Specialist Support at Weston College

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Specialist Support at Weston College

• Barbara Titmuss Advanced Practitioner
• Jenny Sutherland Specialist Tutor (AS)
• Sam LaTouche Specialist Tutor (B4L)

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Today

• Our Roles and how they developed
• The status of Specialist Support
• The Provision at the present time
• Ofsted
• The FdA Inclusive Practice
• Future Developments

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Context 2006

• Context for developing Specialist
  Support.complex and varied LDD requiring
  specialist knowledge.
• Key Factors Training and qualifications to
  underpin existing experience of support staff.
• FdA Inclusive Practice developed for Autism and
  Behaviour as the 2 specialisms, in the first
  instance.

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FdA Inclusive Practice

• 120 credits at Level 1 in year 1
• 120 credits at Level 2 in year 2.
• 6 modules are studied at Level 1, all of which
  are mandatory.
• Year 1 Level 1 - 20 Credit modules
• Introduction to Education Policy and Disability
  Equality
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• Thinking and Learning
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• Supporting Professional Practice
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•  Behaviour for Learning
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•  Voice of the Learner
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•  Contributing to the support of People with
  Autistic Spectrum Conditions
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Year 2

• In year 2 select from optional modules in
  Autism, Spld and Behaviour for Learning (B4L).
• Supporting people with Autistic Spectrum
  Conditions
• Understanding Learners with Literacy Difficulties
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• Supporting Professional Practice
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• Independent Study choose from Autism, Spld or
  Behaviour for Learning
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•  Working in Partnership Parents and
  Professionals
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• Contributions to Social Cohesion and Well Being
  in Educational Settings
• Year 3 BA Hons
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Questions posed at the time

• Why develop a Foundation Degree at Weston
  College?
• Who is it for?
• How, when and where should it be delivered?

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The Answers

• Enabling career path for Support staff through
  work based learning
• Flexible delivery timing and location of
  teaching and learning
• Variety of assessment approaches portfolios,
  presentations, observations in the workplace as
  well as formal writing
• Learning in partnership

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Potential Modules for the future

• PMLD
• Sensory
• Mental Health
• Counselling

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Q A

• Please contact us on
• Tel [phone] extension 360/371
• Direct line 411597
• Weston College Knightstone road Weston super Mare
  North Somerset BS232AL
• Email Barbara.titmuss_at_weston.ac.uk
• Jenny.sutherland_at_weston.ac.uk
• Sam.Latouche_at_weston.ac.uk
• Helen.Moore_at_weston.ac.uk