Helping with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

Learn to offer the right support to people with special educational needs. Understand the legislation and guidance around supporting SEND in the community.

This SEN course gives you a taste of equality and diversity issues. It can help you be more effective in your voluntary or charity work.

If you’d like to learn more skills for community work, you could take courses in holding meetings or recruiting volunteers. This course can also be a stepping stone to further SEND courses if you want to deepen your knowledge in this area.

If you’re considering jobs with special educational needs and disabilities, this course can help you decide if you want to progress to an accredited SEN course.

To study this SEN course you’ll need an internet connection. This is so you can access our digital learning platform, Canvas.

The WEA is committed to accessible adult education for all. If you have any accessibility requirements, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Most of our courses are free for most of our learners. Please note that you need to reach the end of the enrolment process to see the discounts.