Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

The Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion

2:30 pm

Ms Teresa Griffin:

No, at CPD. At undergraduate level it is being addressed. We were with the Teaching Council just now. Obviously, there are 50,000 or 60,000 teachers for whom the issue of CPD was not focused on in their undergraduate training. We believe every teacher needs to be trained in this area.