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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.

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Oct 1st 2012, 3:31 PM

Voices

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.

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Aug 30th 2012, 7:00 AM

# Special Needs

91 new classes for children with special needs announced

Dozens of additional special needs classes will be provided across the country for September.

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Aug 22nd 2012, 7:45 PM

# Special Needs

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.

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Jun 14th 2012, 9:11 AM

# Special Education

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.

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Jun 13th 2012, 7:34 PM

# Education Cuts

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.

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Mar 12th 2012, 12:23 PM

# Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Wednesday

Catch up on the day’s main stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…

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Nov 16th 2011, 7:47 PM

# Education

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.

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Nov 16th 2011, 4:12 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 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…

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Sep 14th 2011, 8:30 AM

Voices

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.

Sep 14th 2011, 7:43 AM

# Special Needs

Parents to protest at Dáil against special needs cuts

Organisers have said they expect a “substantial turnout” at the demonstration later today.

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Sep 14th 2011, 7:42 AM

# Schools

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.

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Sep 7th 2011, 11:43 AM

# Education

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.

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Jul 13th 2011, 10:00 PM

# Special Needs

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.

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Jul 13th 2011, 11:57 AM

# Education

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.

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Jun 1st 2011, 9:59 PM

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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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Apr 14th 2011, 4:36 PM