If your chosen career path in the area of special needs, you need to obtain the very best training available so you can work at the highest level with the top special needs assistants in the country. The role of a special needs assistant is a very rewarding career with family friendly working hours.
The leading care training company in Ireland is the College of Progressive Education, founded in 1986. The college is quality assured by both FETAC and Froebel College of Education.
Based in Blackrock, Co Dublin, the college has, over the years, trained the majority of qualified special needs assistants employed in the primary school system. Its training programmes, which are run throughout the country, afford learners the opportunity to obtain two FETAC Level 5 certificates together with a Froebel certificate (issued by the college in association with the Froebel College of Education ). The Froebel award is unique to the College of Progressive Education. Froebel College of Education has trained many of the primary school teachers in Ireland and its accreditation is highly regarded by the Department of Education and Science.
The programmes are delivered in a variety of ways to suit individual learners’ needs; courses are offered on a part-time basis (evening or morning ), by traditional distance learning, or online.
The programmes are delivered by qualified and experienced tutors, with backgrounds such as learning support, school principals, or special needs education organisers, all holding adult education qualifications.
This programme from the College of Progressive Education is run over 60 tuition hours. Most importantly, it incorporates a further 30 hours of practical work experience. This means that you will be actually working in and with some of the best special needs care-giving organisations in Ireland as part of your training.
In addition, if learners complete a minimum of 50 hours of work experience they can obtain the FETAC Level 5 work experience module. All these features are unique to the College of Progressive Education.
Should you choose to advance your training further, having successfully completed your Froebel and FETAC Level 5 certificates with the college, you will qualify to progress to the Froebel Diploma and FETAC Level 6 Component Certificate programme. Should you successfully complete both programmes you will be awarded the Froebel Diploma in special needs assistant.
For further information you can contact The College of Progressive Education on 01 4884300 or go online at www.progressivecollege.com or e-mail [email protected]
