Special Needs Assisting Learner Record: 10 Reflective Journal Entries
This QQI Special Needs Assisting learner record is a reflective journal worth 40 marks. Learners write at least 10 reflections on their learning and changing attitudes about special needs, drawing on case studies in Eilis Flood’s Assisting Children with Special Needs: An Irish Perspective, with Harvard referencing.
| Module | Special Needs Assisting (SNA) |
| Award | QQI (NFQ) Special Needs Assisting |
| Assessment Technique | Learner record (reflective journal) |
| Minimum Entries | 10 reflections |
| Total Marks | 40 |
| Core Text | Eilis Flood, Assisting Children with Special Needs: An Irish Perspective |
| Referencing | Harvard |
Guidelines and Instructions
Your learner record must include a minimum of 10 reflections.
A reflective journal will be kept by learners, detailing:
- Their own learning and attitudinal change in understanding special needs, and the impact that various special educational needs have on the family and the community.
- A focus on the promotion of good practice in working in special educational needs.
- A comprehensive reflection on their experiences in various workplace settings, to reinforce their understanding of the different conditions.
A minimum of ten reflections is necessary. Use the case studies outlined in Assisting Children with Special Needs: An Irish Perspective by Eilis Flood.
Grading Criteria
The learner record is graded according to the following criteria:
- Description of knowledge gained in class and through independent learning
- Description of activities, including challenges or conflict encountered and how they were dealt with
- Reflection on the experience of undertaking this module
- Identification of personal learning throughout the module
Evidence for this assessment technique may take the form of written, oral, graphic, audio, visual or digital evidence, or any combination of these. Any audio, video or digital evidence must be provided in a suitable format.
Assessment Criteria
| Criteria | Marks |
| Description of knowledge gained in class / independent learning | 10 |
| Description of activities, including challenges/conflict encountered and how dealt with | 10 |
| Reflection on their experience of undertaking this module | 10 |
| Identification of their personal learning throughout the module | 10 |
| Total | 40 |
Template Structure for Each Reflection Journal
The centre’s learner record template sets out each journal entry under a topic heading (for example, Reflection Journal 3: Complex Conditions and Syndromes, with a short case study of a pupil with Down syndrome drawn from Flood) followed by four sections:
- Knowledge gained in class / independent learning
- Description of activities, including challenges or conflict encountered and how they were dealt with
- Reflection on own experience of undertaking this module
- Personal learning identified throughout the module
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