Dáil debates

Thursday, 13 May 2021

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions

Special Educational Needs

11:50 am

Photo of Josepha MadiganJosepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I should have said at the outset that separately from and in addition to the HSE supports for speech and language therapy, we are operating a demonstration project around the school inclusion model. That project was approved by Government in February 2019 and began operating in community healthcare organisation, CHO, 7, encompassing Dublin, Kildare and west Wicklow. It was disrupted because of Covid but it will be a transformative model for children with special needs into the future. Under this model, pupils will have access to bespoke, tailored therapeutic supports in situ, provided by speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, behavioural practitioners and other therapists.

They will be able to use their professional relationships and expertise to assist in the best interests of the child and for her or him to reach her or his full potential into the future.

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