Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

The Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion

2:50 pm

Ms Teresa Griffin:

In any review of the SNA role, I ask the committee to ensure that the focus is on the child. At the end of their school years, they are independent. The focus of the SNA is on developing independence in the child rather than dependence, and that is the concern in the literature.