Courses
QQI Level 5 in Intellectual Disability Practice 5M1761
Accredited Training in
- Lámh Sign Language Programme
- Occupational First Aid
- Túsla Child Protection Online Training
- People Moving and Handling
Special Needs Assisting and Intellectual Disability Studies
Duration: 4 days a week between 9am and 1.15pm. September to May (Note: This is a full-time course).
Coordinator: Claire Conlan
Are you looking to work as a Special Needs Assistant (SNA) in primary or post-primary schools, or other care settings? Our one-year QQI Level 5 course in Intellectual Disability Practice 5M1761 can help you gain the knowledge and skills required for this role.
Upon successful completion of our course, you will have the opportunity to progress to theQQI Level 6 course in Advanced Training in Special Needs Assisting and Inclusion in Sallynoggin College of Further Education.
“I would highly recommend Sallynoggin College of Further Education for everybody. It is an inclusive College where everyone is most welcome and where students mix well and interact with each other. I started my life as a student a month before my 60th birthday and the experience has been absolutely fantastic and has changed my life. I completed three different full-time courses in Sallynoggin which were inter-linked. It is not just a learning environment, it is a community also and I really enjoyed my time there.”
Eileen Young – (Graduate, 2020)
Employment Opportunities
- Primary Schools as a Special Needs Assistant
- Secondary Schools as a Special Needs Assistant
- Further Education Colleges as a Personal Assistant
- Public and private health sectors for children and adults with additional needs
- Community care services
Entry Requirement
Education Progression
| TU Dublin Blanch/Tallaght | Early Childhood Care &Education G | Level 7 | TU790 |
| TU Dublin Blanch/Tallaght | Early Childhood Care &Education G | Level 8 | TU989 |
| TU Dublin Blanchardstown | Applied Social Studies in Social Care G | Level 7 | TU791 |
| TU Dublin Blanchardstown | Applied Social Studies in Social Care G | Level 8 | TU991 |
| TU Dublin Blanchardstown | Community and Youth Development G | Level 7 | TU792 |
| TU Dublin Blanchardstown | Community Dev. & Youth Work G | Level 8 | TU992 |
| TU Dublin Tallaght | Applied Social Care G | Level 8 | TU997 |
| Marino Institute of Education | Early Childhood Education | Level 8 | CM020 |
| UCD | Social Sciences | Level 8 | DN700 |
| UCD | Social Policy and Sociology | Level 8 | DN750 |
| UCD | Psychology | Level 8 | DN720 |
| DCU | Education and Training G | Level 8 | DC235 |
| DCU | Early Childhood Education G | Level 8 | DC001 |
| DCU | Law and Society | Level 8 | DC232 |
| DCU | Arts- Politics | Level 8 | DC295 |
| IADT | Applied Psychology | Level 8 | DL825 |
| NCI | Psychology € | Level 8 | NC010 |
| NCI | Early Childhood Education & Care G | Level 8 | NC030 |
| Maynooth University | Psychology | Level 8 | MH106 |
| Maynooth University | Social Science | Level 8 | MH107 |
| Maynooth University | Law | Level 8 | MH501 |
| Maynooth University Law (Options) | Level 8 | MH502 | |
| Maynooth University | Community and Youth Work G+ | Level 8 | MH116 |
| Maynooth University | Arts | Level 8 | MH101 |
| Dundalk IT | Community Youth Work G+ | Level 7 | DK767 |
| Dundalk IT | Social Care G | Level 8 | DK862 |
| UCC | Social Science | Level 8 | CK102 |
| UCC | Social Science-Youth & Comm. G+AE | Level 8 | CK114 |
| South East TU | Social Science | Level 8 | WD187 |
| South East TU | Psychology | Level 8 | WD163 |
| South East TU | Early Childhood Care and Education G | Level 8 | WD231 |
| South East TU | Applied Social Care G | Level 7 | WD018 |
| South East TU | Social Care Practice G | Level 8 | WD192 |
| DBS | Applied Social Care G | Level 7 | DB528 |
| DBS | Applied Social Care G | Level 8 | DB527 |
| DBS | Social Science | Level 8 | DB566 |
| DBS | Psychology | Level 8 | DB562 |
For a more detailed list of progression options please www.cao.ie
