Special School Closure: A Timeline
by Ian Lynam - 21 January, 2021
in COVID-19, Education, Featured News, Schools, Special Education
Recent events have created a great deal of anxiety for children with special educational needs and their families. We at AsIAm understand it is hard to keep track of as the situation develops so rapidly. For this reas...
Read MoreDisability and Family Carer groups call on Government and unions to re-engage on special education
Four leading advocacy organisations representing children with special educational needs and their families, AsIAm, Down Syndrome Ireland, Family Carers Ireland and Inclusion Ireland, have today expressed deep disappo...
Read MoreChildren with disabilities and their families “almost completely forgotten” in schools’ row – Disability and Family Carer groups
by AsIAm.ie - 19 January, 2021
Children with disabilities and their families ‘almost completely forgotten’ in schools’ row - Disability and Family Carer groups Four leading advocacy organisations, AsIAm, Down Syndrome Ireland, Family Carers Ire...
Read MoreDisability and Family Carer groups say uncertainty about school re-opening is cruel and detrimental
by Adam Harris - 16 January, 2021
in COVID-19, Covid19, Featured News
The groups are responding to mixed messages from the Department and stakeholders on the return to school for children with additional needs next Thursday Four leading advocacy organisations, AsIAm, Down Syndrome Ir...
Read MoreExplainer: The phased re-opening of special education?
by Adam Harris - 15 January, 2021
in COVID-19, Covid19, Featured News
This evening (Friday 15th January) the Department of Education has written to Primary School Principals in both mainstream and special school settings outlining the agreed, phased approach to re-opening special school...
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