Advanced Practice in Speech Language and Communication Needs

Entry requirements

• An Honours degree (2:2 or above)

Alternatively, we will consider applicants who have equivalent work-based experience/relevant CPD portfolio. This will include:

• A detailed reference from your employer giving information about your role in a setting.
• A detailed CV showing expertise in education and/or SEND.
• A letter of support from yourself explaining how your expertise would allow you to access the course.

You will need a letter of support from your workplace to agree to support the work in the work-based portfolios. An interview, if necessary, may take place.

This course is only open to students who already have the right to live and study in the UK

Months of entry

September

Course content

Our Advanced Practice in Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) programme has been designed specifically for practitioners supporting children and young people with SLCN in educational settings and third-sector organisations. The practice-based learning aims to deliver high-impact change in meeting the needs of the education and applied sector workforce working with children, young people, and families who have additional needs in specch, anguage, and communication needs.

This programme is highly innovative and allows you to gain credit for work-based learning. This allows professionals who work full-time, in settings such as schools or NHS Speech and Language Therapy Assistants, working in settings in the community, to access a voctaionl, work-related and practice-based course.

This unique course focuses on developing your practice in a setting to meet the often-complex needs of children who have barriers to their speech, language and communication which stops them from mkaing prgress educationally, socially and emotionally.

This course does NOT qulify you to practice as a Speech and Language Therapist. For more information about this, vist the ROgal College of Speech and Language Therapists website.