FETAC (Further Education and Training Awards Council)
FETAC (the Further Education and Training Awards Council) is the national awarding body for further education and training in Ireland. |
HETAC - Higher Education and Training Awards Council
HETAC is the qualifications awarding body for third-level educational and training institutions outside the university sector. It is the successor to the National Council for Educational Awards (NCEA). |
IGOS – (Interest Group on Occupational Services)
The IGOS Partnership Project- “Quality Work Settings for All” is a European Mobility Project under the Leonardo Da Vinci Life Long Learning Program (LLP).
The Interest Group on Occupational Services (IGOS) is attached to the Standing Committee on Employment of the European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD/ http://www.easpd.eu ).
Within the IGOS Partnership a broad number of European countries share and exchange both expertise and examples of best practice in the field of Occupational Services for persons with disabilities.
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Inclusive Technology - the special needs people
Information on Special Educational Needs, and the Code of Practice (which British schools and Local Education Authorities must give regard to when planning what to do for children with special education needs).
It includes some interesting special needs articles
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Irish Association of Supported Employment (IASE)
IASE promotes and develops supported employment for people with disabilities at a national level. |
Irish Association of Teachers in Special Education
This web site, in addition to introducing I.A.T.S.E. and their aims, draws attention to their publications, seminars and annual conference.
Associate membership is available to persons who are not in the teaching profession and details can be found in the site.
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Irish National Teachers Organisation
A well designed site hosting details of the INTO's publications relating to special education, a special needs forum and mailing lists pertaining to supporting the emotional development of needy children and to supporting Support, Special and Home-School Liaison teachers.
Likely to interest teachers, parents and researchers
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National Council for Special Education (NCSE)
The National Council for Special Education was set up to improve the delivery of education services to children with disabilities. A Summary of Submissions (May 2006) on the Preparation of an Implementation Report for the Education of Persons with Special Educational Needs Act, 2004 is available here. |
Open Training College
The Open Training College is committed to offering staff in the disability sector, learning opportunities that are accessible, accredited and embody 'best practice’. |
Salamanca Statement & Framework for Action on Special Needs education
The Salamanca Statement and Framework for Action on Special Needs Education is a report from the UN’s education agency which calls on the international community to endorse the approach of inclusive schools by implementing practical and strategic changes. It includes a dynamic Statement on the education of all children with disabilities, which calls for inclusion to be the norm and a Framework for Action, the guiding principle of which is that schools should accommodate ALL children. |
Scoil Aonghus
Great introduction to this specialist school serving pupils with learning difficulties in Cashel, Co. Tipperary. |
Scoil Berandette
Scoil Bernadette is a co-educational post-primary school which caters for the nedds of stuudents, aged 12-18 years with mild learning disabilities and is based in Montenotte, Cork |
T&Two
Today's and Tomorrow's Work Opportunities, or T&Two, was developed by New Horizons Partnership and focuses on four main areas plus an Independent Travel Training Programme: Training, Supported Employment, Social Enterprise and Development of Learning Resources. New Horizons Partnership's parent organisations are: HSE North Western Area, Disability Action, Foyle Health & Social Services Trust and Ashbrook Organic Farm.
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Widgit Software Ltd
Promotional site for software aimed at improving literacy through the use of symbols - including for those with mild to moderate learning difficulties.
Moreover there are links to demonstration software.
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