08:00-09:00
REGISTRATION - TEA/COFFEE BISCUITS ON ARRIVAL
09:00–10:00
Lecarrow Suite
Chairperson’s Welcome
Jackie Whelan
Keynote Address
Shane Martin (MOODWATCHERS)
10:00–11:15
Lecarrow 1 (120)
P
Neasa Sheahan
Reading School Principal
The Role of specialist intervention within the new model of resource allocation: enriching student and teacher experience for children with severe Dyslexia
Chair: Theresa Woods
10:00–11:15
Loughree 1 (60)
PP
Brendan Doody
DES
New SEN Inspection Post Primary Model
Chair: Jackie Whelan
10:00–11:15
Loughree 2 (60)
P
Dr. Michele Dunleavy
Mary Immaculate College of Education
Working with pupils with High Functioning Autism (HFA) in the primary school
Chair: Bernie Kemple
10:00–11:15
Loughree 3 (60)
PP
Colm Manly & Gillian Pender
NCSE
Assessment and Planning for students with SEN. Case Studies on the three-step process from the DES Guidelines for Post Primary Schools
Chair: Angela Martin
11:15-11:45
TEA/COFFEE BREAK
11:45–13:00
Lecarrow 1 (120)
P/PP
Terry Reynolds
DES
Update on the revision to profiles for the Allocation of Special Education Teachers to Schools
Chair: Noel Fox
11:45–13:00
Loughree 1 (60)
PP
Dr Stella Long
Mary Immaculate College of Education
Using Diagnostic Assessment to inform Intervention Programmes in Mathematics at Second Level
Chair: Joe Flynn
11:45–13:00
Loughree 2 (60)
P
Louise Barr
Guided Repeated Reading: An approach to improve reading fluency for pupils with reading difficulties
Chair: Pauline Cogan
11:45–13:00
Loughree 3 (60)
P
Carmelita McGloughlin
Mary Immaculate College of Education
The challenges that face the teacher in coping with loss and grief in the Irish Classroom – How can we enrich the teacher and student experience
Chair: Laoise Ni Chuinn
13:00–14:15
LUNCH
14:15–15:30
Lecarrow 1(60)
P/PP
Sharon Eustace (NEPS), William Donnelly & Nicholas Cosgrave
DES Inspectorate
The DES Well-being Policy Statement and Framework for Practice
Chair: Breda Coady
14:15–15:30
Loughree 1(60)
P
Dr Mairin Wilson
DCU St Patrick’s Campus
Learning In-Deed Primary School Mathematics
Chair: Noel Fox
14:15–15:30
Loughree 2(60)
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Rachel Markey
NCSE
Inclusive P.E. for students with Special Educational Needs in Primary School
Chair: Michele Dunleavy
14:15–15:30
Loughree 3(60)
PP
Dr Johanna Fitzgerald
Mary Immaculate College of Education
Looking after our SENCO’s: Provision Mapping to support an integrated approach to inclusive and special education
