Transcript Software for Students with Special Needs

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
• Using software/ICT in the classroom
NCTE is an important source of support in most of
these areas, as follows:
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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 (applicationbased)
• Laptops for visiting teachers
• Providing special needs advice e.g.
through booklets, websites, etc.
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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 apply through their local inspector
and make the relevant reports available (no
special application form)
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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
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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
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NCTE SEN/ICT Training
• Training starts with basic training:
introductory phases 1 and 2
• Special needs and ICT courses:
– Special Needs & ICT: The Basics
– Learning support
– Specific special education target groups
• Support groups through education centres
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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 for project
summaries and resources
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NCTE: ScoilNet Support
• Special needs section
• Advice and information sheets on
disabilities
• Special needs technology section
• Message boards set up. Facilitators
support message boards.
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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 20
regional ICT advisors
• Looking at SEN project proposals
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General Support Sources
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Support Groups via Ed. Centres
On-line message boards
Schools Integration 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
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ICT Advisor Network
• ICT Advisors
located in fulltime education
centres - work
with NCTE to
provide advice
and training to
schools
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NCTE Contacts (for SEN)
Address:
National Centre for Technology
in Education, DCU, Dublin 9
Ph:
Fax:
01-700 8200
01-700 8210
Email:
specialneedstechnology@ncte.ie
Web:
www.ncte.ie; www.scoilnet.ie
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