You have been studying: Understanding the child: development and difficulties (level C)

This module details the learning needs of children and young people with severe, profound and complex learning difficulties. It provides insight into their physical, communication, cognitive, social and emotional development, supported by works from key educational thinkers. Teachers need to be able to identify and use the differences in these learners' development trajectories to provide a relevant, achievable and sustainable education experience. Teaching that does not properly consider their development can lead to pupils becoming disengaged, not only as learners, but also socially and emotionally from people and life experiences.

Becoming a teacher of children with SLD/PMLD/CLDD. Of interest to those already working with children with complex needs and wanting to enhance their skills and knowledge. Useful for CPD and induction.

For this progress review, we’ll ask you a series of questions to help you identify any resources within the module that you may want to revisit. These will cover the following areas:

  • Understanding the child: development and difficulties

How does it work?

You’ll be asked to answer a series of questions based on the module’s content. They are a mixture of straightforward yes/no questions, and multiple choice questions requiring one or several answers. They are grouped into clusters according to the topics listed above, and you can complete as many clusters as you like.

You can bookmark this page if you want to complete the progress review at a later date.

How to use your progress report

Once you’ve finished, you’ll see a page that you can print or download, listing the resources that we recommend you review.

View an example progress report (PDF, 20KB)