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20TRA143 The Continuum of Support and Special Educational Needs

 

 

 

 

 

9.30-11.00 - The Continuum of Support

This workshop is a practical look at Special Education Teaching and the continuum of
support. It will cover the role of the Special Education Teacher: looking at whole school
policy: the staged approach to Special Educational Needs: collaboration with various parties
and how to implement the staged approach fully to ensure the inclusion of children with
Special Educational Needs in the school.

11.00-11.20 Break

11.20-1.00- An overview of different Special Educational Needs and how to support these children using the continuum of support

An overview of Special Educational Needs in order to help identify children at risk of
dyslexia, dyspraxia, autism, ADHD, ASD etc. This workshop will explore the signs and
symptoms of the most commonly occurring general and specific learning difficulties.
Suggestions for how to proceed when concerns arise and strategies to support the pupils
using the continuum of support will be outlined.

1.00-2.00 Lunch (Hot lunch provided as part of the fee)


2.00-3.30 The Student Support File and Planning in Special Education Teaching

Planning tips for children with Special Educational Needs. We will use the continuum of support to set targets for the Student Support File and will look at effective planning templates for team teaching, individual teaching and group work so that each stage of the continuum is planned in detail and recorded.

About the Presenter: 

Annette Ormond started her career as a Primary Teacher in September 2005 following her
graduation from Froebel College of Education in Blackrock. She started a Certificate in
Special and Inclusive Education with Dublin City University in 2012 and followed this with a
Diploma the following year. Her dissertation was about Social Stories and the effect on
behaviour in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. In 2016 she completed a Diploma in
Additional Support Needs with University College Dublin and continued on to Masters level
the following year focusing on working memory and literacy difficulties in her thesis. Most
recently Annette has completed a module in psychology with the Open University. She has
experience working with children with Special Educational Needs- nine years as a Special
Education Teacher and for the past two years has been working in a Special Class for
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Annette is coordinator of the Dyslexia Workshop
in Enniscorthy for the past six years and is an experienced lecturer in the area of Special
Educational Needs.

Course Details

Course Start Date / Time 28-03-2020 9:30 am
Course End Date / Time 28-03-2020 3:30 am
Cut off date 28-03-2020 6:00 am
Available place 24
Fee €30.00
Number Hours 6
Speaker Annette Ormonde
Location Tralee Education Support Centre

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