Special Needs
# special-needs - Thursday 4 April, 2013
Almost 60 per cent of special needs assistants assaulted – survey
An IMPACT survey says that the SNAs were assaulted by the children they work with, with 18 per cent saying it’s a daily occurrence.
# special-needs - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
Dentist who “raised the bar” caring for autistic patient wins top award
Dr Gillian Smith painstakingly treated Neal Dhondt for four months, which meant he did not have to have surgery.
# special-needs - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
5,000 march to Leinster House in demand for greater disability rights
People with disabilities showed the government a red card at a national protest today in Dublin.
# special-needs - Wednesday 7 November, 2012
Parents of special needs children to speak to Oireachtas Committee
They will speak about the challenges facing their families with the Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection, chaired by Joanna Tuffy (pictured).
# special-needs - Monday 1 October, 2012
Group recommends teachers should be upskilled to handle student behaviour
The Teachers’ Union of Ireland welcomed the report but said the loss of teachers due to cutbacks is “extremely damaging” to the promotion of positive behaviour in the classroom.
# special-needs - Thursday 30 August, 2012
Column: ‘People speak to me like I’m ET’ – why social labelling is a problem
We need to change the way we view people with special needs, writes Adam Harris, who has Asperger Syndrome.
# special-needs - Wednesday 22 August, 2012
91 new classes for children with special needs announced
Dozens of additional special needs classes will be provided across the country for September.
# special-needs - Thursday 14 June, 2012
SNA allocation welcomed by Special Needs Parents Association
The association said it welcomes the 211 extra whole-time Special Needs Assistants, but said that the number of Resource and Learning Support teaching posts will not meet demand.
# special-needs - Wednesday 13 June, 2012
Number of SNAs ‘similar to last year’ but schools to get less resource hours
There will be 10,311 special needs assistants allocated to schools across Ireland in September.
# special-needs - Monday 12 March, 2012
11-year-old student driven home to use the bathroom due to lack of SNAs
The primary school student at St Munchin’s CBS in Limerick, who is in a wheelchair, has had to have his mother attend the school to help bring him to the bathroom during the school day.
# special-needs - Wednesday 16 November, 2011
The Daily Fix: Wednesday
Catch up on the day’s main stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
One in four children have special educational needs – study
Teachers and parents believe up to 25 per cent of nine-year-olds have a special learning need, new research has shown.
# special-needs - Wednesday 14 September, 2011
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Nine things to know by 9am: Results day for Junior Cert students, cabinet meets to discuss selling off state assets, and what Irish people are more likely to lie about than anyone else…
Column: ‘Therapists are told to prescribe the cheapest equipment’
Ahead of a planned Dáil protest today, mother Lorraine Dempsey describes the daily struggle faced by parents of children with special needs.
Parents to protest at Dáil against special needs cuts
Organisers have said they expect a “substantial turnout” at the demonstration later today.
# special-needs - Wednesday 7 September, 2011
Special needs cuts ‘devastating’ for struggling parents
Protesters will mass at Government Buildings next week in the hope of reversing cuts in care for children with special needs.
# special-needs - Wednesday 13 July, 2011
Government wins Dáil vote on SNAs
A motion was also put forward to reverse the cuts to Special Needs Assistants but, notably, Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn was not present to vote against it.
Thousands expected at protest against Special Needs cutbacks
The government says 200 positions have to be cut, but independent TDs say positions should be safeguarded.
# special-needs - Wednesday 1 June, 2011
10 per cent cut in special needs support for schools – report
The Department of Education said that the reduced allocation of special needs teaching hours could be increased in some schools – if demand is less than expected.
# special-needs - Thursday 14 April, 2011
Reduction in special needs assistants concerns parents
Parents and teacher’s unions have condemned a cap on the number of special needs assistants in schools – as well as reduction is resource hours – saying the move will target the most vulnerable.
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