Teaching Assistant - Child and Young Individual Development

Level 3 Certificate in Teaching Assistant - Child and Young Individual Development

This course is endorsed under the Quality Licence Scheme.

Stand the chance to get a free Level 3 or above course when you enroll with us!!!

If you love to work with children and want to have a rewarding career in aiding their learning development, Child and Young Individual Development – Certificate in Teaching Assistant Level 2 course is perfect for you. The role of a teaching assistant is vital as it supports the classroom teacher in their daily duties and responsibilities. The course will give the teaching assistant the confidence they need to progress in the field of child and young individual development. A teaching assistant is not limited to assisting, rather a range of tasks are expected of them aside from performing general duties.

Child and Young Individual Development – Certificate in Teaching Assistant Level 2 course is designed to give individuals interested in a career as a teaching assistant a range of skills and knowledge to perform their tasks to the best standard. The course covers key features such as understanding the development stage from birth to 19 years, learn that personal factors influence the development of children and young individuals, monitor their development using various techniques and methods and understand that disability can be a challenge in the development of children and young individuals.

It is a highly rewarding career for individuals who desire to work with children and want to share their knowledge within a classroom setting. It is an informative course that enables individuals to progress further in their chosen field. Child and Young Individual Development – Certificate in Teaching Assistant Level 2 course will give individuals an opportunity to achieve a career in the education industry, in the shortest possible time.

The course has been endorsed under the Quality Licence Scheme. This means that Global Edulink has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 3 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.

The course itself has been designed by Global Edulink to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality License Scheme endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.

*Regulated qualification refers to those qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual / CCEA /Qualification Wales

We are always thinking of ways in which you can gain the best from our online learning platform. When you enroll with us on this program you will have the opportunity to enroll on a Level 3 course or above for free!!! The courses that you can choose from have been indicated on our suggested course below.

• Pearson BTEC - Level 3 Award in Education and Training (Course Only)
• Teaching Assistant - Children and Young Individual’s Health and Safety
• Teaching Assistant - Wellbeing of Children and Young People
• Teaching Assistant - Personal Development in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young Individuals
• Teaching Assistant - Support Learning Activities
• Teaching Assistant - Children and Young individual’s Positive Behaviour
• Teaching Assistant - Professional Relationships with Children, Young Individuals and Adults
• Teaching Assistant - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Work with Children and Young Individuals
• Teaching Assistant - Working in Schools Environment

What is covered in this course?

• The role and responsibilities of a teaching assistant and what it takes to hold that position
• Have a good understanding of the rate of development from birth to 19 years
• Learn how personal and external factors influence children and young individuals in their development
• Identify different student behaviours and learn how to tackle them
• Understand why certain children and young individuals don’t follow the expected pattern of development
• Disability affects development. Learn why?
• Learn why delays in speech and communication should be identified early
• Learn how transitions can impact the development of children and young individuals
• Learn how to work with children with special needs

Course Curriculum (Type Of Course Material: Text)

Module 1

Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth – 19 years

1. The meaning of 'holistic'
2. Physical development
3. Language and communication
4. Social, emotional, moral and behavioural challenges
5. Intellectual and cognitive development
6. Physical development
7. Language and communication
8. Social, emotional, moral and behavioural challenges
9. Intellectual and cognitive development
10. Physical development
11. Social, emotional, moral and behavioural challenges
12. Intellectual and cognitive development

Module 2

Explain the difference between sequence of development and rate of development and why the difference is important.

1. Long - Term Career Plans

Module 3

Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of personal factors

1. What is the aim of PREVENT?
2. British Values
3. Health of the child
4. Physical disability in children
5. Children with learning difficulties or intellectual disability
6. Children with sensory impairments

Module 4

Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of external factors

1. Families and changes
2. Social and cultural background
3. Economic status
4. In care or at home
5. Prior experiences of education

Module 5

Explain how theories of development and frameworks to support development influence current practice.

1. Psychologists and their theories of learning development

Module 6

Explain how to monitor children and young people’s development using different methods.

1. Assessment frameworks
2. Standard measurements
3. Observations

Module 7

Explain the reasons why children and young people’s development may not follow the expected pattern.

1. Disability
2. Emotional
3. Environmental
4. Cultural
5. Social
6. Learning difficulties
7. Communication

Module 8

Explain how disability may affect development.

1. How disability may affect development.

Module 9

Explain how different types of interventions can promote positive outcomes for children and young people where development is not following the expected pattern

1. Social services
2. Health services
3. Technological help

Module 10

Analyse the importance of early identification of speech, language and communication delays and disorders and the potential risks of late recognition.

1. Early language problems

Module 11

Explain how multi agency teams work together to support speech, language and communication

1. School support services
2. Local educational authority (LEA)
3. Health service

Module 12

Explain how play and activities are used to support the development of speech, language and communication

1. Giving children opportunities to develop
2. Activities with older children
3. Non-verbal communication (NVC) skills
4. Strategies for improving NVC
5. Easy and fun ways to help with communication support

Module 13

Explain how different types of transitions can affect children and young people’s development.

1. Personal, psycho-social, and emotional changes
2. Physically moving between activities, situations, or life events
3. Educational and intellectual transitions
4. Personal, health, and physiological changes

Module 14

Evaluate the effect on children and young people of having positive relationships during periods of transition

1. The role of the parent
2. The function of attachment
3. Loss of attachment
4. Mental health effects
5. Physical effects
6. Why attachments can be disrupted
7. The role of the teacher and support staff at school
8. Helping pupils struggling with transitioning

Access Duration

The course will be directly delivered to you, and you have 12 months access to the online learning platform from the date you joined the course. The course is self-paced and you can complete it in stages, revisiting the lectures at any time.

Method of Assessment

In order to complete Child and Young Individual Development – Certificate in Teaching Assistant Level 2 course successfully, all students are required to complete a series of assignments. The completed assignments must be submitted via the online portal. Your instructor will review and evaluate your work and provide your feedback based on how well you have completed your assignments.

Please Note: Additionally, £149 (Inc. VAT) is charged for assessment and certificate and you need to pay that when you are submitting your assessments only (It is not required to pay initially when you are registering). This payment can be paid into 05 installments when you are submitting your assessments.

Certification

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement from The Quality License Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

Course Code: QLS-04851

Accredited Body

The Quality License Scheme has long-established reputation for providing high quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries. The Quality License Scheme has over 180 years of expertise combined with a responsive, flexible and innovative approach to the needs of our customers.

Renowned for excellent customer service, and quality standards, The Quality License Scheme also offer regulated qualifications for all ages and abilities post-14; all are developed with the support of relevant stakeholders to ensure that they meet the needs and standards of employers across the UK.

The course will develop the competence and knowledge of learning support staff like teaching assistants and learning support assistants. They can contribute to learning activities while working alongside a classroom teacher

• Learners should be age 19 or over, and must have a basic understanding of Maths, English, and ICT.
• A recognised qualification in any discipline.

• Teaching Assistant – £12,201 per annum
• Classroom Assistant
• Welfare Support Assistant
• Learning Support Assistant
• Childcare Worker – £7.37 per hour
• Mentor
• Learning Coach