Certificate in Facilitated Learning (Systematic Instruction)

This accredited Level 6 course will help you hone your skills as a trainer of people with disabilities. It explores developing and implementing an individual training plan for a person with a disability using the Systematic Instruction teaching strategy. Person centredness is at the heart of this programme, so it is highly relevant for day services staff needing to implement practices in line with New Directions.

During the 6-week course, you will work in partnership with a person with a disability to support them to develop a skill to achieve a goal they have set as part of their person-centred plan.

After successfully completing the course, here are just some of the things you should be able to do:

• Support the person to identify a meaningful skill that will support them to achieve the goals they have set.
• Explain the key learning and teaching approaches and where Systematic Instruction aligns with best practice in skills training.
• Devise and implement a Training Programme that demonstrates best practices in skills training, specifically
  • Write a clear training objective
  • State the standard to which the task is to be learnt
  • Write a task analysis that is accurate and easy to implement
  • Ensure accurate recording of the learner’s progress
  • Deliver training that is individualised to the learner’s characteristics
  • Implement appropriate learning strategies based on antecedent changes, consequential changes and modifications to the task and the environment
  • Devise a support plan that will ensure the skill is maintained so that the learner can progress towards obtaining their home and community goals.
• Evaluate yourself as a trainer.

Course Content

Unit 1: Meaningful Training

To apply you must:

• Have successfully completed a Leaving Certificate/QQI/FETAC Level 5 Certificate or
  be 23 years of age when you apply
• be employed or volunteering in a service for people with disabilities for at least 10 hours a week.
• International Applicants must provide appropriate documentary evidence of proficiency in English (i.e. IELTS 6.