(Certified by The Institute of Leadership and Management and FETAC)
COURSE CONTENT
- Child Development
Physical, Intellectual, Language, Emotional and Social - Theories of Learning and Behaviour
Acceptable and unacceptable behaviour, challenging behaviour, age appropriateness, relating to disabilities, strategies to deal effectively with challenging behaviour - Emotional and behavioural difficulties
- Qualities and responsibilities of SNA skills required
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Confidentiality
- Physical Disabilities
Hearing and Visual impairments - Keeping and environment safe for all legislation relating to health and safety
- Observation Skills
- Infectious Diseases
Signs and symptoms of an ill child, care of the sick child, immunisation - Speech and language disorders
Language - use of language, factors inhibiting development of language - Oral-relating, questioning and answering, Aural listening and comprehension, Physical eye contact, gestures and turn-taking
- Child Protection
- Culture and ethnicity - religions and modern beliefs
- Understanding and managing difficult behaviour
- General learning difficulties
- Specific learning difficulties
- English : methods of teaching reading, reading corners and reading partners
- Maths, art and play