In each category section below is a link to a new page containing a list of relevant links, as well as a factsheet.
It is the intention of SESS to create factsheets related to all these categories over time.
At present, factsheets are available on 8 different categories of disability, and these are easily identifiable below. Others will be added in due course.
Autism Spectrum Disorder Information
- Information Sheet: Autistic Spectrum Disorders (PDF - 177 KB)
- Information about Autism, about SESS supports and about Teaching Approaches
- A summary of SESS supports for teachers related to the teaching of pupils with Autism (PDF - 77 KB)
- Links to ASD websites
- 2001 Report of the Task Force on Autism (PDF - 1 MB)
- A further/additional reading list related to ASDs (PDF - 43 KB)
- An Evaluation of Educational Provision for Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (DES Inspectorate 2006) - (PDF - 1 MB)
- CABHAIR SESS Newsletter Insert (Issue 1) based on the Evaluation of Educational Provision For Children with Autistic Specrum Disorders - inspectors report (PDF - 976 KB)
General Learning Disability
- Borderline Mild General Learning Disability (PDF - 208 KB)
- Links to General Learning Disability Sites
- Mild General Learning Disability (PDF - 210 KB)
- Moderate General Learning Disability (PDF - 197 KB)
- Severe & Profound General Learning Disability
Physical Disability
- Spina Bifida
- Links to Physical Disability Sites
- Cerebral Palsy
- Motor Dyspraxia (DCD)(PDF - 154 KB)
Sensory Disability
- Visiting Teacher Service for Visual Impairment Factsheet (PDF - 508 KB)
- Visual Impairment
- Visiting Teacher Service for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Factsheet (PDF - 508 KB)
- Hearing Impairment / Deaf
- Links to Sensory Disability Sites
- Dual Sensory Impairment (Deafblindness)
Specific Learning Disability
- Dyslexia (PDF - 187 KB)
- Links to Specific Learning Disability Sites
- Dyscalculia
- 2001 Report of the Task Force on Dyslexia (PDF - 531 KB)
- Dysgraphia
Speech and/or Language Disorders
- Verbal Dyspraxia (PDF - 130 KB)
- Links to Dyspraxia & SSLD sites
- Specific Speech & Language Disorders
- DCD / Dyspraxia Booklet: "Practical Tips for Parents" (PDF - 679 KB)
- Tips for Teens and Teachers: Developmental Coordination Disorder by The Dyspraxia/DCD Association, Cork, April 2007 (PDF - 364 KB)
- An Evaluation of Special Classes for Pupils with Specific Speech and Language Disorder (DES Inspectorate 2005)(PDF - 1MB)
Specific Syndromes
- General sources of information on Down syndrome
- Down Syndrome (tips for learning and teaching)
- Tourette Syndrome (PDF - 121 KB)
Emotional Disturbance and/or Behavioural Problems
- Childhood psychosis
- Links to EBD sites
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (PDF -192 KB)
- Conduct Disorder (CD)
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
- CABHAIR SESS Newsletter Insert (Issue 2) - Supporting Pupils with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in School (PDF - 364 KB)
Exceptionally Able and Dual Exceptionality
- Exceptionally Able / Gifted & Talented SESS Information Sheet (PDF - 183 KB)
- Links to Exceptionally Able/ Dual Exceptionality sites
- Dual Exceptionality SESS Information Sheet (PDF - 176 KB)
- 'Exceptionally Able Students: Draft Guidelines for Teachers' - NCCA 2008 (PDF - 1 MB)
- 'Draft Report on the Consulation on the Guidelines for Teachers on Exceptionally Able Students' - NCCA 2009 (PDF - 454 KB)
- 'Gifted and talented children in(and out of)the classroom: A report of the Council of Curriculum, Examinatios and Assessment' (CCEA, 2006); (PDF - 890 KB)