Gateway Qualifications Level 2 Award in Dyslexia Awareness

 

This qualification has been developed to enable you to improve your knowledge and understanding of dyslexia, its characteristics, diagnosis and how dyslexia impacts on learning. You will identify a range of strategies for supporting people with dyslexia.

The qualification has 3 Credits and you will undertake around 24 hours of study. You will study through a workbook with email or phone support. You may also complete the work online.

   
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Gateway Qualifications Level 3 Award in Supporting Learners with Dyslexia

This qualification is appropriate for learners who support people with dyslexia and gives suggestions of how to create resources which will be useful in the classroom.

The qualification has 4 Credits and you will undertake around 28 hours of study. You will study through either face to face training or by distance learning with email and phone support.

   
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Gateway Qualifications Level 3 Award in Supporting Children and Young People with Autism

 
This qualification is intended to increase your capacity to support the learning of children and young people with autism, within your current job role. It may also provide a first step towards gaining a broad skill set relevant to working with children and young people with different types of support needs.

It is intended to provide continuous professional development (CPD) for both support and teaching staff who are responsible for facilitating the learning of children or young people with autism. Learners will gain an in-depth understanding of strategies that can be used to support the learning and development of children and young people with autism and the skills to apply some of these strategies in practice with a specific child or young person.

   
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Gateway Qualifications Level 4 Certificate in Supporting the Learning of Learners with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)

 
The Level 4 Certificate in Supporting the Learning of Learners with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) qualification recognises the skills developed by experienced learning support professionals such as Higher Level Teaching Assistants and senior Learning Support Assistants who are both working with learners themselves and supporting other staff to provide effective support to learners with special educational needs and disability. It has been developed with the support of organisations supporting the professional development of teachers and learning support staff.

The objective of the qualification is to extend the skills of those involved in providing support to learners with SEND, in order to improve their own practice and help develop that of their colleagues. In order to enter for this qualification, learners must have considerable experience of supporting the learning of learners with SEND and be working in a role where they will be able to put into practice the skills that they are required to evidence for the qualification.

Successful learners may choose to progress to Level 4 Education and Training qualifications or to Higher Education. They may also progress to management roles within learning support. There are no direct relationships between this and other frameworks. However, the skills and knowledge covered are consistent with the requirements of the 2014 SEND Code of Practice.

The course is 30 credits and will take between 120 and 200 guided learning hours. There are 7 units and you will undertake a mixture of assessments including case studies, reports and practical assessments, some of which will be observed. You will also complete an action research project in a related subject which will be agreed with your assessor. You will have a taught session per unit, usually delivered one to one over Zoom or Teams.

   
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