Teaching Assistant QLS Level 2 and Child Psychology QLS Level 3

Child Psychology QLS Level 3

Unit 1 Defining child psychology

• How can we define childhood?
• Historical perspectives of childhood
• Emergence of psychology
• Psychoanalytical perspective
• Behaviourism
• Classical conditioning
• Changing behaviour
• The cognitive, physiological, scientific, humanistic and evolutionary approaches to psychology
• Research methods in psychology
• Child psychology tools

Unit 2 Forming relationships in childhood

• Attachment
• Nature/nurture debate
• Bowlby's theory
• Innate programming
• Different types of attachment
• Disruption of attachment
• The child's first relationship

Unit 3 Perception, cognition and language

• Understanding language
• Cognitive structure and input
• Plurals, syntax and grammar
• The relevance of language to child psychology
• Cognition
• Vision and cognitive development
• Hearing and cognitive development
• Perception
• Piaget
• Socialisation

Unit 4 Emotional, social, and moral development

• Social learning theory
• Cognitive priming
• Kohlberg's perspective
• Eisenberg's perspective
• Emotion and morality
• Temperament and emotional development

Unit 5 Children’s minds

• Memory and memory processes
• Short- and long-term memory
• Models of memory
• Prenatal memory and learning
• From memory to mental activity
• The organisation of children's minds
• How children view others in their world
• How does all this relate to child psychology?

Unit 6 Moving towards adulthood

• Adolescence
• Development
• Having a sense of gender
• Change

Teaching Assistant QLS Level 2

Unit 1 Supporting teaching and learning activities in schools

• How teaching assistants can support the teacher in planning, teaching and evaluation of the learning activities.
• The stages of planning.
• Problems that may occur when supporting learning activities.
• Strategies a teaching assistant may use to support pupils learning.
• Providing feedback on learning activities to the teacher.

Unit 2 Communication and relationships with children, young people and adults

• Communicating and developing positive working relationships with children and young people.
• Communicating with adults.
• Differences in communicating with adults and children.
• Disagreements with adults and children.
• Communication difficulties.

Unit 3 Provide effective support for your colleagues

• The role and responsibilities of the teaching assistant.
• Understanding the roles and responsibilities of others in the school team
• The role of external professionals.
• Maintaining good working relationships.
• Professional practice within schools.

Unit 4 Safeguarding children and young people: the maintenance of a safe working environment

• Legislation, policies, and procedures for safeguarding children.
• Prepare and maintain a safe working environment for children.
• The procedures and actions in response to an emergency in school.
• Types of abuse that children may experience.
• Behaviour management.

Unit 5 Supporting children's and young people's development

• Understanding physical, emotional, communication, social, and behavioural development.
• Observation methods used to record learning and development.
• Transitions that children may experience.

Unit 6 Schools as organisations

• Structures of education.
• Specialist schools.
• Legislation and school policies.
• The national curriculum.
• The Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED).
• The primary framework.
• Early years foundation stage.

Who is this course for?

This course is ideal for anyone considering a career as a teaching assistant who wants to understand more about the role, or someone currently working in a support role in a school who wishes to expand their existing knowledge.

Assessment

This course is assessed by a series of assignments which are submitted to your tutor for marking. No external examination or practical work is required, so you can complete all assessed work from home.

Course duration

You may start at any time and have two full years to complete your studies. We suggest that the course will take approximately 160 hours to complete. This allows you to work at your own pace, without the pressure of tight deadlines.

Study method

This bundle course will be studied entirely via distance learning, meaning you will complete your learning either from home or a place that suits you. Full tutor support will be available via email, so if you have any questions or need some guidance, your tutor will be here to help. Your course materials will include a series of self-assessment exercises and tutor-marked questions to allow both yourself and your tutor to monitor your progress.

The study method you choose depends on your personal learning style. Your options are:

• Study pack: if you choose the study pack option, you will be sent a set of printed course materials.
• Study online: if you choose this option, you will be sent your login details to our online portal through which you will access your course materials digitally. You can access your course via a desktop/laptop computer, tablet, or smartphone.

Course outcome

Once you have successfully completed this course, you will receive two certificates of achievement in Teaching Assistant QLS Level 2 and Child Psychology QLS Level 3 from the Quality License Scheme. You will also receive a learner unit summary which will list the components you have completed as part of your course.

Please note: the completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification, but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. If you are looking for a course that will lead to a teaching assistant qualification, please consider enrolling on our NCFE CACHE Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning instead.

Awarding body

This course has been endorsed by the Quality License Scheme for its high-quality course materials. This course has been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme who endorse high-quality, non-regulated provisions and training programmes. This course and/or training programme is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example, progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.

The teaching assistant section of this course has been benchmarked at level 2 against level descriptors published by Ofqual to indicate the depth of knowledge and understanding that you would expect at this level. The child psychology section of this course has been benchmarked at level 3 against level descriptors published by Ofqual to indicate the depth of knowledge and understanding that you would expect at this level.

The Quality License Scheme’s endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.

What next?

If after completing this course, you decide you wish to pursue a career as a teaching assistant, we recommend studying our NCFE CACHE Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning which will lead to you becoming a fully qualified teaching assistant.