Applying Strategies for Engaging and Teaching Persons with Learning Disabilities
About This Course
By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
1.Identify the characteristics of persons with learning disabilities
2.Explain the impact of learning disabilities on learning and adaptive living
3.Apply intervention strategies when communicating with individuals with learning disabilities
4.Provide basic behaviour supports when responding to behaviours of persons with learning disabilities
5.Apply teaching strategies when working with persons with learning disabilities
What You'll Learn
Entry Requirements
The skills and knowledge for this course, which the learner is assumed to possess, are as follows:
* basic understanding of the different types of disabilities
* A minimum of GCE ‘N’ Level with credits including English Language as a first language; or
* Be able to listen, speak, read and write English at a proficiency level equivalent to the Employability Skills Workforce Skills Qualifications (ES WSQ) Workplace Literacy (WPL) Level 5