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Barriers and Facilitators to Practitioners' Implementation of Positive Behavior Support Practice in Social Care Organizations in Ireland
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Cayleigh Dunworth; Dearbhaile Mahon; Jenny McSharry; Jennifer Holloway; Helena Lydon – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
In Ireland, the provision of behavior support services has developed following the introduction of Health Information and Quality Authority (2013) standards and the regulation of Positive Behavior Support (PBS) under the Health Act (2007). The purpose of this study was to explore what factors facilitate and act as barriers to implementation of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Positive Behavior Supports, Barriers, Counselor Attitudes
Staff Perceptions and Experiences of Using Key Word Signing with Children with Down Syndrome and Their Peers in the First Year of Mainstream Primary Education
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Norma O'Leary; Caoimhe Lyons; Pauline Frizelle – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Key Word Signing (KWS) is one system that can be used to support the communication needs of children with Down syndrome (DS) who attend mainstream school. The success of KWS in schools is mediated by staff experiences and perceptions of KWS. The current study is one of the first to explore KWS use in mainstream schools. Aims: To…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Sign Language, Students with Disabilities
Screening and Assessment of Specific Learning Disabilities in Higher Education Institutes in the Republic of Ireland
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Harkin, Emma; Doyle, Alison; Mc Guckin, Conor – Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 2015
Students with specific learning difficulties (SpLD) in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Republic of Ireland are required to have a formal psycho-educational assessment from an educational psychologist to register with Disability Services in HEIs, to be eligible for support through the Fund for Students with Disabilities (FSD). Such…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Higher Education, Screening Tests, Psychoeducational Clinics
Individual Education Plans in the Republic of Ireland: An Emerging System
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Rose, Richard; Shevlin, Michael; Winter, Eileen; O'Raw, Paul; Zhao, Yu – British Journal of Special Education, 2012
The Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act in Ireland advocated the development of individual education plans (IEPs). However, this section of the Act has never been fully implemented and there is no obligation upon schools to develop IEPs. Research conducted across the country by Richard Rose and Yu Zhao of the University of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Educational Needs, Individualized Education Programs