Course Description

This ELP provides an overview of good practice in working with learners with Special Educational Needs. This course takes into account changes in the 2014 SEN Code of Practice.

This course will be assessed at the end via reflective diary or assignment task, you will have one month to complete the course. On completion of this course, learners will receive a certificate of achievement through ELP. This certificate of achievement must not be confused with nationally regulated qualifications.


Course curriculum

    1. Introduction

    1. What are Special Educational Needs?

    2. How many children have SEND?

    3. The role of the TA in supporting SEN

    4. What is Early Intervention?

    5. Identifying Special Educational Needs

    6. The Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator

    7. Working with Others to Support Children with SEN

    8. A Closer Look at Learning Difficulties

    9. A Different Perspective

    10. SEND Code of Practice 2014

    11. NASEN Mini-Guide to the SEND Code of Practice 2014

    1. What are Physical Impairments?

    2. How can you tell if a child has a physical disability or impairment?

    3. Using activities to support physical co-ordination and holistic development

    4. Activities and resources to support gross motor skills

    5. Activities and resources to support fine motor skills

    6. Supporting Handwriting

    7. In The Classroom - The importance of the environment

    8. Supporting social interaction and emotional development

    1. What are Sensory Impairments?

    2. Identifying Sensory Impairments

    3. Supporting Learners with Visual Impairments

    4. From Their Perspective

    5. Supporting Learners with Auditory Impairments

    6. Sensory Processing Disorders

    7. Sensory Rooms

    8. Supporting Social Interaction

    1. What are Speech, Language and Communication Difficulties?

    2. How does it feel to have SLC difficulties?

    3. How do SLC difficulties appear?

    4. Identifying SLC difficulties

    5. The Communication Pyramid

    6. Communication Friendly Environments

    7. Activities and Resources to Support SLC Development

    8. How should you be communicating?

    9. Speech and Language Therapists

    1. What are Cognitive Difficulties?

    2. What does having learning disability really mean?

    3. Learning Disabilities in education - a family's perspective

    4. Identifying Cognitive Difficulties

    5. A Learner-Centred Approach

    6. Supporting Learners with Cognitive Difficulties

About this course

  • £125.00
  • 67 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

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Sensory impairment

Mariam Baqar

Children with a sensory impairment affecting hearing or vision must never be treated as if they had learning difficulties, and learning expectations should b...

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Children with a sensory impairment affecting hearing or vision must never be treated as if they had learning difficulties, and learning expectations should be the same as for any other child.

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