Welcome to the module ‘Identifying and supporting additional support needs in early learning and childcare’ (ELC).

This module has been commissioned by the Scottish Government and produced in partnership with members of the Early Childhood team at the Open University.

The content of the module reflects Scottish Government policy and is aimed to enhance the quality of practice for supporting children who have additional needs.

Whatever your level of experience and knowledge and whatever ELC setting you work in, you will find content in the module that will help you to reflect and develop your understanding of what you can do to get it right for every child in Scotland.

There will be a number of presentations of this course throughout 2020–2022 as follows:

2020: March, May, July, September and November

2021: January, March, April, June, August and October

2022: January and February

Please enrol on the presentation that best suits your availability.  Enrolment dates will be displayed in the course listings below a few weeks before the next presentation date.

To enrol on any of the courses, you will need to register for an account with OpenLearn Create or login with your existing OU account by clicking the 'Sign up/Sign in' button above.  Once you have done this, please sign in to OpenLearn Create and then enrol on your desired presentation.

Enrolment for the first presentation took place between 23–31 March 2020.

Enrolment for the second presentation took place between 20 April-30 May 2020 (the module started on 18 May).

Enrolment for the third presentation takes place from 4 June-30 July 2020 (the module starts on 13 July).

A transcript of this video can be found on the home page of the module.

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