
Learn how residential care facilities help children to live with disabilities in this free online caregiving course. The growing number of children with disabilities is a concern that demands more awareness and caregiving competence. We discuss the responsibilities of carers, which include family members and professionals. This course discusses the various disabilities children suffer and the effects they have on quality of life. We explore the principles of residential care, including child-led provision, assessment and effective residential care planning.
| Course Category | Business |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Compare the medical model of disability and the social model of disability • Define ‘learning disabilities’ and explain how they affects reading, writing, speaking and listening in children • Discuss the impact of child disability on families living with a disabled child • Describe the grieving process a family goes through when their child is first diagnosed with a disability • Discuss the key principles that underpin residential childcare and how to apply them • List the duties and responsibilities of residential childcare services • Describe various disabilities, their unique characteristics and causes • Explain how to carry out the assessment and effective planning of a residential childcare • Discuss the concept of the child-led model of provision |
| Course Code | 1176 |



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