AHEAD Start Training
This interactive online course will provide professional staff, such as teachers, careers advisors or dedicated support staff with a systematic approach to supporting students with disabilities and includes practical templates for carrying out needs assessments.
Duration
Runs once a year Jan to March.
Participation includes attendance at a number of webinars, coupled with an 18-22 hour online course completed over a 6-8 week term.
Entry Requirements
Available to: Professional staff, such as teachers, careers advisors or dedicated support staff working within Irish Further Education & Training and Higher Education. This course is focused on Irish law and legislation and working in the Irish context. As such, it is open to professional staff working in Ireland only.
Further information
Online Term Start Mid January 2024
Online Term End & Assessment Submission Deadline: End of March 2024
Online course
Staff of AHEAD Member Organisations get huge reductions on this course.
AHEAD Member Rate: €300 per person
Standard Rate: €550 per person
To see if your institution is an AHEAD member and/or enquire about the costs/benefits of membership, please contact us at ahead@ahead.ie
Please note that our payment process has now changed for this course. AHEAD would like to request that all payments be processed through Paypal as part of The Eventbrite registration form. If anyone has an issue with paying through this method please contact Cass Horton at cass.horton@ahead.ie
Submission Deadline: End of March 2024
AHEAD Start Online Course
Are you putting the right accommodations in place to support students and to be legally compliant?
Course information: The number of students with disabilities in education is increasing year on year and educational institutions are legally responsible under Irish law for ensuring that they are included and accommodated. This interactive online course will provide professional staff, such as teachers, careers advisors or dedicated support staff with a systematic approach to supporting students with disabilities and includes practical templates for carrying out needs assessments. These assessments are required to make an application to the National Access Office for the additional funding to support students with disabilities in third level courses and provide evidence of compliance with equality and disability legislative requirements.
The course can be completed anywhere you have access to a computer, internet connection and headphones (see the full requirements in our FAQ) and can be done at times that suit your work schedule (within the specified term time).
Module 1: Disability, Attitudes, Policy & Legislation - A History
Module 2: Understanding Disability
Module 3: Supports & Reasonable Accommodation
Module 4: Needs Assessment & Funding
T: +353 1 592 1467
E: ahead@ahead.ie