ICP/DHC - distance learning

[helen1980]

Hi, i think i remember someone somewhere asking about doing the ICP course at home.

www.nec.ac.uk

They do it for £179 which you can pay in bits, £45 deposit then £18.07 monthly i think. They also do the other units to make it the DHC they cost £200, £50 deposit then £20.20 monthly.

I don't know if this is a bit more expensive than doing it the other way or if its a lot more expensive. Hopefully someone else will know the price of the courses through a college.

I got the link for the course provider from the ofsted website.

Sorry if this info is already on the forum, i couldn't find it but that means nothing with me!

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[raggydolls]

Dont u guys get the ICP free, i do, i think we even can get funding for the DHC too tho i chose to do the diploma/nvq level 3 instead (even that was free thru funding other wise it wud have cost well over a grand)

[buildingblocks]

Most areas do the ICP free. or heavily subsidised. until recently I think there were only two areas that didn't use the ICP as one of the requirements for registration. North Lincs used to do 6 x 2 hour sessions which was all but the ICP (old version)without the assignment (it is now a MCQ)

I had to do the ICP to get hte assisnment to gain the CCP (previous to the DHC). I had to do mine through the NEC. The only thing Iwould say is to do any distance learning programme you have to be very motivated. THE old ICP was a 12 hour course that took me three months to complete (I did it all one Saturday afternoon lol)

lov eKate

[smartimartie]

They have only just in the last six months brought this in for newly registering childminders - South Devon _Torbay.

Strangely enough I have sat by me a book on ICP, DCP & ECP - CASHE Certificate in Childminding Practice (CCP).
I'm doing my Foundation Degree and had taken this out as research on my last paper (I had to compare myself with someone in Wales)

ISBN0-435-40158-0
Sheila Riddall-Leech
Published by Heinemann

Doing it on your own requires a phenomenal amount of motivation - which I don't have - I quit 'open learning' and chose to attend college in the evening for my NVQ3 Early Years and Education.

Incidentally my council support my FD and pay £2,000 per annum for me to go to college - go to the Early Years Department in your local council. Last year the Government gave all local councils extra money to train all early years employees - can you access this (?) Called the Transformation Fund.