Supporting Children and Young People

This qualification provides an introduction to neuroscience in the early years–from birth to seven years. Self-regulation in the early years is a critical set of skills that help children to remain calm, attentive, and able to deal with powerful emotions such as fear, anger, and sadness. Children are not born with these skills; they develop them over time when they are supported to understand their feelings and actions by caring and responsive adults.

This qualification covers key factors that may affect development in children such as stress, adverse childhood experiences, and special educational needs and disabilities.

Through this course, you’ll gain an understanding of neuroscience in early years, and self-regulation and how to nurture this in children from birth to seven years.

The purpose of this qualification is to support anyone who is responsible for the safeguarding of people and for helping prevent radicalisation. It gives learners an understanding of recognising the signs of abuse, how to reduce the risk of radicalisation, and the potential consequences of illegal online activity.

You will gain an understanding of the prevent duty, safeguarding, and online safety.

The early years of childhood are critical for development. Learning the significance of attachment and adverse experiences during this time is important to understand childrens mental health. Whether you are looking to begin work with young children, or you work with children in your current role, having a solid grasp on the importance of a child’s emotional wellbeing is vital.

You will gain an understanding about mental health for young children in the early years, the significance of attachment and adverse childhood experiences for young children in early years, and the role of early-years practitioners in supporting mental health and wellbeing for young children in their early years.

This qualification will provide learners with an opportunity to develop an understanding of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) relevant to their current or future roles and will equip them with basic understanding of techniques for preventing and addressing ACEs in practice.

The qualification focuses on the 0−18 age range. Learners should cover the
full range of ages but focus on their own experience/age group as
appropriate to their work and job roles.

This qualification aims to:
• focus on the study of ACEs
• offer breadth and depth of study, incorporating a key core of knowledge.

The objectives of this qualification are to enable the learner to:
• explore childhood and family structures
• explore ACEs and understand potential outcomes for children enduring ACEs
• understand the role of the practitioner supporting children impacted by ACEs
• develop strategies to improve outcomes for children affected by ACEs.

Learners who achieve this qualification could progress to:
• Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning
• Level 3 Certificate in Understanding Mental Health
• Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Workforce (Early Years Educator)
• Level 4 Certificate in Neuroscience in Early Years
• Level 2 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care
• Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care.

Autism is a spectrum condition that affects how a person communicates with others and how they interpret the world around them. Having a clear understanding of the misconceptions, diagnoses, and support surrounding autism are just some of the essential skills needed when working in mental health.

You will get an introduction to autism, and learn how to use person-centred approach to support individuals with autism. You’ll also learn how to communicate and conduct social interactions with individual with autism, sensory processing, perception, and cognition in individuals with autism. Additionally, you will learn how to support positive behaviour in individuals with autism, and support them to live a healthy and fulfilled lives.

Autism is described by The National Autistic Society as a complex, lifelong developmental disability that typically appears during early childhood and can impact a person’s social skills, communication, relationships, and self-regulation. Individual preference regarding terminology used for an individual on the autism spectrum may vary and must be valued and respected.

You will learn how to adopt a positive approach to supporting individuals with autism, the current legislative framework relating to individuals with autism and how different theories develop overtime, how to support and manage transitions for individuals with autism, the range of therapeutic interventions and support available, how to support communication and social interaction of individuals with autism, and how to develop an understanding of how individuals with autism may be vulnerable and the support workers role and responsibilities relating to safeguarding according to legislative requirements.