UNDERSTAND INFANT & CHILD MENTAL HEALTH TO PROMOTE SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT L2 Award

Level 1
Further Education
eCampus
OCN NI

Overview

The OCN NI Level 2 Award in Infant and Child Mental Health to Support Social and Emotional Development has been designed to enable the learner to understand the factors that affect infant mental health and development.

The objectives of the qualification are to enable learners to understand:

Social and emotional development in infants from 0-3 years.
How mental health and other factors may affect a child’s social and emotional development.
How to support a child’s social and emotional development.
How to use everyday care routines and activities to support independence, health, safety and well-being.
How to support children through life transitions including strategies and activities that support a child’s social and emotional development.

There are no formal entry requirements for this qualification but applicants must be at least 16 years of age.

Modules:

Understand social and emotional development in infants from 0-3 years.
Understand how mental health and other factors may affect a child’s social and emotional development.
Understand how to support a child’s social and emotional development.
Understand how to use everyday care routines and activities to support independence, health, safety and wellbeing.
Understand how to support children through life transitions.
Be aware of strategies and activities that support a child’s social and emotional development.

This qualification is internally assessed and verified through completion of coursework. It is also externally quality assured.

The OCN NI Level 2 Award in Infant and Child Mental Health will allow learners to progress to other OCN NI qualifications in the areas of learning and development for early years. The College offer a wide variety of continuing professional development courses in this area on both a full-time an part-time basis.