FDA Professional Practice In Special Educational Needs And Disability Foundation degree at Lincoln Bishop University

This module provides an induction to higher education (HE) set within the context of your own learning and supports the development of academic literacies. The module provides underpinning foundations for formal learning in the HE context and establishes the principles of professional learning in the context of the workplace. The module content includes understanding the self as a learner. It introduces theoretical knowledge, study skills and techniques. These will enable you to engage effective

Assessment: portfolio of coursework

This module enables you to relate theoretical perspectives on learning to your everyday practice, supporting the learning of children, young people and/or adults in professional contexts. The module will encourage you to make connections between theoretical understanding and your day-to-day work, the module promotes the application of theory to practice, as a fundamental skill for you, both as a Higher Education (HE) learner and an effective Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) practi

Assessment: oral presentation

This module will explore the professional field of Special Educational Needs, Disability and Inclusion (SENDI), and the drivers, barriers and affordances to inclusive practice. It underpins all subsequent modules at Levels 4 and 5. The module will raise your awareness of the broader contexts of your day-to-day practice, by exploring educational and social models of disability and inclusion, with reference to national and international social policy. Content includes over-arching philosophies of

Assessment: coursework and practical assignments

This module will challenge you to consider how diverse, individual needs are identified, assessed, and supported in practice. The module content examines a range of diverse needs, their causes, and the associated implications for learning. The module will enable you to extend your knowledge and understanding of the ways in which diverse needs can be supported. You will be encouraged to think critically about effective practice in a range of diverse settings. You will draw upon your own professi

Assessment: coursework (essay) evaluating assessment methods for SEND

This module provides an opportunity for you to evaluate the principles of effective inclusion, when applied directly to your day-to-day practice. Teaching and learning in this module will provide a framework for a work-based project in which you will construct a case-study to demonstrate effective identification, assessment and support for individual needs, in practice. This will include structured approaches to planning, teaching, learning and assessment in relation to the chosen case (for exam

This module provides an introduction to the collaborative approaches needed to support the health, welfare, safety and safeguarding needs of children, young people and/or adults with SEND. It considers effective collaboration with a range of colleagues, families, and/or relevant, specialist professionals and external agencies, as a means to promote positive outcomes for individuals with SEND. The module promotes emerging critical thinking, by exploring the strengths of effective collaboration an

This module will introduce you to a range of social, emotional and well-being difficulties that might impact upon individuals at different stages of their learning journey. The module investigates risks to learners' psychological health and wellbeing and examines strategies for identification and support. The module emphasises the need for practitioners to develop a reflective understanding of the nature of mental well-being and interventions that may be provided. This module will challenge you

Assessment: assessment tasks will require you to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the module's core concepts, in relation to practice

This module enables students to focus closely on their own day-to-day practice. It is tailored to students' professional contexts and enables them to align their academic study to their own specialism, interest, or career ambitions, exploring how policy relates to individual pupils' needs. Students will select a category of need as appropriate to their own professional practice. They will carry out a detailed investigation of the surrounding social and political contexts, support structures and

Assessment: assessment tasks enable students to demonstrate their acquired knowledge and apply it to their professional practice

This module takes a global perspective and challenges students to consider approaches to SEND in international contexts. The content will re-visit international frameworks for SEND and inclusion introduced in PPSN40323 Understanding the policy and practice of SEND and inclusion and offer examples of international policy and practice in SEND. Students will be asked to compare and contrast a range of international examples and to analyse and critically evaluate these in the context of established

Assessment: assessment tasks target graduate attributes and academic skills development in information literacy, critical thinking and global citizenship

This module introduces you to research as an aspect of your academic development and professional practice and offers an opportunity for you to extend and demonstrate your knowledge and understanding in a specific aspect of SEND practice. Teaching and learning is delivered through a combination of whole group lectures, small group and independent work, supported by in-person and/or online tutorials. The VLE will be an integral part of the teaching and learning in this module, providing resources