MANAGING CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS Level 2 Award

Level 2
Skill Up
eCampus

Overview

The OCN NI Level 2 Award in Managing Challenging Behaviour in Children and Young Adults has been designed to enable the learner to understand the reasons for and effects of challenging behaviour in children and young people and how challenging behaviour may be managed and what support is available.

This course is fully funded through the SkillUP Flexible Skills Fund. All applicants must meet the entry requirements outlined below.

This qualification is targeted at learners/practitioners who wish to or currently work with children and/or young people who exhibit challenging behaviour.

This course is funded through the SkillUP Flexible Skills Fund. All applicants must meet the following entry requirements:

Applicants must be 18 years of age on or before the course start date.
Applicants must be eligible to work in Northern Ireland.
Applicants must be ‘settled’ in Northern Ireland, and have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least three years; or are a person who has indefinite leave to enter or remain in the UK.
Candidates are only permitted to complete a maximum of two free courses at a time.

The objectives of the qualification are to enable learners to:

Understand the effects of challenging behaviour in children and young people and how it may be managed
Know how to seek support to deal with challenging behaviour in children and young people
Be able to plan an activity that will minimise challenging behaviour

There will be one assessment with this qualification. Access to a computer and internet is required to facilitate engagement and completion of assessment material.