Pre-requisites

None.

Co-requisites

None.

Competencies covered

Competency: CHCEDS048 Work with students in need of additional learning support

Element: 1. Contribute to team planning for students in need of additional support.

 1.1. Identify, in collaboration with the teacher, the specific learning needs of individual student.
1.2. Identify existing or potential barriers to learning.
1.3. Provide observations to the education team to inform planning for student requiring additional learning support.
1.4. Develop expectations for student using a collaborative approach under the guidance of the teacher.
1.5. Contribute to strategies developed by the education team to improve student access to learning.
1.6. Identify and assemble required resources, modifying or adapting activities based on student needs with guidance from teacher.

Element: 2. Provide support to students in need of additional support.

 2.1. Implement planned strategies to meet the needs of individual student.
2.2. Use inclusive approaches and encourage student in ways which promote their positive self-concept and self-esteem.
2.3. Use language, equipment, materials and strategies suited to individual student needs.
2.4. Provide student with regular opportunities for practising new skills.
2.5. Monitor student progress and inform teachers on a regular basis.
2.6. Provide suggestions to teachers to improve learning opportunities for student.

Element: 3. Respond to indicators of risk to student emotional wellbeing.

 3.1. Identify and report uncharacteristic student behaviour that may indicate a risk to student emotional wellbeing.
3.2. Respond to indicators of potential risk according to organisational policies and procedures.
3.3. Report behaviours which may pose a risk to student emotional wellbeing to teachers or other team members, according to organisational procedures.
Competency: CHCEDS051 Facilitate learning for students with disabilities

Element: 1. Establish the context for working with students with disabilities.

 1.1. Identify and access organisational policies and procedures and regulatory requirements for working with students with a disability.
1.2. Recognise and reflect on how personal values and attitudes towards disability may impact working with students.
1.3. Use reflection to inform own ways of working and improvements in practice.

Element: 2. Use inclusive practices.

 2.1. Use appropriate and non-discriminatory language.
2.2. Use strategies to enhance all students’ sense of belonging to encourage participation.
2.3. Interact with all students in ways that show respect for individual rights, opinions and student confidentiality.
2.4. Identify and take steps that support a safe learning environment for all students.
2.5. Identify and use opportunities to promote a sense of belonging for students with disability.

Element: 3. Provide support to teachers.

 3.1. Use knowledge of individual students to provide input on goals and support strategies for the student.
3.2. Gather and accurately record data as directed by the teacher.
3.3. Identify, prepare and maintain resources that support the learning of students with disabilities.

Element: 4. Contribute to individual behaviour plans.

 4.1. Provide observations of students to inform individual behaviour plans.
4.2. Contribute to student development meetings using a collaborative and constructive approach.
4.3. Implement agreed support strategies with teacher guidance.
Competency: CHCEDS056 Provide support to students with autism spectrum disorder

Element: 1. Research autism spectrum disorder.

 1.1. Identify and access current and authoritative sources of information about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and its diagnosis.
1.2. Source and review information on the ways in which students with ASD learn.
1.3. Identify effective teaching and learning practices that meet individual needs based on research undertaken.

Element: 2. Provide support to teachers.

 2.1. Contribute to goal setting for students as part of the education team based on knowledge of ASD.
2.2. Identify and prepare resources for individual students with ASD within scope of own work role.

Element: 3. Provide support to students.

 3.1. Support the student to have positive social interactions using techniques suited to the individual.
3.2. Support teaching strategies used by the teacher through modelling and reinforcement.
3.3. Identify and discuss student progress with the teacher and other professionals.
3.4 Identify situations that pose a risk to safety of self, the student and others and follow organisational procedures.

Unit Description

This unit cluster (E) focuses on Additional and special needs support and covers the following competencies:

Topics

Additional and special needs support

Unit offerings

Face to face: (Demand based)

Please note

The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.

This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.