Teaching Assistant (SEN) - CACHE, Level 2 Certified
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Summary
Flexible part payment options available.
- Exam(s) / assessment(s) is included in price
Overview
This teaching assistant package includes safeguarding & effective supervision training.
Become a key part of children's early education journey by completing this Special Educational Needs (SEN) Teaching Assistant program.
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Description
- Gain up-to-date information on the current curriculum and what is expected of you as a TA. Learn how to plan and deliver the curricular expectations in a fun and engaging way.
- Get to grips with the CPD Certified Level 2 Teaching Assistant course, and learn how to best support a pupil’s needs – emotionally, educationally, socially and otherwise.
- Understand the importance of a TA with regards to the class teacher, and how your team player qualities can be put to good use.
- Learn more about various aspects of child development and appreciate the five outcomes outlined by the Every Child Matters document. Take a look at some of the various child development theories that have been conceived.
- Recognise some of the basic issues relating to safeguarding, how to promote it and what you can do as a TA to help protect children in your care.
- Appreciate the need for supervision in any early years setting, and how it can help towards professional and personal development.
- Get to grips with some of the core concepts relating to health and safety in the workplace, including security procedures, responsibilities, risk assessment, first aid and incident reporting.
- Understand the importance of building a strong partnership with parents and caregivers, and how home and school life can be intertwined.
- After covering a comprehensive introduction, move on to finding out about the history and evolution of SEN.
- Discover constructivist theories of learning and how they are used in the SEN classroom.
- Find out about the SEN code of practice and how it is applied.
- Understand the role of SENCOs in schools.
- Learn about different types of needs including how a specific learning difficulty differs from a severe learning difficulty and how different physical needs can be supported.
- Get to grips with dealing with time management and different behavioural challenges.
- Learn about sensory impairments and physical disabilities.
- Understand the concept of cognitive development and learn to address difficulties in cognition and learning.
- Learn about speech, language and common communication issues.
- Find out more about specific learning difficulties including autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia and ADHD.
- Get an insight into psychological perspectives on behaviour.
- Find out about understanding and managing anger.
- Learn about teaching approaches and strategies, educational outcomes and every teacher’s responsibilities.
Who is this course for?
This course is for anyone who is looking to be a teaching assistant or work with children who have special educational needs.
Requirements
There are no prerequisites for this program.
Career path
Students who complete this course can function as a Teaching Assistant, a SEN Teaching Assistant or in a childcare setting.
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