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Parents Homeschooling Children With Special Needs “Urgently Need Support”

22 Jan 2021

Down Syndrome Ireland member from Cork Dr. Liz Kyte who is a mother of two children with special needs, a six-year-old daughter with Down Syndrome and an 11-year-old son who is on the autism spectrum appeared on Today FM’s The Last Word with Matt Cooper last night.

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Disability and Family Carer groups call on Government and unions to re-engage on special education

20 Jan 2021

Down Syndrome Ireland along with three other leading advocacy organisations representing children with special educational needs and their families, AsIAm, Inclusion Ireland and Family Carers Ireland, have today expressed deep disappointment on behalf of their members, and called on the Government and unions to re-engage to get special education back up and running as soon as possible.

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Children with disabilities and their families ‘almost completely forgotten’ in schools’ row

19 Jan 2021

Disability and Family Carer groups have appealed for the interests of vulnerable children to be prioritised, and for the Government and education stakeholders to re-engage to find agreement on a suite of education support options that includes the re-opening of schools for children with special educational needs.

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Ability programme Online course to students aged between 16 and 18

18 Jan 2021

Are you aged 16 to 18 and in secondary school?

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Government announcement on phased return to school for students with special educational needs welcomed

15 Jan 2021

Yesterday, the Government announced its commitment to a return to school for children in special schools and primary school special classes, as well as some students with additional needs who attend mainstream classes, from 21 January. It’s a decision we welcome.

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Preschool & Primary School Series Webinars

15 Jan 2021

Our Cork branch has developed a set of webinars specifically for those supporting a child with Down syndrome in their early years setting.

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Disability and Family Carer groups welcome Government announcement on phased return to school

14 Jan 2021

Announcement will come as a huge relief to children with SEN and their families

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Disability and Family Carer groups welcome Fórsa announcement on resumption of in-school services on a phased basis

13 Jan 2021

Announcement is positive signal – but remaining hurdles must be cleared urgently.

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Disability and Family Carer groups welcome commitment to prioritise re-opening of schools for students with special educational needs

11 Jan 2021

Commitments must now be matched by urgent delivery, say representative organisations.

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Families ‘devastated’ over special schools u-turn

08 Jan 2021

Disability groups seek urgent meeting with Minister Foley.

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