Special Needs Education Part time- FETAC Level 5 Component Certificate

The Special Needs Education Certificate is a part time evening course suited to anyone who has an interest in Special Needs Education, whether to pursue it as a career or use the knowledge for personal or family reasons.

The field of Special Needs Education is one of enormous variety and ever changing needs. Portobello Institute wish to respond to the true needs within the sector by offering a course that will equip our students not only with knowledge but with empathy and understanding crucial to their future role as support to persons needing assistance in their learning. Our research in the field has found that Special Needs Assistants require practical skills and knowledge in a wide range of behaviours and abilities. Thus, we try to encapsulate the lifelong experience of persons with Special Needs within our courses, in Level 5 and in greater detail at Level 6.

Qualifications gained

• Portobello Institute Certificate in Special Needs Education
• FETAC Level 5 Component Certificate in Understanding Special Needs
• FETAC Level 5 Component Certificate in Special Needs Assistant

Entry requirements

Entry to this course is by direct application to the college. There are no previous academic requirements.

Course structure

This is a part time course delivered one evening a week for 16 weeks.

Course content modules

1. The Needs of all Children
2. Self Esteem - what is it and how do I give it
3. Child Development: Theory and Practice
4. Observations - how, when, where and why?
5. Play and its benefits for all children
6. Communications- issues and solutions
7. Disabilities in context
8. Physical Disabilities
9. Learning Disabilities
10. Social Disabilities

Booking

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