Supporting Children with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities
£20 + VAT
Our Supporting Children with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities is suitable for those working with children who have learning disabilities and difficulties to further develop your knowledge and how safeguarding children with disabilities and learning difficulties could impact you and them if it is not done properly and thoroughly.
This course includes the option to play audio at no extra cost!
All about this Supporting Children with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities course
Throughout this course you will learn about the different types of learning difficulties and developmental disabilities, and how these affect the lives of children with these conditions. You will encounter the terminology used around different categories of learning difficulties and disabilities, as well as learning about the commonly held views on disabilities in the UK.
You will study guidance for working with young people who have disabilities and learning needs, gaining an understanding of the barriers faced by the young people themselves, and their families. The course will also highlight useful and appropriate techniques of integration and inclusion.
To further develop accountability when working with children with learning needs and disabilities, you will review the most up-to-date safeguarding guidance and legislation, looking at case studies to expand on your understanding of this in real life.
Finally, the course will conclude with practical guidance for working with parents and carers, and tools to employ inside a classroom setting to aid the development of children with learning needs.
In order to complete the course, you must achieve 80% or more in the final multiple choice quiz.
You will earn 3 CPD points on completion of the course, this course will take around 3 hours to complete and the certificate will last for two years.
- Fully CPD registered
- Completed online with instant downloadable certificate
- Suitable for those working with children
- Fully printed certificate posted next day
- Complete the online multiple choice assessment as many times as you need to pass
Units covered
- Unit 1 – Introduction to learning difficulties and disabilities – In the first unit you will review the different types of learning difficulties and developmental disabilities, you will also explore the range of terminology associated with the categories of learning difficulties and various disabilities and how this impacts the communication of needs.
- Unit 2 – Working with children who have learning difficulties and disabilities – In this unit you will encounter some of the challenges that can be faced when working with children with learning difficulties and disabilities and an outline of some of the skills needed to overcome these challenges. You will also look at different models of disabilities and their advantages and disadvantages.
- Unit 3 – Safeguarding children with learning difficulties and disabilities – In this unit you will learn what is meant by the term safeguarding and receive an outline on the current guidance for safeguarding in the UK. You will then explore different methods of meaningfully working with disabled children and families to create an effective plan of provision.
- Unit 4 – Legislation – In this unit you will learn about the key legislation in relation to disability issues, you will learn about the key legislation in relation to learning difficulties and be pointed towards significant documents. Finally you will be made aware of the significant developments in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
- Unit 5 – How to support a child with learning difficulties or disabilities – In the final unit of this course, you will encounter advice and guidance on how to work with parents, carers and other care professionals, you will then look at different techniques of adapting to the needs of children with disabilities and learning difficulties. The unit will finish with a case study of working with a young person in an educational setting.
RoSPA assured training course
This course has been checked and assured for quality and accuracy by RoSPA, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, to ensure it meets their exacting standards and is up-to-date. Formed over 100 years ago, RoSPA are committed to increasing safety measures and reducing accidents throughout numerous industries as well as campaigning for better standards in health and safety worldwide.
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Work through your course
Each course is broken down into manageable sections. Work through these at your own pace and learn about each of the topics in the course. We use images, written information, diagrams and other resources to help you get to grips with the content with no hassle.
Our courses are all designed to allow progress without any assistance but our support staff can be contacted if you do need us.
Complete the final quiz
Every course is assessed through a multiple choice quiz. These quizzes use a bank of questions that have multiple options and you need to choose the correct one. You need to answer a specific number of questions correctly to pass the course and get your certificate.
If you don’t pass first time it is no problem. You can attempt the quiz as many times as you need until you pass so there is nothing to worry about.
Get your certificate
As soon as you finish the course, you can download your certificate. This will also be accessible in your account any time you log in. Your certificate includes the course you have studied, your name, the date of completion and a verification number that can be used by future employers to verify that you passed your course.
A digitally printed and hard backed version of your certificate is sent out to you via first class post the day after you pass.
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