My son was talking about how he interacts with a minimally verbal child in his class. "You just have to listen mum. He's telling you things but not with words. You have to do the same, then you can play" #SonOfASpeechie#CommunicationAbility
Looking for a house rental from the end of October until the end of January (3 months) if anyone hears of anything.... 3 or 4 bed, preferably North County Dublin as kids have school in Donabate 🤞🤞
#pyrite
Our little man got his first set of wheels today. When he looked in the mirror at today's appointment he said "I look like Adam King!" Disability visibility is so important. Thank you @AdamKingIRL Rían loves your books!
Important article in today's @IrishTimes - providing first hand experience as to why the eligibility criteria for deferred sittings of exams needs to be urgently revisited. Well done to Rachel for being so brave in sharing her experience.
@carlobrien@NormaFoleyTD1
As Minister Madigan stated, we can compel schools to open Special Classes in 6-8 weeks.
We will make funding for those classes available as quickly as we can, but we suspect 3-4 months.
Any exceptional reviews regarding staffing should be processed within one calendar year.
This is a really important article from @JenniferHorgan5 in @irishexaminer. Someone is telling the real story in our school. https://t.co/PHqL6bKS2X @CatrionaGolden @simonmlewis@ncseirl
Hey @josephamadigan@NormaFoleyTD1@ncseirl
Amy chance of releasing the SNA allocations?
The disregard and disrespect you contine to have for SNAs and the children we care for is quite frankly appalling.
Release the allocations.
Thanks.
#RespectForSNAs
Look, our new A̶u̶t̶i̶s̶m̶ ̶P̶r̶i̶s̶o̶n̶ SEN Centre is not our first choice.
Neither is Section 37a.
Our preferred option is for schools to voluntarily open classes in Prefabs with inadequate supports and little training.
What a shot! #Rescue118 happened to be night training over #dunbriste in Ballycastle @MayoNorth on Sunday night when local photographer Martyn Harris who was trying to capture the aurora at the time captured this instead