Course Summary
Course Category: Employment / Lifelong Learning
This QQI level 6 Minor Award Special Needs Assisting is the ideal next step for upskilling to become highly employable as an SNA if you already hold a level 5 SNA qualification. This course will equip you with new knowledge, skills and practical experience to bring your career opportunities to the next level.
This course is ideal for those passionate about Special Needs Education, to further develop your existing knowledge and skills, and prepare you to work in schools, hospitals, and care homes.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Understanding Education, Health and Safety, Teach methodologies, Educational Philosophy and Practice
Literacy: Identifying the conditions for learning language and how to implement these according to learning programmes
Mathematics: Learning skills to support the teaching of mathematics and to devise strategies to assess mathematical ability
Observations: Methods and techniques for assessing, planning and evaluating
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
Progression to CAO Courses
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Social
The Social person's interests focus on interacting with the people in their environment. In all cases, the Social person enjoys the personal contact with other people in preference to the impersonal dealings with things, data and ideas found in other groups.
Many will seek out positions where there is direct contact with the public in some advisory role, whether a receptionist or a counsellor. Social people are motivated by an interest in different types of people and like diversity in their work environments. Many are drawn towards careers in the caring professions and social welfare area, whilst others prefer teaching and other 'informing' roles.
