To be considered for entry into the programme, you must:
Be a healthcare professional (medical, nursing, or health and social care professional)
Hold a bachelor degree. If you don’t hold a bachelor degree, please see the recognition of prior learning pathway outlined below*
Experience working with children and young people in community disability teams, disability specialist services, primary care, acute care, or private practice, is desirable.
Each application will be assessed on an individual basis.
Fees and funding
Total fees: €1,350 (needs to be paid on acceptance of the course)
If you do not have an undergraduate degree at level 7 or above you may still be eligible to apply through recognition of prior learning (RPL). RPL is the assessment of knowledge, skills and competence previously acquired.
Learning occurs in many contexts which include work, involvement in social and community activities, or learning through life experience generally. RPL does not give credit for experience as such; rather it considers the learning that was acquired as a result of the experience.
RPL may be used to gain:
Admission to courses/programmes where a person may not have obtained the standard entry requirements.
Exemptions from course modules which duplicate the learning outcomes an individual has already demonstrably acquired through prior learning.
