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The Early Years SEN Teaching Diploma is one of our most popular training courses and is perfect for those individuals who want to start a new career path as an SEN teacher, as well as established professionals who want to test their existing abilities and learn the latest techniques.
Course Curriculum
This comprehensive Early Years SEN Teaching Diploma course has been divided into 11 interactive lessons. This makes for a more stimulating and comprehensive study of all the essential areas of SEN teaching, which also means that learners will be able to absorb the knowledge in manageable and intuitive segments and retain the vital information without even realising it.
This fully inclusive Early Years SEN Teaching Diploma course includes the following modules:
Module 1: Introduction To Special Educational Needs (SEN) Teaching
- Introduction To Special Educational Needs (SEN) Teaching
- How to become a special educational needs (SEN) teacher
- Entry requirements
- Responsibilities of a SEN Teacher
Module 2: Statutory and Regulatory Context
- SEND Code of Practice
- Learn How the SEND Tribunal, Disagreement Resolution and Mediation Work
- Disagreement Resolution
- Mediation Services
- SEND Tribunal: If you’re asked to be a witness
- Learn about the Local Offer
- Get an Idea about the OfSTED Frameworks relevant to your school or work setting
- Learn about the new funding models
- Get an understanding of the policy and legislative context for health and social care, including safeguarding and the health and well-being agenda
Module 3: Understanding How Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Affect Pupils’ Participation and Learning
- Understanding Underachievement
- Signs of Underachievement
- Knowing When School Underachievement Is a Problem
- General Causes of Underachievement in School
- Categories
Module 4: Teaching Strategies and Approaches for Pupils with Special Educational Needs
- Teaching Strategies
- Learning strategies
- Strategies to Support a Student with a Cognitive Impairment
- Classroom management strategies
- Strategies for Transfer of Learning
Module 5: Drawing Up Inclusive Whole-School Policies and Procedures
- Promoting the Inclusive School
- The Benefits of Inclusion
- Planning For Inclusion At The Whole-School Level
- Drawing Up Inclusive Whole-School Policies And Procedures
- Whole-School Policies And Procedures For SEN In The School Plan
Module 6: Developing A Whole-School Policy On Assessment
- The Purposes of Assessment
- Methods of Assessment
- Developing a Whole-School Policy on Assessment
- Selection and Use of Appropriate Test Instruments
Module 7: Inclusive Education for Students with Special Educational Needs (SEN)
- Classroom Climate
- Support for Learning
- Teaching for Inclusion
- Students’ Involvement in Identifying Learning Targets and In Self-Assessment
- Learning Style
- Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
Module 8: Leadership of Special Schools
- Characteristics of Highly Effective Leaders
- What Is Leadership?
- Models of Leadership That Promote Successful Schools
- Pedagogical/Instructional Leadership
- Styles of Leadership
- General Principles For Good Leaders
Module 9: National Minimum Standards for Residential Special Schools
- Statement of Principles and Practice
- Induction, transition and individual support
- Health and wellbeing
- Contact with parents/carers
- Residential accommodation
- Safety of students
- Fire precautions and drills
- Provision and preparation of food and drinks
- Personal possessions
- Leadership and management
- Securing student’s views
Module 10: Role and Functions of the Board of Management
- Role and Functions of the Board of Management
- Boards of management and school policies
- Boards of management and parents
- Boards of management and the Department of Education
- The SEN Support Team
- The principal and the management of delegated functions
- Mainstream Teachers
- The Resource Teacher
- Year Heads and Class Tutors
- Students with
Module 11: Education Planning for Individual Students
- Individual planning
- The benefits of individual planning
- Record-keeping
- Implementing the individual education plan
Module 12: Introduction to School Shadow Support For Children With Special Needs
Module 13: Benefits of Inclusive Education System and the Role of a School Shadow support
Module 14: Educational and Behavioural Implications of Children with Autism Spectrum, ADHD
Module 15: Importance of Fading and Promoting Independence
Module 16: Intervention Strategies and Best Practices to Manage Behaviour
Learn how to increase your expertise in SEN teaching by taking the following modules of this popular Early Years SEN Teaching Diploma course.
Certificate of Achievement from Knowledge Door
On completion of the Early Years SEN Teaching Diploma course, you will be eligible to obtain the certificate of achievement from Knowledge Door to evidence your new skill and accomplishment, as well as your knowledge and skill set. The certification is available in PDF format, at the cost of £12, or a hard copy can be sent via post at the cost of £35.
Compatibility
All the lessons in this Early Years SEN Teaching Diploma course will only take a few minutes to complete, which means that it caters to every type of lifestyle and study method. Study breaks can be quickly scheduled, as can long and intensive periods of learning. You can make the most of your personal time, even if you only have 10 to 15 minutes free at any one time. Make this course work for you.
We don’t believe in placing time limits on learning, so you will never have to rush and complete a course before a strict deadline. Just concentrate on your goals and study in your own time and at your own pace with no unnecessary pressure.
