Description
This SEND online course is specifically designed to give learners a better understanding of what SEND is, the barriers that children with SEND face, the professional roles played in supporting children with SEND in your setting, and how to provide enabling and inclusive environments. The course includes optional voiceover recorded by a professional actor and culminates with an assessment.
What Law and Legislation is covered in this SEND Online Course?
This course covers key points from:
- Equality Act 2010
- Keeping Children Safe in Education
A CPD Certified Online Course
This online course has reached the required Continuing Professional Development (CPD) standards and benchmarks, and the learning values have been scrutinised to ensure the integrity and quality by the CPD Certification Service.
Learning objectives
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Identify what SEND is, the categories of disabilities, and the correct language to use.
- Recognise different barriers that children with SEND face including physical, social and communication barriers, and how to remove or reduce these barriers through integration and inclusion.
- Understand safeguarding for those with SEND including the types of abuse, how children with SEND are more vulnerable to abuse, and how the signs of abuse may present differently.
- Know how to create enabling and inclusive environments within your setting, and some of the tools and methods that can support children with SEND with daily tasks and communication,
- Define the roles that are played when supporting a child with SEND, and further ways to support children with SEND in your setting.
Entry requirements
There are no entry requirements.






