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Course Overview

There is a need for improved collaboration around children with additional needs and disabilities. Different professional systems can result in different perspectives and philosophies — things get ‘lost in translation’. More effective collaboration can make a real difference to children. This course has been developed to respond to this need.

If you are an education or allied health professional who works with children and young people, this course may be of interest. It will equip you to support children or young people with additional support needs/special educational needs to access the curriculum and participate in school life through enhanced collaborative working.

In this course, you will:

  • Engage with contemporary inclusive learning issues, related legislative frameworks and policy, and relate these to your own practice context
  • learn to critique evidence-based approaches and strategies to facilitate collaboration and inclusion for children with additional support needs
  • Have the opportunity to identify and advance practice in an area of innovative collaborative working within your workplace/service

In the context of this course, ‘pupils’ are defined as children or young people who are attending school (this can be within early years, primary or secondary school, in mainstream or special school settings). These pupils have additional support needs, which are currently or could be in the future, supported by the direct or indirect assistance of education and therapy staff (and/or others) working collaboratively.

Additional support needs or special educational needs could include challenges in the areas of:

  • Speech, language and communication
  • Learning difficulty (e.g. dyslexia)
  • Emotional/social/mental health issues
  • Physical disability
  • Complex needs

Critical evaluation of collaborative practice issues in relation to inclusive learning are central to the course. You will also have the opportunity to identify and advance practice in collaborative working and inclusive learning in schools through the development of a proposal for a work-based project.

This course supports continuing professional development of education and health professionals working with children and young people, through gaining postgraduate credit.

Entry Requirement 

Relevant professional or practical experience is essential. Successful completion of a relevant degree or an equivalent qualification will normally be required. It is possible for candidates with alternative qualifications and appropriate relevant professional experience to be considered.

International: Where your degree has not been studied in English, you will be required to provide evidence of English language competence at no less than IELTS 6.5 with no individual component score less than 6.0.

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This information was accurate on : 16/04/2021
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