Optional Units - Cache

CYPOP 6: Support disabled children and young people and those with specific requirementsAdditional information about the unit:Relationship to occupational standards –provided with the QCF unitCCLD 312 Support children with disabilities or specialeducational needs and their families418 Co-ordinate and support provision for disabledchildren and those with special educational needsNOS for Sensory Services-Standards1-7Guidance for developing assessment arrangements for the unit:Additional unit assessment requirements -provided with the QCF unitUnit assessment guidance – provided bythe sectorLearning outcomes 2, 3 and 4 must be assessed in areal work environment.Types of support and information e.g.:• learning to use sign language, Makaton• speech board• social and emotional such as coming to termswith impact of disability on own family• financial• information about services and availability• information about children’s and families rights.Assess a child or young person’s learning, play orleisure needs:• observations• information from others• preferences of the child or young person• finding solutions to obstacles• looking at how to overcome barriers.Units need to be assessed in line with the Skills for Careand Development QCF Assessment Principles.Unit assessment guidance - provided byCACHELearning outcome 2, 3 and 4 must be assessed in realwork environments by a qualified occupationallycompetent assessor. Simulation is not permitted.© CACHE 2013 Version 5.0 57