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Resources & Supports: NCTE & Department of Education and Science (DES)

Resources & Supports: NCTE & Department of Education and Science (DES). Issues for the SEN teacher. Matching technology with needs/students Training in ICT and SEN Acquiring hardware/getting funding Choosing software (tools & content) Getting support/helping yourself

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Resources & Supports: NCTE & Department of Education and Science (DES)

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  1. Resources & Supports: NCTE & Department of Education and Science (DES)

  2. Issues for the SEN teacher • Matching technology with needs/students • Training in ICT and SEN • Acquiring hardware/getting funding • Choosing software (tools & content) • Getting support/helping yourself • Using software/ICT in the classroom NCTE is an important source of support in most of these areas, as follows:

  3. NCTE/DES Technology Support • Grants for ICT use in special needs, issued by DES (without application) to the school • DES funds for integrated individual special needs students (application-based) • Laptops for visiting teachers • Providing special needs ICT advice e.g. through booklets, websites, etc.

  4. Grants for Individual Students with Special Needs Primary/Special Education • Provision is available to cater for individual students with specific assistive technology needs • Application-based procedure administered by the Special Education Section of the DES • Schools generally apply through their local inspector and make the relevant reports available (no special application form). Visiting teachers may have a role.

  5. Grants for Individual Students with Special Needs Post-Primary • Application-based procedure for individual students with specific assistive technology needs • The eligibility criteria, application form and procedure under the terms of Memo 11/95  • Applications and queries should be directed to:The Secretary General, Department of Education and Science,Post Primary Administration section 2,Floor 3,Hawkins House,Dublin 2

  6. NCTE Software Support • Software evaluation activity -involves special needs teachers/titles • Much of the software evaluated relevant to special needs . . . evaluations available via NCTE/ScoilNet websites • UK special needs publishers doing demos/ workshops, often resulting in free software donations to education centres • Guide to software evaluation published

  7. NCTE SEN/ICT Training • Training starts with basic training: introductory phases 1 and 2 • ICT and special needs courses: ICT & Special Needs: • The Basics • Learning Support • Mild General Learning Disabilities • Moderate, Severe/Profound General Learning Disabilities and Multiple Disabilities • Deaf/Hard of Hearing • Support groups through education centres

  8. NCTE SIP and other innovative projects • Projects looking at • use of specific software • different uses of ICT with students with special needs • support provision • Raising awareness of inclusion • See NCTE website (www.ncte.ie) and SIP website (www.sip.ie) for project information

  9. NCTE: ScoilNet Support • Special needs section • Advice and information sheets on disabilities • Special needs technology section (via NCTE website) • Message boards set up. Facilitators support message boards.

  10. Other SEN activities • Working with European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education: research on ICT & sharing web resources • Identifying support issues - regional and local support • Working to build knowledge of 21 regional ICT advisors • Looking at SEN project proposals

  11. General Support Sources • Support groups via ed. centres • On-line message boards • Schools in innovative projects • Other schools / teachers • NCTE special needs staff • ICT Advisors • Publications, talks, conferences • Referrals to other services, e.g. special needs and ICT advice service- DES

  12. ICT Advisor Network • ICT Advisors located in full-time education centres - work with NCTE to provide advice and training to schools

  13. NCTE Contacts (for SEN) Address: National Centre for Technology in Education, DCU, Dublin 9 Ph: 01-700 8200 Fax: 01-700 8210 Email: specialneedstechnology@ncte.ie Web:www.ncte.ie; www.scoilnet.ie

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