Special Needs Assistant – Level 5 & Level 6 Booking Package

Portobello Institute

Course code
SN-SNA6-I
QQI level
Level 6
NFQ type
Duration
2 Weeks
Attendance
CAO points
NFQ Level 6

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Course summary

Level 5 Minor Award

The Role of the Special Needs Assistant

Equal Opportunities Child Development (Overview)

Theories of Learning and Behaviour

Physical and Intellectual Disabilities

Communications and Language Disabilities

Work Experience

Level 6 Minor Award

Understanding Education, Health and Safety, Teach methodologies, Educational Philosophy and Practice.

Literacy: Identifying the conditions for learning language and how to implement these according to learning programmes.

Mathematics: Learning skills to support the teaching of mathematics and to devise strategies to assess mathematical ability.

Observations: Methods and techniques for assessing, planning and evaluating.