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The role of the Special Education Support Service (SESS) is to enhance the quality of learning and teaching in relation to special educational provision. Read more about our role.

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Updates

Professor Bill Rogers: a Seminar on 'Developing Collegial Support in Your School' - Sept. 2013

Professor Bill Rogers is an internationally renowned educational consultant, based in Australia. He has previously given seminars on behaviour management on behalf of SESS.

Professor Rogers will give two seminars for teachers in Dublin on Sept. 24th (Post-Primary) and 26th (Primary) on the topic of 'Developing Collegial Support in Your School'. Full Details are available on the Sept. Calendar of Events.

Click here for details of a previous SESS event by Prof. Rogers on 'Cracking the Hard Class'
Click here for the Sept. Calendar of Events.

'Deafness: An Introduction for Mainstream Class Teachers and Resource Teachers / Learning Support Teachers'
This seminar is suitable for both Primary and Post-primary teachers and is available in six venues in Sept. and Oct. Applications are invited from teachers who are currently teaching a student with a hearing impairment.
Click here for further details

'The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills - Revised Edition (ABLLS-R)' and 'Verbal Behaviour Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP)'
Seminars on ABLLS-R and VB-MAPP - two communication assessment tools for children with language impairments and ASD - are available in four venues from January to April 2014.
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'Contemporary Applied Behaviour Analysis (C-ABA) Five-Day Course'
The C-ABA course is designed to teach the skills necessary for the design, implementation, and evaluation of behaviour management programs for use with individuals with learning difficulties in a variety of settings. Further information and course venues for 2013-14 are available from the link below.
Click here for further details

Apps. that Teachers Use

An occasional feature on how teachers use Apps. in their teaching of students with SEN

Featured App: iSequences

iSequences is used by Christina Casserly who works in Scoil An Linbh Íosa in Galway city. She uses the App. with Infant pupils with specific speech and language impairments, and with pupils with sequencing difficulties.

Click on the Featured App. link below to read more.