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Curricular Material
On-line, Multi-curricular Resources
- Edco Digital offers teachers Irish curriculum-based textbooks in an online viewer and these may be of use for differentiating the curriculum for students with special educational needs.
Click here for Edco Digital website. - Folensonline offers a range of Folens books online, to enrich the learning experience in the classroom (primary and post-primary). The enlarged pages, full screen images, interactive and note-taking facilities enable the teacher to merge technology with the textbook across all types of subjects. Schools have received a code and each teacher needs to register.
Click here for Folensonline.
Science
'Access and Participation in Science: Supporting Inclusion through Teacher Education (SITE) - a pilot initiative'
This reports on a project which identified concrete inclusive strategies, examined changes in the classroom practice of individual teachers and provided support for a wider cohort of teachers who wished to enhance the participation of pupils with special educational needs in the science classroom.
Click here to download the report [PDF 740Kb]
'Science Differentiation in Action: Practical Strategies for Adapting Learning and Teaching in Science for Students with Diverse Needs and Abilities'
This resource pack, of which two copies have previously been sent to all post-primary schools, includes worksheets, activities and ideas that teachers can use directly in the classroom. A wide range of junior certificate science topics are included. This resource also includes a CD of interactive quizzes and PowerPoint presentations.
Click here to view the Science Differentiation in Action resource pack.
Maths
- Mathematics differentiation for students with special educational needs [PDF - 3.8MB]
This is a presentation delivered at an SESS seminar in Croke Park 2009. This seminar was for principals of post-primary and special schools offering second-level curricula. The overall theme of the seminar was the teaching and learning of students with special educational needs in the inclusive school. - Click to access a range of Maths worksheets on Money and Measurement, plus different versions of the 100 Square. Links to information on Maths assessments and websites that relate to Maths are also presented.
- Applied arithmetic and measurement [PDF - 63KB]
- ‘Have a Go’ Card [PDF - 7KB]
- Mathematics - Weblinks [PDF - 90KB]
- The Challenge of Maths Vocabulary [PDF - 23KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: post-primary (Maths) [PDF - 4MB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: primary (Maths) [PDF - 600KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with moderate general learning disabilities: primary (Maths) [PDF - 334KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with severe and profound mild general learning disabilities: primary (Maths) [PDF - 200KB]
Literacy
- Starfall.com provides a variety of reading resources
- A compilation of 'Custom Resource Makers' by Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
Communication and Language
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: primary (Communication and Language) [PDF - 288KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with moderate general learning disabilities: primary (Communication and Language) [PDF - 320KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with severe and profound mild general learning disabilities: primary (Communication and Language) [PDF - 220KB]
English
- Download Dolch List [PDF - 73 KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: post-primary (English) [PDF - 2MB]
Civic, Social and Political Education (CSPE)
Gaeilge
Geography
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: post-primary (Geography) [PDF - 3MB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: primary (Geography) [PDF - 200KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with moderate general learning disabilities: primary (Geography) [PDF - 227KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with severe and profound mild general learning disabilities: primary (Geography) [PDF - 166KB]
History
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: post-primary (History) [PDF - 2MB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: primary (History) [PDF - 189KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with moderate general learning disabilities: primary (History) [PDF - 233KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with severe and profound mild general learning disabilities: primary (History) [PDF - 152KB]
Home Economics
Music
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: post-primary (Music) [PDF - 4MB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: primary (Music) [PDF - 345KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with moderate general learning disabilities: primary (Music) [PDF - 296KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with severe and profound mild general learning disabilities: primary (Music) [PDF - 248KB]
Physical Education
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: post-primary (PE) [PDF - 240KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: primary (PE) [PDF - 261KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with moderate general learning disabilities: primary (PE) [PDF - 356KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with severe and profound mild general learning disabilities: primary (PE) [PDF - 260KB]
Religious Education
Science
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: post-primary (Science) [PDF - 2MB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: primary (Science) [PDF - 228KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with moderate general learning disabilities: primary (Science) [PDF - 273KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with severe and profound mild general learning disabilities (Science) [PDF - 165KB]
SPHE
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: post-primary (SPHE) [PDF - 947KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: primary (SPHE) [PDF - 2MB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with moderate general learning disabilities: primary (SPHE) [PDF - 300KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with severe and profound mild general learning disabilities (SPHE) [PDF - 219KB]
Technology Education
Visual Arts
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: post-primary (Art, Craft and Design) [PDF - 274KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: primary (Visual Arts) [PDF - 462KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with moderate general learning disabilities: primary (Visual Arts) [PDF - 264KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with severe and profound mild general learning disabilities (Visual Arts) [PDF - 207Kb]
Drama
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with mild general learning disabilities: primary [PDF - 369KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with moderate general learning disabilities: primary [PDF - 289KB]
- NCCA Guidelines for teachers of students with severe and profound mild general learning disabilities: [PDF - 200KB]
Useful Links
- Access a list of useful websites for the classroom, listed in our Teacher Resources & Downloads page..
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