The NCSE is pleased to announce the publication of information on the Special Needs Assistant (SNA) Scheme. This is the latest in a series of information pamphlets for parents/guardians of children and young people with special educational needs, all of which are available on the NCSE website.
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Click here for all information pamphlets for parents/guardians of children with special educational needs
The Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan, T.D., met with the Council of the NCSE on Thursday, 11th December, 2014. Click here for photo.
Educational Experiences and Outcomes for Children with Special Educational Needs: A Secondary Analysis of Data from the Growing Up in Ireland Study
Authors: Jude Cosgrove, Caroline McKeown, Joseph Travers, Zita Lysaght, Órla Ní Bhroin and Peter Archer
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The NCSE has launched a new national initiative to provide information sessions to parents and guardians of children with special educational needs. The sessions will be delivered by Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) throughout the country. They will provide valuable information on what educational services and supports are available in local areas and how to access them. Parents who would like to take part in one of the information sessions should contact their local SENO to book a place and to find out about local dates and venues. Contact details for SENOs are available here We will also publish dates of local meetings on our website as they become available.
The NCSE is also publishing a series of new information pamphlets for the parents/guardians of children with special educational needs.
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Click here for new information pamphlets for parents of children with special educational needs
The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) in association with the National Disability Authority (NDA) has published for the first time an information booklet about the full range of post-school education and training options for adults and school leavers with disabilities.
The NCSE booklet contains summary information on all of the main programmes and supports available to students with disabilities. It also provides convenient links and signposts to where more information and guidance on these programmes can be found here.
The NCSE is a statutory body established under the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004. Since our establishment, we have concentrated on developing an organisation which provides a timely and efficient service to schools in sanctioning teaching and Special Needs Assistant (SNA) resources to support children with special educational needs.
We have also embarked on a wide-ranging programme of research on the provision of special education which will help us formulate policy advice to the Minister for Education and Skills.
The aim of our website is to provide some introductory information about the work of the Council. We hope the website becomes a useful resource for parents, teachers, health and education professionals and policy makers interested in our work. We would welcome your comments on our work.
We also provide links to other websites with information on Special Education which we hope you will also find helpful.
Should you wish to print any information from our website, please use the printer friendly link at the end of each page.
If you have any comments or queries relating to our website, please contact the NCSE Webmaster onwebmaster@ncse.ie. For other queries, please see our Contact Us page to select the appropriate section to contact.
