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# special-needs - Monday 25 November, 2019
Dublin Airport opens sensory room for passengers with special needs
The room includes relaxing music, mood lighting, bean bags and digital display panels.
# special-needs - Thursday 14 November, 2019
South Dublin schools urged to open more special needs places to tackle shortage
McHugh has activated new legislation which directs schools to open more special classes.
# special-needs - Wednesday 18 September, 2019
Taoiseach says minister will intervene in Bolger family case after RTÉ Prime Time programme
Gillian Bolger and Darren Milne spoke about the struggles they have faced in getting their eight-year-old twins into suitable school.
# special-needs - Wednesday 31 July, 2019
Concern hundreds of children with autism could be without school places in September
Last month the Department of Education served statutory notices on 18 schools and two patrol bodies in the Dublin 15 area urging them to make additional provision.
# special-needs - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
Opinion: Teaching unions' stance on education plans for students with disabilities sets a worrying precedent
I believe that the unions are targeting industrial action at a minority and that this sets a worrying precedent for all minority groups, writes Adam Harris.
# special-needs - Thursday 4 October, 2018
SNAs at Dublin school to get €650 gift vouchers to carry out toileting duties for special needs pupils
The Labour Court made the recommendation as a measure to halt the dispute between SNAs and Scoil Muchua.
# special-needs - Saturday 2 June, 2018
School says children 'may have to remain in their wheelchairs' due to SNA cuts
The Dublin primary school has warned parents that there will be “a serious disruption of services” in September.
# special-needs - Friday 18 May, 2018
Government announces 800 additional SNAs in schools for next term
This will bring to 15,000 the number of SNAs working in schools – a 42% increase on 2011.
# special-needs - Monday 9 April, 2018
Opinion: How is it legal for schools to refuse to set up special classes?
Students with special educational needs have enough challenges place in front of them, they should not have to fight the education system as well, writes Graham Manning.
# special-needs - Thursday 28 December, 2017
Caring at Christmas: '24: The number of hours I work per day'
When it comes to numbers, the number attached to my age isn’t important. There are, however, some numbers that are very important to me, writes Tracy McGinnis.
# special-needs - Sunday 30 July, 2017
Wanted: taxi drivers to help give hundreds of kids a special day out in Dublin
The event has been running in Dublin since 1960, offering a fun day out every year for children with special needs.
# special-needs - Wednesday 14 June, 2017
Column: 'I imagine guilt is a friend of every carer on this island'
My boys will not have “typical” childhood but they will have very special memories, writes carer Geraldine Renton.
# special-needs - Thursday 25 May, 2017
'Huge concerns' over future of disability service in Kilkenny
The centre at Ballytobin is to be transferred to the HSE.
# special-needs - Sunday 7 May, 2017
'I used to have dreams when he was little about him walking and talking. I would wake up sobbing'
It is dangerous and upsetting to wonder what it would be like, if only, writes Tracy McGinnis.
# special-needs - Tuesday 9 August, 2016
Teachers in charge of Ireland's special needs classes not always qualified
They often feel ill-equipped to meet the needs of their students, a new ESRI report has found.
# special-needs - Tuesday 14 June, 2016
Every single child who needs a special needs assistant will get one
Minister for Education Richard Bruton said the increase will support 160 new special classes – many for children on the autism spectrum.
# special-needs - Friday 15 January, 2016
'I keep saying, why did it happen?': Man sentenced to 12 years for attempted rape of niece
In her victim impact report the now adult woman said her plans for her life changed as a result of the abuse.
# special-needs - Saturday 21 November, 2015
Pride as children with special needs release Christmas album
Students at St Raphael’s have been rehearsing for the CD since the beginning of September.
# special-needs - Monday 19 October, 2015
Mother starts second week chaining herself to the front of the Department of Education
This is in relation to a grant payment for her son, who has autism.
# special-needs - Thursday 2 July, 2015
Suicidal woman allegedly told to 'go home and overdose' if she wanted to be seen
The incident apparently happened at University Hospital Galway.
# special-needs - Friday 17 April, 2015
Attackers 'threatened to rape man with special needs and set him on fire'
He was left with serious head injuries after the assault.
