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
10:00–11:15
Lecarrow 1 (120)
P
Neasa Sheahan
Reading School Principal
The Role of specialist intervention...
The Role of specialist intervention within the new model of resource allocation: enriching student and teacher experience for children with severe Dyslexia
10:00–11:15
Loughree 1 (60)
PP
Brendan Doody
DES
New SEN Inspection Post Primary Model
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
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
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...
Update on the revision to profiles for the Allocation of Special Education Teachers to Schools
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
Using Diagnostic Assessment to inform Intervention Programmes in Mathematics at Second Level
11:45–13:00
Loughree 2 (60)
P
Louise Barr
Guided Repeated Reading:
An approach to improve reading fluency for pupils with reading difficulties
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
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
13:00–14:15
LUNCH
14:15–15:30
Lecarrow 1(60)
P/PP
Noelle Connolly
NCSE
A New School Inclusion Model
A New School Inclusion Model-The Special Needs Assistant Scheme
14:15–15:30
Loughree 1(60)
P
Dr Mairin Wilson
DCU St Patrick’s Campus
Learning In-Deed Primary School Mathematics
14:15–15:30
Loughree 2(60)
tbc
NEPS
Topic to be confirmed
tbc
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
