Course Description
Special Needs Assistant – QQI Level 5 – Intensive 1 week
Portobello Institute
This intensive special Needs Assistant Certificate course is suited to anyone who has an interest in Special Needs Education, whether to pursue it as a career or use the knowledge for personal or family reasons.
The field of Special Needs Education is one of enormous variety and ever changing needs. Portobello Institute wish to respond to the true needs within the sector by offering a course that will equip our students not only with knowledge but with empathy and understanding crucial to their future role as support to persons needing assistance in their learning. Our research in the field has found that Special Needs Assistants require practical skills and knowledge in a wide range of behaviours and abilities. Thus, we try to encapsulate the lifelong experience of persons with Special Needs within our courses, in Level 5 and in greater detail at Level 6.
Special offer applies when booking Level 5 & 6 together with new low price of €1150. A saving of €95.
| College Name | Portobello Institute |
| Course Category | Education, Special Needs Assistant Training |
| Course Type | Classroom Based |
| Course Location | Dublin, Ireland |
| Location Postcode | Dublin 1 |
| Course Start Date | 20th January 2020 |
| Course End Date | 24th January 2020 |
| Course Fee | €595 |
| Course Duration | This is a 1 week intensive course. Learners must complete 20 hours work experience as part of this course. |
| Course Times | 9.30am - 4.30pm Several intakes per year - please check our website for upcoming dates www.portobelloinstitute.com |
| Awarding Body | QQI |
| Title of Awarding | Level 5 |
| Entry Requirements | Entry to this course is by direct application to the college. To access programmes leading to this award the learner should have reached the standards of knowledge, skill and competence associated with the preceding level of the National Framework of Qualifications. This may have been achieved through a formal qualification or through relevant life and work experience. |
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