6 Week Course for Parents of Pupils with Additional Needs
1.
2. 6 Week Course for Parents of
Pupils with Additional Needs
Course Developed and Delivered by
Berna Daly
Using Powerpoint, Video, Roleplay, Discussion & Groupwork
Retired Principal and Special Ed.Teacher
M. Sc in Special Education
Child Development Specialist
Based in Blackrock, Co Dublin
Tel : 0874 170 170
3. Overview of Session 1
Attachment & Acceptance
Introductions
Attachment Theory and PRACTICE
Marte Meo : Using attachment behaviours to
aid developmental processes.
DVD/Role Play ( Marte Meo Approaches)
Acceptance v Expectations
Summarise Learning
Closure/Homework for next week
4. Overview of Session 2
Learning Disabilities: Key Issues
General Learning Disabilities; Categories ,
ASDs , Down’s Syndrome
Emotional Behavioural Disabilities
Specific Learning Disabilities ( can exist on
their own without GLD but very often present
with GLD.)
Parental Approaches/Styles with children
with learning disabilities
Summarise Learning
5. Overview of Session 3
Your Child’s Statutory Rights
Education Act 1998
Education for Persons with Special
Educational Needs Act (EPSEN) 2004
Child & Family Agency Act 2013
Child Protection Guidelines 1999 (Children
First Bill 2014)
Disability Act 2005
Data Protection Act
Summarise Learning
6. Overview of Session 4
Working in Partnership with Schools
What is partnership ?
Role Similarities Teachers & Parents
Role Complementaries ( Teachers & Parents
Role Reversal : Role-play Exercise
Parent Teacher Interactions :
Strategies for effective Communication
Summarise learning
7. Overview of Session 5
Making Sense of Psychological
Reports
Why Assessment ?
Psycho-educational Assessment . What is an
IQ? How is it measured
Clinical Psychological Assessment
Public v Private
Sample Psycho-Educational Assessment
Report : Discussion : Real Person v The
Assessment .
Summarise Learning
8. Overview of Session 6
Theory of Multiple Intelligences
What are they?
How are your child’s intelligences understood
and developed?
Teaching/Communication/ Styles that match
and/or compensate for your child’s learning
styles
Individual Education Planning
Why , what , where , how and with whom?
Summarise Learning
9. This course has been
designed to support
parents of pupils with
special educational needs
as they navigate their
way through the
educational system. It
can be adapted for
parents of both primary
and secondary school
pupils . All the material is
copyrighted to me and
cannot be used by other
trainers without my
permission . Thank you.
Berna Daly
10. This course has been
designed to support
parents of pupils with
special educational needs
as they navigate their
way through the
educational system. It
can be adapted for
parents of both primary
and secondary school
pupils . All the material is
copyrighted to me and
cannot be used by other
trainers without my
permission . Thank you.
Berna Daly