Working with babies and children who have additional support needs (ASN) is specialist and demanding work. To do so effectively, it is important that practitioners have the knowledge and understanding that will give them confidence to plan for the care and education of children with additional needs and to work with their families. For this reason, the Scottish Government has funded the production of a free online course, ‘Identifying and responding to additional support needs in ELC’, which offers early learning and childcare practitioners an opportunity to develop their knowledge in this important area.
The course takes 12 hours to complete and runs over six weeks. It is designed to assist learners to reflect on their own biases around disability and what is meant by ‘additional needs’. The content guides learners through practice scenarios where they need to consider how to talk with parents about sensitive issues.
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