Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection
The Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion
2:20 pm
Mr. Jim Moore:
I wish to echo the same point of view with regard to the flexibility that is made available through the system. Labelling is a problem. We have our reports from schools on the time children transfer to the post-primary sector.
The relationship between the SENO, the school and the parent at the time of that transition is an extremely important part of the process of moving to the upper level of education. Any review should create the flexibility to match the students' needs and, perhaps, changing needs when moving from primary to post-primary.