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The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of a sample of parents of children who experience Down syndrome and general learning difficulties in relation to their efforts to access appropriate education and education supports for their children
Abstract:
In the past decade Ireland has witnessed substantial changes in policy and provision for children with general learning difficulties as government policies and legislation increasingly underpin the move towards more inclusive provision. Despite this series of policy initiatives parents of children who experience Down syndrome and general learning difficulties can encounter serious more...
International Classification:
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities - Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified - Down syndrome
Categories:
Down syndrome; Learning difficulties;
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs,
Vol: 5 Page: 11-19 2005
Mairin Kenny; Michael Shevlin; Patricia Noonan Walsh; Eileen McNeela
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The aim of this study was to examine the definition, level and type of parental involvement, and reasons for, that exists in nursery schools, nursery classes and playgroups in Northern Ireland++
Abstract:
The aims of this paper are: To examine the definition, level and type of parental involvement that exists in nursery schools, nursery classes and playgroups in Northern Ireland; To focus on the reasons for involvement, together with perceived problems and advantages; To compare parental and professional viewpoints in order to ascertain whether definitions, expectations and perceptions more...
International Classification:
Other - parental school involvement
Categories:
parental school involvement
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Child Care in Practice,
Vol: 11 Page: 119-134 2005
Dorothy J. McMillan
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The aim of this study was to examine homicides in Ireland over a 160-year period including patterns of infanticide
Abstract:
Examination of recorded homicides in Ireland over a 160-year period reveals a trend that is in the same direction as found in other European countries: declining for around 100 years, then rising again. However, when the killing of babies is disaggregated from other killings, a different pattern emerges in that the secular decline is not reversed. It is argued that the virtual more...
International Classification:
Deaths - homicides
Categories:
homicides;
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
British Journal of Criminology,
Vol: 45 Page: 671-695 2005
Ian O'Donnell
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This study examines the views of working-class parents on home-school links
Abstract:
Presents the views of working-class parents on home-school links. Group interviews with parents of pupils in a primary school in the disadvantaged areas scheme in the Republic of Ireland suggest that parental involvement in school is limited to the giving and receiving of information, restricted consultation, and engagement in some supplemental responsibilities. Although parents were more...
International Classification:
Education
Categories:
home-school links in working class families
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
British Journal of Sociology of Education,
Vol: 23 Page: 35-49 2002
Joan Hanafin; Anne Lynch
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