Guidelines for Schools - Supporting Children with Special Educational Needs in Mainstream Schools
The following documents are to provide guidance to schools on the use, organisation and deployment of additional teaching resources for pupils with special educational needs. This guidance is provided in the context of a revised model for allocating special education teaching resources which was introduced by the Department of Education and Skills in September 2017.
- Guidelines for Post-Primary Schools - Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs / Ag Tacú le Daltaí i Scoileanna Príomhshrutha a bhfuil Riachtanais Speisialta Oideachais acu - Treoirlínte d’Iar-bhunscoileanna
- Post-Primary Circular 0014/2017 / Ciorclán Uimh 0014/2017
In order to ensure that planning material from within the guidelines is accessible and user ready for schools, NCSE Support Service are providing a number of documents/templates in word format:
- 6 Principles to guide the implementation process (Post-Primary Guidelines,p.5)
- Planning Template to Guide the Allocation of Additional Teaching Supports (Post-Primary Guidelines, p.22)
- School provision plan for pupils with special educational needs (Post-Primary Guidelines, Appendix 2, p.35-36)
- Identification of Educational Needs through the Continuum of Support (Post-Primary Guidelines, p.9-10)
- Self-Reflective Questionnaire (Post-Primary Guidelines, Appendix 6, p.43-48)
- Parental Involvement School Reflection (Post-Primary Guidelines, Appendix 7, p.49)
The NCSE Support Service has prepared a downloadable toolkit (in word format) to support the implementation of the new model:
- NCSE Support Service Toolkit to Support the New Special Education Teacher (SET) Allocation Model / Uirlis Chúnta don tSamhail Leithdháilte Leasaithe_Iarbhunscoil_NCSE
Other useful documents:
- Student Support File / Comhad an Scoláire um Leanúntas Tacaíochta
- Student Support File Guidelines (NEPS)
- A Continuum of Support for Post-Primary Schools - Guidelines for Teachers / Leanúntas Tacaíochta le haghaidh Iar-bhunscoileanna - Treoirlínte do Mhúinteoirí
- A Continuum of Support for Post-Primary Schools - Resource Pack for Teachers / Leanúntas Tacaíochta le haghaidh Iar-bhunscoileanna - Beart Acmhainní do Mhúinteoirí
- Guidelines for Supporting Students with Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulty - Information Guide for Schools
- Review of the Pilot of a New Model for Allocating Teaching Resources to Mainstream Schools to Support Pupils with Special Educational Needs (DES: 2016)
- Case Study(from Guidelines for Post-Primary Schools - Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs, Appendix 3, p.37-38)
The NCSE Inclusive Education Framework is an interactive tool to be used by schools to assist schools plan, measure and improve how pupils with special educational needs are supported. This resource will help re-affirm good inclusive practices already in place in many schools and will guide other schools to develop good practice.
Information for Parents/Guardians & Students