# special-needs - Thursday 2 April, 2015
Child with autism 'kept in cage-like structure' inside classroom
Australian authorities have launched an investigation into the claims.
# special-needs - Thursday 12 February, 2015
My daughter is clever, funny, and full of life. So why am I so worried about her future?
To live a full adult life and contribute to society, my daughter urgently needs resource hours in school.
# special-needs - Tuesday 13 January, 2015
Horse rescue shelter appeals for missing ponies Bam Bam and Tyson to be returned
The two ponies were lent out to a foster home, but have since gone missing.
# special-needs - Wednesday 17 December, 2014
This special sensory event is for children who thought they'd never see a panto
It’s being held at the Helix Theatre in Dublin.
# special-needs - Monday 13 October, 2014
Over 300 new resource teaching posts for children with special needs announced
Details of the allocations will be revealed this afternoon.
# special-needs - Monday 22 September, 2014
Almost 3,000 children are waiting over a year for speech and language therapy
On average, there are 162 children for each speech and language therapist in Ireland.
# special-needs - Thursday 18 September, 2014
Why are schools using JobBridge to hire SNAs? The Minister's pledging to find out
Primary schools are looking to fill 56 SNA positions through the JobBridge scheme.
# special-needs - Tuesday 5 August, 2014
Opinion: Baby Gammy's sad story shows how much Down syndrome still scares parents
When my baby daughter was diagnosed with Down syndrome, the future seemed terrifying and uncertain. But all I needed was time to adapt.
# special-needs - Monday 14 July, 2014
Parents' shock at €500k cut to disability services for children
St Catherine’s Association said it did not receive any prior notice that the funds were to be cut.
# special-needs - Thursday 26 June, 2014
Court tells department to give two children with Down syndrome maximum resource teaching hours
The High Court made the decision in a dispute between two families and the Department of Education.
# special-needs - Sunday 1 June, 2014
Schools are campaigning against new plans for reviews of special needs assistants
A circular by the Department of Education outlines new guidelines that would see children with special needs subjected to reviews to keep their SNA supports.
# special-needs - Monday 19 May, 2014
"No question" of reducing number of SNA posts, says Department
The Department of Education has rejected Micheál Martin’s claims that there are widespread cuts to SNAs.
# special-needs - Sunday 18 May, 2014
Martin warns of 'covert clampdown' on Special Needs Assistant supports
The Fianna Fáil leader says that new rules on SNAs will lead to “widespread cuts”.
# special-needs - Friday 16 May, 2014
Opinion: Children with special needs are being failed – this is not inclusive education
We are a society, not a collection of economic units where some of our children can be victimised in the name of “value for money”.
# special-needs - Monday 12 May, 2014
Mother was asked by the HSE if her son 'still had Down syndrome'
The card for her four-year-old son was denied.
# special-needs - Monday 17 March, 2014
Column: Autism – moving beyond labels and limits
It is vitally important that we look beyond the labels and limits we place on children with developmental challenges, writes Karen O’Connor.
# special-needs - Tuesday 3 December, 2013
Government approves appointment of 390 new posts for special needs assistants
The decision has been welcomed by the trade union representing the majority of SNAs.
# special-needs - Friday 29 November, 2013
Jack & Jill CEO: 'I get no top-up payments, no bonus, no pension'
Jonathan Irwin said charity staff having their salaries topped up with money from donations is “damaging”.
# special-needs - Monday 21 October, 2013
Budget 2014: 455 extra resource teaching posts announced
The National Council for Special Education said the new positions brings this year’s allocation to more than 5,700.
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Poll: Should homework be banned at primary school level?
THE GREEN PARTY’S election manifesto was launched at the weekend, and one of its standout points was a proposal to phase out homework for primary school pupils.
Some academics have argued that there is no evidence to support the benefits of giving young children homework, and others have suggested that it may even be detrimental to their development.
The move was previously explored by an Oireachtas committee, while at least one Irish school has already stopped giving homework to primary school pupils.
But what do you think? Should primary schools stop giving pupils homework?
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Wedding prayers and toasts can sound so beautiful in Irish, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
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