Primary
Dyslexia: Indicators and Interventions for Primary Schools
This two and a half hour seminar looks at the concept of dyslexia and examines the impact of dyslexia on learning and teaching in the classroom, with a focus on appropriate teaching strategies.
Key Aims
• To outline a definition of dyslexia and its impact on learning and teaching
• To enable participants to identify the indicators of Dyslexia
• To provide practical strategies and appropriate interventions to assist teachers in meeting the needs of students with dyslexia using a variety of approaches and methodologies
This seminar normally takes place in school over a two and a half hour period
Request the seminar through the SESS Supports Scheme (‘In-school Support’).
Individual Education Planning
This is a two-hour seminar for mainstream primary teachers. It examines the context, rationale, policy and legislation pertaining to Individual Education Planning (IEP) and the implications for schools. The seminar gives an overview of IEPs, examines the collaboration necessary behind the IEP process and looks at the practicalities involved in writing an IEP. It includes a practical workshop in individual education planning.
The key aims of the seminar are:
- To provide information on the Individual Education Planning process
- To outline what is meant by Individual Education Planning
- To introduce participants to the collaborative process necessary in the IEP process
- To introduce participants to the terminology used in the IEP process
- To outline the process involved in writing an IEP
- To enable participants to engage in the practice of Individual Education Planning
This seminar is available to mainstream primary teachers via the education centre network and runs as a two-hour evening seminar. It runs without a break. However, there is an opportunity for discussion and a workshop within the seminar delivery.
To avail of this seminar: Check for availability through the Education Centre Network
Curriculum Differentiation for Pupils with Special Educational Needs – Primary
This is a two-hour seminar for whole staff which explores differentiation in the classroom as a methodology to enhance and facilitate inclusion for pupils with special educational needs.
The key aims of the seminar are:
- To introduce participants to the categories of special educational needs and possible implications for teaching and learning
- To introduce participants to differentiation as an instructional technique to cater for diversity
- To explore differentiation in terms of adapting content, process and product in relation to classroom planning
- To highlight practical strategies that may assist in differentiation
This seminar normally takes place in school over a two-hour period.It runs without a break and includes a workshop where teachers work collaboratively in identifying differentiation strategies that relate to various categories of special educational need.
To avail of this seminar: Request the seminar through the SESS Supports Scheme (‘In-school Support’).
Preventing and Managing Challenging Behaviour of Students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in Mainstream Primary Schools: A Whole School Seminar
This seminar is intended to meet some of the initial needs of teachers in the area of challenging behaviour and students with Special Educational Needs (SEN). It explores and stimulates participants’ thinking on students with SEN and behaviours that challenge. The seminar aims to enhance participants’ understanding of why some students with SEN display challenging behaviours and to empower teachers with strategies that help to eliminate or minimise such behaviours.
The key aims of the seminar are:
- To examine our thinking and approaches to challenging behaviour and students with SEN
- To provide an understanding of why some students with SEN present with challenging behaviour
- To increase awareness among teachers that predictability and consistency are the most effective strategies for minimising and eliminating challenging behaviour
- To provide teachers with strategies for making the school day more predictable and consistent
The seminar takes place in school over a three-hour period and is divided into three themes:Theme 1: Preventing and Managing Challenging Behaviour: A Whole School ApproachTheme 2: Preventing Challenging Behaviour: Classroom Management and OrganisationTheme 3: Managing Challenging Incidents in the classroom situation
To avail of this seminar: Request the seminar through the SESS Supports Scheme (‘In-school Support’).
Challenging Behaviour and Students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) at Primary Level
This seminar is intended to meet some of the initial needs of teachers in the area of challenging behaviour and students with Special Educational Needs (SEN). It explores and stimulates participants’ thinking on students with SEN and behaviours that challenge. The seminar aims to enhance participants’ understanding of why some students with SEN display challenging behaviours and to empower teachers with strategies that help to eliminate or minimise such behaviours.
The key aims of the seminar are:
- To examine our thinking and approaches to challenging behaviour and students with SEN
- To provide an understanding of why some students with SEN present with challenging behaviour
- To increase awareness among teachers that predictability and consistency are the most effective strategies for minimising and eliminating challenging behaviour
- To provide teachers with strategies for making the school day more predictable and consistent
The seminar takes two hours and normally runs without a break, but the content is divided into two themes:Theme 1: Why do some students with SEN display Challenging Behaviour? Theme 2: What can I as a teacher do about Challenging Behaviour?
This seminar is available to primary teachers via the Education Centre Network and runs as a two-hour evening seminar in local Education Centres.
Autistic Spectrum Disorders (Primary)
This seminar is an introduction to the topic of Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) for mainstream class teachers who have a pupil with ASD in their class. It offers participants an understanding and knowledge of ASD and the unique learning style of pupils with ASDs. It focuses on effective instructional and organisational arrangements that may enhance the inclusion of pupils with ASDs in the mainstream classrooms.
The key aims of the seminar are:
- To introduce participants to ASDs and the challenges pupils with ASDs can experience in mainstream classrooms
- To outline the Triad of Impairments related to ASDs.
- To examine the unique learning styles of pupils with ASDs.
- To offer practical strategies to support teachers in enabling the inclusion of pupils with ASDs.
- To explore methods to support pupils in acquiring social skills
- To enable participants to engage in the practice of planning for pupils with ASD
This is a one-day seminar, scheduled from 9.00 AM to 3.00 PM. The timeframe includes breaks for coffee and lunch, totalling one hour and fifteen minutes. The seminar is divided into three parts: Part one explores the context of ASDs and the Triad of Impairments. Part two outlines the principles of learning in the revised curriculum and making the curriculum accessible to pupils with ASDs. Part three focuses on practical strategies and supports to enable the inclusion of pupils with ASD in the classroom.
To avail of this seminar, please request through the SESS Supports Scheme (‘In-school Support’).
Understanding Dyslexia: A Seminar on Planning and Intervention for Primary Class Teachers
The overall aim of this seminar is to enable primary teachers to develop their understanding of the concept of dyslexia, to examine the impact of dyslexia on teaching and learning in the school, and to provide appropriate teaching strategies. It is delivered to whole school staffs.
The seminar makes particular reference to Circular SP Ed 02/05, the recommendations from the Taskforce on Dyslexia, and the CD/DVD-Rom and Video package produced by the Dept of Education and Science which was distributed to all Primary and Post Primary Schools in 2005 (E1).
The key aims of the seminar are:
- To explain the concept of dyslexia
- To recognise the signs of dyslexia
- To help teachers identify dyslexia in the classroom
- To establish and support the role of the class teacher in Stage 1 of the Staged Approach to Assessment, Identification and Programme Planning as outlined in Circular SP Ed 02/05
- To provide practical examples of appropriate classroom strategies
- To allow participants to engage in the practice of planning for intervention with a pupil in their own classroom through a workshop activity.
Outline of Seminar: This seminar normally takes place in school over a two hour period, without a break. It includes a practical workshop session which focuses on planning for intervention for a pupil with dyslexia in the classroom.
To avail of this seminar: Request the seminar through the SESS Supports Scheme (‘In-school Support’).