Teaching Assistant Level 2 and Child Psychology Level 3

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Learn and get an insight into teaching assistant and child psychology, from the convenience of your home!

The employment potential for Teaching Assistants have increased considerably in the recent past, with the number of TAs nearly tripling in the last ten years.

Why not join a fulfilling career with a salary ranging between £12,000 and £17,000
Understand the role of child psychology in behaviour, learning and development
Learn to support teachers and students in all areas of education

All course materials will be delivered to you, so it could not be easier. Our student friendly tutors will help you throughout the course.

You can tailor your studies around your life and work at your own pace. The coursework can be delivered by email, so handing in an assignment is easy.

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TEACHING ASSISTANT LEVEL 2

UNIT 1: SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS

How teaching assistants can support the teacher in planning, teaching and evaluation of the learning activities
The stages of planning
Problems that may occur when supporting learning activities
Strategies a teaching assistant may use to support pupils’ learning
Providing feedback on learning activities to the teacher

UNIT 2: COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS

Communicating and developing positive working relationships with children and young people
Communicating with adults
Differences in communicating with adults and children
Disagreements with adults and children
Communication difficulties

UNIT 3: PROVIDE EFFECTIVE SUPPORT FOR YOUR COLLEAGUES

The role and responsibilities of the teaching assistant
Understanding the roles and responsibilities of others in the school team
The role of external professionals
Maintaining good working relationships
Professional practice within schools

UNIT 4: SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE: THE MAINTENANCE OF A SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT

Legislation, policies, and procedures for safeguarding children
Prepare and maintain a safe working environment for children
The procedures and actions in response to an emergency in school
Types of abuse that children may experience
Behaviour management

UNIT 5: SUPPORTING CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S DEVELOPMENT

Understanding physical, emotional, communication, social and behavioural development
Observation methods used to record learning and development
Transitions that children may experience

UNIT 6: SCHOOLS AS ORGANISATIONS

Structures of education
Specialist schools
Legislation and school policies
The National Curriculum
The Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED)
The primary framework
Early years foundation stage

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY LEVEL 3

UNIT 1: DEFINING CHILD PSYCHOLOGY

How can we define childhood?
Historical perspectives of childhood
Emergence of psychology
Psychoanalytical perspective
Behaviourism
Classical conditioning
Changing behaviour
The cognitive, physiological, scientific, humanistic and evolutionary approaches to psychology
Research methods in psychology
Child psychology tools

UNIT 2: FORMING RELATIONSHIPS IN CHILDHOOD

Attachment
Nature/nurture debate
Bowlby's theory
Innate programming
Different types of attachment
Disruption of attachment
The child’s first relationship

UNIT 3: PERCEPTION, COGNITION AND LANGUAGE

Understanding language
Cognitive structure and input
Plurals, syntax and grammar
The relevance of language to child psychology
Cognition
Vision and cognitive development
Hearing and cognitive development
Perception
Piaget
Socialization

UNIT 4: EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT

Social learning theory
Cognitive priming
Kohlberg's perspective
Eisenberg's perspective
Emotion and morality
Temperament and emotional development

UNIT 5: CHILDREN'S MINDS

Memory and memory processes
Short and long term memory
Models of memory
Prenatal memory and learning
From memory to mental activity
The organisation of children's minds
How children view others in their world
How does all this relate to child psychology?

UNIT 6: MOVING TOWARDS ADULTHOOD

Adolescence
Development
Having a sense of gender
Change

ASSESSMENT

This course is assessed through regular assignments, which are submitted to your tutor. You do not need to appear for any external examination.

COURSE DURATION

This course will take about 120 hours to complete. You can start at any time and there is no deadline for completion, so that you can study at your own pace.

STUDY METHOD

You will study this course by online learning, which will enable you to learn from anywhere and from anytime. You can study from home or work. All your materials will be delivered to you online. You will also receive our tutor support, so help will always be just a click away!

COURSE OUTCOMES

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement by ABC Awards and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the details of all the units you have completed as part of your course).

The course has been endorsed under the ABC Awards’ Quality Licence Scheme. This means that OSC has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet certain quality criteria.

The completion of this course alone does not lead to an Ofqual regulated qualification but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills towards regulated qualifications in the future. The unit summary can be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this sector. To this end, the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 3 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of difficulty involved in successful completion by the learner.

The course itself has been designed by UKDLP to meet specific learners’ or employers’ requirements. ABC Awards’ endorsement involves a robust and rigorous quality audit by external inspectors to ensure quality is consistently met. A regular review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.

WHAT SKILLS ARE NEEDED TO REGISTER ONTO THIS COURSE?

You do not need any prior knowledge to register onto this program.

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE COST OF MY COURSE?

Comprehensive study guide
Dedicated personal tutor support
Dedicated student support
Assignment marking and feedback
Exclusive Open Study College Pen
Student study planner
Three colour highlighter
Student notebook
Document wallet
FREE NUS Extra card worth £12.00
FREE CV writing service

ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS?

Everything you need is included in the price!

I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?

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12 Months

120 Hours of study time

Online

Teaching Assistant Level 2 and Child Psychology Level 3

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