SENCo - Special Educational Needs Coordinator

About this course

Introduction

The Level 3 Award for Special Education Needs Coordinators in Early Years qualification is aimed at Level 3 Nursery Practitioners in a private, voluntary or independent setting.

All providers of Early Years Childcare are required to have arrangements in place to identify and support children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and to promote equality of opportunity for children in their care.

This is an important role to ensure the best possible educational outcomes are achieved for children with SEND.

Eden’s SENCO qualification is tailored for those already working in a SENCO role as part of their Early Years Practitioner role, or for those individuals who are interested in upskilling. This qualification is also appropriate for Childminders.

What you'll learn

Programme Delivery

Learner attendance at two (2-hr) teaching sessions with one of Eden’s expert Tutors. In addition, learners will complete a supporting SENCO workbook, carrying out set tasks and assignments to support the required 24 minimum guided learning hours (GLH). In total, the programme will consist of 34 hours of learning.

The qualification aims to:

Explore the role and responsibilities of the Special Educational Need Coordinator in the early years setting.
Understand the strategies and techniques for supporting children and their families.

The objectives of this qualification are:

Progress to further programmes of development.
Develop new practical skills in the childcare sector.

To achieve this qualification learners must :

In order for learners to successfully complete this course, you must complete:

Unit 01: Roles and responsibilities of the Special Educational Needs Coordinator in the Early Years

The aim of this unit is to explore the role of statutory guidance and how this informs the role and responsibilities of the Special Educational Needs Coordinator in an early years setting.

Unit 02: Strategies and techniques for supporting children and families

The aim of this unit is for the learner to consider strategies and techniques for supporting children and their families with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in early years settings.