Course description
Teaching Assistant Level 2 & Understanding Autism Level 3
Interested in working as a Teaching Assistant, but want to have a more active role within the classroom? This fascinating course bundle can offer you the dual benefit of helping you to understand the role and responsibilities of Teaching Assistants, whilst enabling you to explore the key features of autism and techniques for supporting children.
Designed for home study, you can enrol onto our Teaching Assistant Level 2 and Understanding Autism Level 3 courses, and walk away with a level of knowledge that can make a real difference to the learning development of those in your care.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
No prior knowledge or experience is needed in order to enrol onto this course.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive certification from National Institution of Qualifications (NIOQ) and a Learner Unit Summary (which details of all the units you have completed).
This course has been designed to meet the requirements of specific learners or employers. It is endorsed by National Institution of Qualifications, meaning the course has undergone external quality checks to ensure that they are maintained and delivered to an excellent standard.
National Institution of Qualifications are a national certificating organisation. Endorsement of our courses ensures learners have access to high quality materials that cover all learning outcomes, helping them to achieve their potential.
Course Benefits
This course will:
- Broaden your knowledge and understanding of Teaching Assistants, their responsibilities and the various legislations, policies and procedures required for optimum safeguarding.
- Develop your comprehension of autism and its impact on their learning, behaviour and the problems they may encounter (discrimination, bullying and access to services).
- Provide you with the opportunity to apply your newly acquired knowledge within practical scenarios (during your written assignments).
- Allow you to study when, where and how you want, and at a pace of your choosing.
- Supply you with a convenient and stress free way to study – no classrooms, no strict deadlines, no examinations
- Give you a full two years (one year per course) to complete this course bundle.
Training Course Content
Teaching Assistant Level 2:
- Unit 1: The Role of the teaching assistant
- Unit 2: Developing strong communication and relationship skills with children and adults
- Unit 3: Supporting the school and your colleagues
- Unit 4: Legislation and policies to ensure safeguarding and pupil wellbeing
- Unit 5: Supporting the development of children and young people
- Unit 6: Planning and delivering learning activities
Understanding Autism Level 3:
- Unit 1: Introduction to Autism
- Unit 2: Supporting Individuals with Autism with Communication and Social Interaction
- Unit 3: Sensory Processing Difficulties
- Unit 4: Therapeutic Interventions and Safeguarding with Autism
- Unit 5: Supporting Early Years and School Learners with Autism
- Unit 6: Supporting College Level Learners and beyond with Autism
Course delivery details
For online based courses, you will study your course and submit work online. Paper based courses are the same as online, but with additional printed study packs sent to you.
All it takes is just 100 hours of your time. Yet, by the end of this course bundle not only will you understand how Teaching Assistants can support teachers in planning, teaching and evaluating learning activities; you will also know how to: communicate and develop positive working relationships with children; will understand how autism is identified and diagnosed, and will be able to recognise the key disorders which commonly accompany autism.
Best of all – you will be able to learn all of this from the comfort of your own home!
There is no need to attend any classes, or even enter a classroom. Study wherever you like so you can easily mould your studies around your current work commitments and achieve a healthy work-study balance.
We will provide you with the means to study on your own terms. So whether you prefer to learn in the quiet of your bedroom, or whilst munching on a sandwich during your work lunchbreak; you can make our course work for you.
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