your course, you can study where you want and when you want and even stretch out the payments to suit your budget.

Click on a module title to view it's contents and the expected outcomes.

• Unit 1: Child and young person's development

  Outcome
  Understand child and young person development.

  1. This unit will begin to address learning outcome 1 (stated above).
  2. This learning outcome will be divided into a set of activities to guide your studies.
  3. In this unit you will explore the expected pattern of children and young people's development from birth to 19 years and how the different areas of development can affect one another.
• Unit 2: The support of disabled children and young people and those with specific requirements

  Outcome
  Understand how to support disabled children and young people and those with specific requirements.

  1. This unit will focus on learning outcome 2 (stated above).
  2. This unit will be divided into a set of activities to guide your studies. In this unit you will research how you as a practitioner can support disabled children or young people and those with specific needs in partnership with their parents/carers.
  3. You will also research partnership working with other agencies and professionals.
• Unit 3: Supporting children and young people to achieve their learning potential
  

  Outcome
  Understand how to support children and young people to achieve their learning potential.

  1. This unit will focus on learning outcome 3 (stated above).
  2. This unit will be divided into a set of activities to guide your studies.
  3. In this unit you will learn how to support children and young people to ensure that they take every possible opportunity to make the most of learning and achieve their learning potential.
• Unit 4: Working with children and young people with speech, language and communication needs
  

  Outcome
  Understand how to support positive practice with children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.
  Understand the speech, language and communication needs of children and young people with behavioural, social and emotional difficulties.

  1. This unit will focus on learning outcomes 4 and 5 (stated above).
  2. This unit will be divided into a set of activities to guide your studies.
  3. In this unit you will research how practitioners can and should work with children and young people at the centre of their practice, basing their work on the strengths of the children and young people rather than focussing on their difficulties.
  4. You will explore the way in which behaviour, social and emotional difficulties are linked with speech, language and communication development and research effective ways to support the speech, language and communication development of children and young people with behaviour, emotional and social difficulties.