Review of the visiting teachers service for children with hearing and visual impairment in supporting inclusive educational practice in Ireland: Examining stakeholder …

M McLinden, W McCracken - European Journal of Special Needs …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In line with recent developments in inclusive practice in Ireland, children with sensory needs
are increasingly educated in mainstream rather than specialist provision. Educational …

'Access to learning'and 'learning to access': Analysing the distinctive role of specialist teachers of children and young people with vision impairments in facilitating …

M McLinden, G Douglas, R Cobb… - British Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The move towards greater inclusive practice in recent years has resulted in significant
changes in curriculum design, delivery and support for children and young people with …

Northern Ireland Special Educational Needs Coordinators creating inclusive environments: an epic struggle

L Abbott - European journal of special needs education, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
A key role in the development of inclusive practices in schools and classrooms is that of the
Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO), a role that has changed most radically …

Hopes and fears: Stakeholder views on the transfer of special school resources towards inclusion

M Priestley, P Rabiee - International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reviews the findings and wider policy implications of an evaluation of two pilot
projects for the inclusion of disabled pupils from special schools into mainstream settings in …

Leading inclusive learning, teaching and assessment in post-primary schools in ireland: does provision mapping support an integrated, school-wide and systematic …

J Fitzgerald, J Lynch, A Martin, B Cullen - Education Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
A parallel system of inclusive and special education persists in Ireland despite attempts to
move towards integrated provision for students with Special Educational Needs and …

A time of transition: Exploring special educational provision in the Republic of Ireland

M Shevlin, M Kenny, A Loxley - Journal of Research in Special …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Special educational provision in the Republic of Ireland has experienced significant
changes in the past decade. A combination of interrelated factors including litigation …

Designing and rating options for special school expertise to support mainstream educational inclusion

T Iacono, C McKinstry, E Wilson, K Bagley… - Australasian Journal of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
The Victorian Government, Australia, committed to deliver recommendations from a review
of the Program for Students with Disabilities. We report on the implementation of …

Questions to assess learning as a communicative routine for inclusion

Ó Ní Bhroin - British Journal of Special Education, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of rapid policy transformation from segregation to inclusion in the education of
children with special educational needs in Ireland, a study was conducted to investigate the …

A new approach to training teachers to meet the diverse learning needs of deaf and hard‐of‐hearing children within inclusive Australian schools

BE Furlonger, U Sharma, DW Moore… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
A restructured postgraduate teacher education programme is described specifically with
regard to its commitment to prepare educators to work effectively with deaf and hard‐of …

'No one knows where we fit in really': the role of the Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) in primary school settings in Ireland–the case for a distributed …

M Colum, G Mac Ruairc - Irish Educational Studies, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines the role of the Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) in
primary schools in Ireland, an area that is under researched with little or no empirical data …