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Autism Awareness Level 2
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Autism Awareness Level 2 enhances your understanding of autism, offering practical strategies for effectively engaging with autistic individuals. Ideal for educators, caregivers, and anyone seeking deeper insights into autism.
Autism Awareness Level 2
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About This Course
Autism Awareness Level 2 is an essential online course for those working with autistic children and adults. Understanding autism and its spectrum is crucial for practitioners across various fields.
This nine-module course covers the nature of autism, including social, language, and communication challenges, the triad of impairments, causes, diagnosis, and practical strategies. It also dispels common myths.
Course Benefits
After completing this Autism Awareness course, you can enhance your career prospects and explore new opportunities. The National Autistic Society estimates over 700,000 people in the UK are affected by autism, with many more potentially undiagnosed.
You can study this course via paper or online. It is assessed through tutor-marked assignments. Upon completion, you receive a QLS Level 2 Certificate in Autism Awareness, which is highly regarded in education and care settings.
Course Units
Qualification Title: Autism Awareness Level 2
Unit 1: What Is Autism?
Unit 2: Legislation And Autism
Unit 3: Triad Of Impairments
Unit 4: Explaining Autistic Behaviours
Unit 5: Causes Of Autism
Unit 6: Diagnosing Autism
Unit 7: Approaches To Autism
Unit 8: Practical Suggestions When Working With Autistic Individuals
Unit 9: Explaining The Myths
Assessment
Upon completion, you’ll earn a NIOQ Level 2 Certificate, enhancing your career prospects. Study online or via paper copy, with assessments through tutor-marked assignments.
Required Knowledge
No prior knowledge is needed for this course. It’s open to anyone interested in Autism Awareness. Start anytime and study at your own pace for up to 12 months with full tutor support.
Awarding Body
Upon completing this course, you will receive certification from the National Institution of Qualifications (NIOQ).
The course is designed to meet specific learner or employer needs and is endorsed by NIOQ, ensuring high standards through external quality checks.
NIOQ’s endorsement guarantees access to quality materials, aiding learners in achieving their potential.
Support
From the guidance of our personal tutors whose industry experience within counselling can help to support and mentor your studies, to our comprehensive study guide and course materials; from day one we will go above and beyond to help you succeed in your studies. With twelve months tutor support, you have the option of completing in as little as three months, or using the full twelve months.
You too can take advantage of the extensive knowledge base of our personal tutors and use their experiences to get all of your questions answered. Similarly, our student support team are readily available to lend you their advice and guidance as they help you to decipher your course materials and answer your questions.
Only one click away, you can trust that help will be there when you need it.
Frequently Asked Questions
This is a question that our team are often asked, there are many reasons but here are the main reasons to choose Association of Learning:
- No hidden charges, the price you see includes everything, from tutoring to certification.
- Our average tutor marking time is 3 working days (most providers are 10+).
- Our customers have rated us ‘Excellent’ on Trustpilot.
- Our courses are up to date. Many providers create course content and fail to keep it up to date.
- We are open later than any other home learning provider.
- As many submissions as you need to complete, many providers cap how many times you can submit work.
- All courses are fully endorsed by external awarding organisations.
- 14 day money back guarantee or course switch.
If you need any more reasons to choose Association of Learning, contact our team!
You have 12 months to complete your course, however you can complete at a faster pace without any additional costs. Some of our students have managed to complete in as little as 3 months!
There are two payment options, pay in full for your course or monthly. Our monthly payment option allows you to spread the cost of your course over a number of months.
If you choose to pay using a payment plan, to apply you must be able to answer yes to the following:
- Your billing address is based in the UK
- You have a UK based bank account
- Bill payer must be 18 or above.
No, this course is assignment based, which means you will not have to complete any exams. If your assignment doesn’t pass first time, you can retry as many times as you need within your 12 months support period.
No, this is a distance learning course, which means your assessments will be submitted and marked using our online LMS (Learner Management System).
Unlike other providers, Association of Learning use a fast-track system to get your certificate to you within six weeks (our average is two weeks).
There are no requirements to have completed any courses or have any knowledge of the subject area to enrol on the course. There is no application process and no questions asked when you sign up, it is accessible to anybody.
Your course will start as soon as you sign-up. You could start your journey of learning today!
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