Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties - Level 2 Certificate (NCFE)

This qualification aims to give you knowledge of different specific learning difficulties, how they are diagnosed and how individuals can be supported.

This qualification is suitable for teaching staff, care staff or anyone looking to build their knowledge of dyslexia and other learning difficulties and for those working within healthcare, social care, and education contexts.

You can enrol on our FREE distance learning courses from the comfort of your own home, with all workbooks and assessments available online with the help of your tutor who will be assigned to support you throughout your training. All you’ll need is a computer (laptop or PC, Windows, or Mac), tablet and access to the internet.

Awarding body: NCFE/CACHE
Duration of course: 2-3 Months
Guided learning hours: 129

To be awarded the Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties, learners are required to successfully complete 5 mandatory units:

• Unit 01 – Understand specific learning difficulties
• Unit 02 – Understand the effects of specific learning difficulties
• Unit 03 – Understand the diagnosis of specific learning difficulties
• Unit 04 – Understanding supporting individuals with specific learning difficulties
• Unit 05 – Understand the context of specific learning difficulties

To enrol with us you must live in London or a non-devolved area of England and:

• Be aged 19 or over
• Be able to provide a British or Irish Passport with three years’ residency in the EU/EEA or
• Have a European Union Settlement Scheme residence (EUSS) with three years’ residency in the EU/EEA and UK and have lived in the UK prior to 31 December 2020 or
• Have a biometric residence card permitting study in the UK along with having lived in the UK for the at least the last three years and
• Be able to provide current proof of JSA, IS, UC or ESA or proof of salary

You will be contacted and asked to complete a short English assessment and enrolment, online or at the college.

FREE – If you meet the eligibility criteria

The qualification can support progression to further sector-specific training and qualifications for the following types of roles:

• Education 
• Early Years Education 
• Health and Social Care
• Hospitality 
• Voluntary sector