Mr. Mark O'Connor:

I will add that there are great resources out there for children. One thing we could do better would be to collate those resources. The information on the website of the Department of Education and Skills is tricky to wade through even for us professionals but a lot of good stuff is available. There are wonderful videos that are aimed at children about going back to school. We can tell from some of the surveys that have been carried out by ourselves and the National Parents Council that there is anxiety about going back to school. Some students are worried about whether they will still be doing a piece from a special class into a mainstream class and what school will look like when they go back. Lockers will be removed and access might not even be provided to them. Some students worry that they will have to stay within their classrooms. Some of the information is not trickling down to children as much as we would like and that is coming through in the anxiety that parents have reported seeing in their children. Some of the resources out there are fantastic and it a matter of collation and not reinvention.