(Short Course) Additional Learning Needs: Navigating the ALN framework in Wales

Education student

Course details

Year of entry

2026

Duration

12 Weeks

Institution Code

G53

Location

Blended Learning, Wrexham

Why choose this course?

The course is aimed at individuals currently working within or aspiring to join the childcare or education workforce in Wales. Are you looking to enhance your knowledge and understanding of the new ALN Framework in Wales? Do you want to stay updated on policy changes and best practices within the Welsh education system?


Consider enrolling on our Additional Learning Needs: Navigating the ALN framework in Wales short course.

Reasons to study:

  • Practical Skills Development - The course provides an opportunity for you to enhance and complement your professional skills and equip you with the knowledge required to navigate the new policy landscape. Focusing on the identification, assessment, and support processes outlined in the ALN Code, this course ensures you are well-prepared to meet statutory obligations while fostering an inclusive learning environment. 
  • Flexibility: The course is designed with busy adults in mind, taking a blended approach to study, with a mixture of optional contact on campus and online materials to work through in your own time. Perfect for those who want to work on their own continuing professional development but are juggling other commitments.   
  • Personal Growth: The module provides opportunities for reflective practice, enabling participants to critically evaluate their approaches and adapt to the challenges of implementing the new ALN system. 

Key course features

  • Gain an increased understanding of the latest policy developments and best practices within the Welsh education system. 
  • Reflect and evaluate your own approaches and learn how to adapt to the challenges of implementing the new ALN system. 
  • Develop a range of professional skills including the identification, assessment, and support processes outlined in the ALN Code.
  • Gain CPD evidence to support your future career development in the childcare or education workforce.
  • Blended learning approach combining optional contact at Wrexham University campus and a series of online learning tasks. 

What you will study

This short course will develop students’ knowledge and understanding of the new ALN Framework in Wales, enabling them to stay updated on policy changes and best practices within the Welsh education system. 

The course enhances and complements students’ professional skills, equipping them with the knowledge required to navigate the new policy landscape. Focusing on the identification, assessment, and support processes outlined in the ALN Code, this course ensures students are well-prepared to meet statutory obligations while fostering an inclusive learning environment.   

The course provides opportunities for reflective practice, enabling participants to critically evaluate their approaches and adapt to the challenges of implementing the new ALN system.  

By the end of the course, students will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of contemporary legislation designed to support an identified ALN and justify a range of intervention/support strategies which promote inclusion and support for a child or young person (and their family) with an ALN.  

Teaching & Assessment

The course will adopt a blended learning approach and will include: 

  • Introduction session – Face to face on campus (option to join online) 
  • 10 weekly sessions consisting of:  2 hours asynchronous online tasks and 1 hour workbook task 
  • Conclusion session – Face to face on campus (option to join online) 

The assessment for this course will be the completion of a Reflective Workbook covering the module Learning Outcomes. Students will be assessed at Level 4.