Sustained emphasis is required on measuring the outcomes for children with special educational needs, including outcomes for those children who are Deaf and hard of hearing.
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Information will be provided from research recently commissioned by the NCSE to review how progress and meaningful outcomes for children with special educational needs can be identified and measured, drawing on international experience.
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Individual education plans should be drawn up to enable each child to develop according to his/her ability.
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Consideration should be given to including the development of individual education plans within the additional hour per week, as agreed under the terms of the Croke Park Agreement, thereby incurring no additional cost to the Exchequer.
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The Visiting Teacher Service should play a substantial role in assisting the development of individual education plans for Deaf and hard of hearing children and in carrying out assessments to inform the plans.
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Recommendations under the Visiting Teacher Service should be implemented as standard practice across the service. Any additional training required should be incorporated into the ongoing programme of CPD; accordingly no additional costs are envisaged.
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Schools should inform visiting teachers of end of year assessment and examination results for Deaf and hard of hearing children, in order to facilitate the tracking of educational outcomes for these pupils, and with a view to ensuring that they are making progress commensurate with their abilities.
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No additional cost should be incurred as this should be regarded as good practice.
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