Specialist Support Teaching & Learning in Schools LV 3 Dip (QCF)

Unit 1 - Understand children and young people development
This unit provides knowledge and understanding of how children and young people from birth to 19 years develop. Including underpinning theoretical perspectives. It also includes actions taken when differences in development are identified and the potential effects of transitions on children and young peoples development

Unit 2 - Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people
This unit provides the knowledge and understanding required to support the safeguarding of children and young people. This unit contains e-material on safety.

Unit 3 - Support children and young peoples safety
This unit provides the knowledge, understanding and skills required to support children and young peoples health and safety. It requires a demonstration of competence in recognising hazards and undertaking risk assessments in the work setting.

Unit 4 - Engage in personal development in young peoples settings
This unit is aimed at those who work in health or social care settings or with children or young people in a wide range of settings. This unit considers personal development and reflective practice which are both fundamental to both roles.

Unit 5 - Support learning activities
This unit provides the knowledge, understanding and skills to support learning activities. It requires competence in supporting the planning, delivery, assessment and review cycle.

Unit 6 - Promote children and peoples behaviour
This unit provides the knowledge, understanding and skills required to promote children and young peoples positive behaviour. It requires demonstration of competence in promoting positive behaviour, managing innapropriate behaviour, dealing with challenging behaviour and contributing to reviews of behaviour and behaviour policies.

Unit 7 - Develop professional relationships with children, young people and adults
This unit covers the competence required to develop professional relationships with children, young people and adults.

Unit 8 - Promote equality, diversity and inclusion in work with the children and young people
This unit provides the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to promote equality, diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people. It requires demonstration of competence in promoting equality and diversity and supporting inclusion.

Unit 9 - Support assessment for learning
This unit provides the knowledge, understanding and skills to support assessment for learning. It requires demonstration of competence in using assessment strategies to promote learning, supporting learners to review their learning strategies and achievements, and working with the teacher to review assessment for learning processes and outcomes.

Unit 10 - Communication and professional relationships with children , young people and adults
This unit provides the knowledge and understanding which underpins effective communication and professional relationships with children, young people and adults.

Unit 11 - Schools as organisations
This unit aims to prepare the learner for working in a school. It covers knowledge and understanding of the structure of education, how schools are organised, school ethos, mission, aims and values, legislative and policy frameworks and the wider context in which schools operate.

Unit 12 - Support childrens speech, language and communication
This unit promotes the knowledge, understanding and skills to support the development of speech, language and communication of children in a school setting.

Unit 13 - Support disabled children and young people and those with SEND
This unit provides the knowledge, understanding and skills to support children in school who have a disability or have special educational needs and require additional supervision.

Unit 14 - Support children and young people with behaviour, emotional and social development needs

This unit provides the knowledge, understanding and skills to support children and young people with behaviour, emotional and social development needs including those:-

• Who experience emotional and behavioural difficulties
• Who are withdrawn or isolated or display school phobic reactions
• Who are disruptive and disturbing, hyperactive and lack concentration
• With immature social skills or personality disorders
• Presenting challenging behaviours which may arise from other complexities