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The Effective Use Of IEPs In Irish Classrooms

Individual Education Plans (IEPs) are not mandatory in schools in Ireland, but give a practical way to structure and document a child’s learning progress. Parents & educators will use web-based tools for regular, collaborative contact and record-keeping. Try this formal IEP Checklist for a child in mainstream education. Building An Individual Education Plan When devising an

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Australia To Take Classroom Captioning ‘National’

Australia’s senate has approved funding for a National Schools Pilot Program of classroom captioning for students who are deaf and hard of hearing. The move follows classroom tests of the captioning system in the past year, with co-ordination from the respective state-level Departments of Education. Senator Fifield, who co-sponsored the move, said the provision was a

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Making Literacy And Classroom Tools Accessible

As everyday home, school and teaching content becomes digitised, more accessible literacy-learning tools are needed, particularly for younger children encountering spoken-language vocabulary and grammar structures for the first time. In 2010, “A Usability Guide to Intelligent Web Tools for the Literacy of Deaf People” was published in Italy. Several key points are noted: the age at which

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Different Mainstreaming Models for Deaf Children

Different options for deaf education in Ireland mean childrens’ needs are better understood with today’s new hearing technologies, plus new educational resources and models. Over 3,300 deaf children are at mainstream schools in Ireland (DES, 2011) being taught in English with support from the Visiting Teacher Service. Each parent of a deaf child worries about giving

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Gallaudet Introduces Captioning Alongside ASL

Gallaudet University in Washington DC is the world’s only campus where all programs and services are designed for deaf and hard of hearing students. This is no easy feat, as the university offers over 40 major degree courses toward Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science awards. Undergraduate students can self-direct their majors and choose

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A Little Bit Of History From Trinity College, Dublin

On February 8th, 2011, IDK featured in the health supplement of the Irish Times newspaper. The feedback was extremely positive: here is an extract from one email received last week. Dear Caroline, Sound Advice [IDK] is a wonderful site, very cheerful and informative. I noticed in your bio, you studied history at Trinity [College Dublin]. So

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IDK in The Times Health Section, February 8th

The Irish Times interviewed Caroline Carswell for the Parenting section of its Health Supplement (Feb 8, 2011). The 2-page feature is online, in two parts. Sounding A Fresh Beginning (the challenges of parenting a deaf child) Making The Decision: Mainstream or Specialist Education Further Reading: Supported Mainstream Education For Deaf Children IDK’s Life-Skills Workshops, February

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Supported Mainstream Education Of Deaf Children

Interested in mainstream education for deaf children, from preschool stage? Want to know more about the issues, experiences and available supports? If so, IDK welcomes you to a FREE morning information session, “Choice, Options, Possibilities”, on March 4th, 2011, in Dublin city centre. The session includes presentations from: Parents of deaf children on their experiences

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The Necessity Of Teaching ICT Skills In Schools

Schools in Ireland received a €43 million investment for IT systems in November 2010 from the Department of Education, but this total is insufficient, according to the National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE). Here’s why all schools need IT investments. This €43 million allocation was good news for schools, but the budget fails to

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edcoDigital Invites IDK To Submit Lesson Plans

Earlier this year, IDK was invited to submit lesson plans to edcoDigital, the online teachers’ resource devised by The Educational Company of Ireland. IDK’s lesson plans for primary and post-primary level are now available via the edcoDigital resource website, which is designed for teachers to deliver easy-to-use digital content from the Irish curriculum, within the

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