Category: Children
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Register your child for a new Special Class or Special School placement
Register your child for a new Special Class or Special School placement for September 2027Parents Notify – Special Class/Special School Placement – NCSERegister on National Council for Special Education (NSNCSE website here Editorial comment – ‘It would be good if the government actually knew already based on health records who needed what places. Also a…
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Summer School Programme (July Provision) in disarray
Scheme for children with additional needs is in disarray due to online application problems and reduced staffing allocations ‘We’re a week out from the end of term and still nothing’ – summer school programme debacle causing chaos for families Irish Independent, Sarah O’Mahony, 23 June 2026 Link to the full article (behind paywall)
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Roadmap for Service Improvement – Disability Services for Children and Young People
Disability Services for Children and Young People HSE & Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNTs) Final Report
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Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNT) & Progressing Disability Services (PDS) Reports
Survey of Social Workers’ Experience of Supervision and Management in Children’s Disability Network Teams – Irish Association of Social Workers lASWDownload the report on this page Thoughts and Experiences of PDS – The Perspectives of Service Users, Carers and Clinicians 2023 – A Survey conducted by FUSS IRELANDLink: download the survey report Progressing Disability Services…
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Nowhere to turn
Children with disabilities left with no support Ombudsman for children (website) In 2020 the OCO published an investigation into a little boy called Jack who, despite having no medical requirement, was left in a hospital bed for over two and half years because the HSE and Tusla initially failed to work together to support his family.…