What does NQV level 3 or higher teacher assistant mean

[salondon]

... That is part of the ABA tutor qualifications our school is after(among other things). Is it like a few days course or something else?

You dont have to cover much SEN stuff to get an NVQ 3 unless you are actually working with a child with SEN while you are being assessed and even then you wouldnt need indepth knowledge.

A higher lever TA is exactly that, it is someone who has completed an HLTA course which is equivellent to a level 4.

Someone with these qualifications may or may not know anything about ABA!

Hope that helps

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Ooops, meant to say, a level 3 course takes around 8 months minimum to complete, dont know about the level 4 though sorry :-)

so the current tutors who have psycology degrees dont qualify for this role because they dont have NVQ level 3?

looking at this thread, seems all over the place:(

Sounds utterly bonkers to me salandon but I expect it will be down to funding or them already having someone in mind for the job!!

My limited experience tells me that schools know zilch about ABA!!

are you sure that the school are actually looking to recruit an ABA tutor? sounds like they are looking for a TA or HLTA (who wouldnt be ABA qualified).

this is one of the qualifications(the other is that they must be trained by a bcba- i suppose to cover the workshops)

the experience says 2 yrs of aba