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Vetting Procedures for Schools Webinar

 

The JMB  training webinar on Vetting Procedures for Schools and National Vetting Bureau Compliance 

Principals and Deputy Principals are requested to share the registration link with their colleagues working in the area of vetting in the school/Education Centre.   

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SNAs to be allocated to schools based on social profiles

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Thursday 28 March 2019

SNAs to be allocated to schools based on social profiles

The Irish Times: Special needs assistants (SNAs) will be automatically provided to schools at the start of the academic year rather than waiting for an individual student’s disability diagnosis, under a new pilot scheme.

At present, tens of thousands of SNA posts are allocated to schools based on professional reports which identify pupils’ additional care needs arising from a range of disabilities.

The new approach will break the link between the existence of a diagnosis of a disability and the allocation of SNA support. Read article

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