Dual Exceptionality Links
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A case for affective education: Addressing the social and emotional needs of gifted students in the classroom. SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted)
Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration: Some implications for teachers of gifted students. SENG
SENG - Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted See Articles on Social and Emotinal Issues When Your Child's Exceptionality is Emotional: Looking Beyond Psychiatric DiagnosisMisdiagnosis and dual diagnosis of gifted children and Counseling, Multiple Exceptionality, and Psychological Issues
Special Education Support Services See Information on Dual Exceptionality / Twice Exceptional
National Educational Psychological Service Agency (NEPS) See Information for Parents Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments - SCPA - Panel of Psychologists
National Disability Authority See Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 - Assessment
Special Education Support Services See FAQS - What is a SENO?
National Council for Special Education See Information for Primary Schools in Processing Applications for Children with Special Education Needs List of SENOS
Department of Education See Special Educational Needs A Continuum of Support - Guidelines for Teachers
Temple Grandin
Gifted Development CenterVisual Spatial Learners
Visual Spatial Resource Poor Handwriting
ASPIRE - Aspergers Association of ireland
Aspergers Support Ireland
Dyslexia Association of Ireland
Dyspraxia Association of Ireland
Dyspraxia DCD Association Cork see Tips for Teens and Teachers
HADD Family Support Group (AD/HD)
Wicklow Triple A Alliance
Sensory Integration Network UK & Ireland
Scoilnet see Articles on Special Needs
Department of Education & Science See Special Services & Extra Support
2e - Twice Exceptional Newsletter
Citizens Information Board See Domicilary Care AllowanceCarer's Benefit Carer's AllowanceRespite Care Grant
Enable Ireland - Child Services
UniquelyGifted.org
Sensational Kids
SENG - Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted See Articles on Social and Emotinal Issues When Your Child's Exceptionality is Emotional: Looking Beyond Psychiatric DiagnosisMisdiagnosis and dual diagnosis of gifted children
Sensory Processing Disorder Resource Centre
Spectrum's Guide to Special Allowances
Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children: Gifted and LD, ADHD, OCD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder James T. Webb, Ph.D
Teachingexpertise.com Highly Able Children & Dyslexia
Dystalk - "for parents of children who are looking for information on how to optimise their child's learning. dysTalk provides information on specific learning difficulties that may be undermining a child's performance as well as learning strategies that can potentially be applied to all children of all abilities."
Mad Pride Day - a wonderful initiative from Social Entreprenuers Ireland Awardee John McCarthy - an annual family fun day in Cork & Killarney which celebrates difference and seeks to stop the stigma of mental health in Ireland.
Reconnect Autism - brings the Relationship Development Intervention (RDI) programme to Ireland for the first time. RDI is a parent-education programme based on the latest research on the brain, developmental psychology and autism that focuses on promoting and enhancing the child’s social and emotional understanding. |