Special Educational Needs, Disability and Inclusive Practice

The course is designed to give students a 'rounded' understanding of working in the area of special needs, inclusion and disability policy, sociology, and politics. You will gain an in-depth understanding of both theory and its application in a variety of settings working with children, young people, and families. This course will enhance your understanding of the complexity of causes, diagnosis, and strategies to implement when working with children and young people who are identified as having Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

This course will enable students to progress onto Top Up Degree in Special Educational Needs, Disability and Inclusive Practice, Top Up Degree in Early Childhood Studies, or a Top Up Degree in working with children and Families. This Foundation Degree also supports promotion within the SEND sector.

Over a two-year period, a substantial amount of your learning will take place in your workplace through the planned and supported tasks and projects we will set you.

The mandatory modules which you will cover on the FdA Special Educational Needs Disability and inclusive Practice are:

Year One

Developing Skills for Learning and Personal and Professional Development

The Inclusive Practitioner

Introduction to historical Perspective of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

Working with individuals with Sensory and/or Physical Disability

Reflective Practice 1 (PDP)

Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD) & Challenging Behaviours

Year Two

Understanding Autism

Contemporary Issues

Communication and Language Development

Mental Health issues and the impact on children adolescents and their families

Research Skills

Reflective Practice

The course is delivered through lectures, seminars, presentations, tutorials, and group work. There are no exams; all assessment is via assignments which will include essays, presentations, practical activities, and reflective diary.

Throughout your time on the course Teaching and Learning strategies will encourage students to:

Engage in new areas of knowledge;

Broaden and deepen their existing knowledge, understanding and skills;

Engage in critical analysis of texts, theories, and practices and to test students' analysis against received understandings and practices;

Question concepts, theories, policies, and practice encountered during their studies; Interrogate the assumptions underpinning theory and research in order to come to an understanding of the significance and limitations of theory and research;

Engage in critical reflection of their own and others' value systems, development, and practices

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS