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SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT SERVICE building on ability

SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT SERVICE building on ability. Madeline Hickey Director SESS. SESS : The Aims. To enhance the quality of teaching and learning with particular reference to the education of children with special needs

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SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT SERVICE building on ability

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  1. SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT SERVICEbuilding on ability Madeline Hickey Director SESS

  2. SESS : The Aims • To enhance the quality of teaching and learning with particular reference to the education of children with special needs • To design and deliver a range of professional development initiatives and supports for school personnel • To consolidate and co-ordinate existing professional development and support

  3. Department of Education Teacher Education Section (TES) DIRECTOR - SESS Director CESC Mgt. Comm. CESC Deputy National Coordinators Administration SESS Assistant National Co-ordinators SESS Advisors (Full-time) Associates (Part-time) Local Facilitators (Part-time) Specialist Advisor

  4. www.sess.ie

  5. Models of Support • Dialogue with Teachers • Supports Scheme (Funding) • Supports Scheme (Support) • School Based Seminar Delivery • School Visit: Class Teacher • SESS-Designed Courses • Teacher Exchanges / Visits • On-line Professional Development and Support • Use of External Providers • Website Development / Webinars / Podcasts • Development and Supply of Resource Materials

  6. SESS Supports Scheme

  7. SESS ASD Calendar of Events

  8. SESS-CPD and Support Student Behaviour Tier 1 Support for all: Teachers working with all students Tier 3 Support for a few: Teachers working with individual students Tier 2 Support for some: Teachers working with some students • SESS Whole-Staff Seminars-Challenging Behaviour and Autistic Spectrum Disorders • On-line Courses • Generic Seminars:Inclusion, Differentiation, Co-Teaching, Specific Special Educational Needs • Assessment • Telephone & E-mail Support • SESS Website-Resources & Book-borrowing • C-ABA Courses • Individualised Planning • Summer School Programme-Challenging Behaviour • Assessment • School Visits • Telephone & E-mail Support • SESS Regional Seminars • Social Stories • Social Skills • Curriculum specific seminars • Sensory Development seminars • Language & Communication Seminars • Telephone & E-mail Support • Assessment

  9. SESS Behaviour Resource Bank

  10. www.sess.ie Resources Teaching Methods and Organisation

  11. Development and Supply of Resources Science Differentiation in Action ‘Signposts’

  12. Newsletter Insert http://www.sess.ie/documents-and-publications/cabhair-newsletter

  13. DVD on Co-Operative Teaching - Team Teaching SESS has produced a 25-minute DVD on Co-Operative Teaching which outlines approaches that can help to include pupils with Special Educational Needs in the Mainstream Classroom.

  14. Book-Borrowing Online facility http://www.sess.ie/resources/sess-line-library The Special Education Support Service (SESS) has developed a Book-Borrowing Online facility for teachers to use to support their continuing professional development in the learning and teaching of pupils with special educational needs.

  15. Metacognition Resource http://www.sess.ie/resources/miscellaneous-resources 'Metacognition for the classroom and beyond: Differentiation and support for learners' This resource was produced by the SESS as part of the Equality of Challenge Initiative related to the teaching of exceptionally able students. The resource provides an overview of metacognition, along with various strategies which teachers can use with students to enhance their learning.

  16. DES Teacher Education Colleges& Third Level Institutions Organisations-withSEN Brief Litigation DES Special Education Support Groups Support Services

  17. Contact Details Special Education Support Service Cork Education Support Centre The Rectory Western Road Cork Telephone: Call Save: 1850 200884 E-mail: info@sess.ie Website: www.sess.ie

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