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Small Changes Can Make Big Differences - Helping Teachers Understand Challenging Behaviour through the Lens of Special Needs

10/6/2020

 
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Pictured at the book launch Prof. Emer Ring, Dr Patricia Daly, Dr Johanna Fitzgerald, Eucharia McCarthy & Prof. Tim O'Brien
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Members of the EPISE Department pictured with Dr. Patricia Daly & Prof. Tim O'Brien (Honorary Professor in Psychology and Human Development, UCL Institute of Education London)
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Dr Patricia Daly, pictured at the launch of her new book at MIC on 31st January 2020
​Today (31 January), Dr Patricia Daly, former Head of the Department of Educational Psychology, Inclusive & Special Education (EPISE) at Mary Immaculate College (MIC), launched her new book, which aims to support mainstream teachers in understanding the strengths and needs of children with learning difficulties. ‘Small Changes Can Make Big Differences – Behaviour Management through the Lens of Special Education Needs’ examines the behaviour of children with additional needs and urges mainstream teachers to view this behaviour through the lens of a child’s diagnosis.

​In the book, Dr Daly provides strategies for new and experienced mainstream teachers that focus on setting up classroom environments that support and encourage appropriate behaviour; consider the particular needs and strengths of children with learning difficulties; and recognise the mandate for class teachers to care for and educate all children. It further shows how these small changes can make truly big differences for children with additional needs as well as for their peers. Using case studies of children with autism, dyslexia, ADHD and down syndrome / general learning disability, from presentation to resolution, the book shows thirty examples of small changes to support behaviour management in constructive and sensitive ways.

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MIC lecturer launches book on William's Syndrome

18/1/2019

 
WiSHES – Williams Syndrome Holistic Educational Strategies, which is the latest CDU publication, is the first book in Europe to be published on promoting inclusive learning in children with Williams Syndrome (WS) and is written by Dr Fionnuala Tynan, Lecturer in the Department of Reflective Pedagogy and Early Childhood Studies at MIC. The book outlines a way forward for supporting learners with WS and moves away from a medical model of disability to a more holistic profile that acknowledge the biological, social and psychological aspects of learners with Williams Syndrome.

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Launch of Children’s Independent Mobility on the Island of Ireland

27/4/2015

 
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Pictured at the launch of the Children's Independent Mobility report were Sean McMahon, President of the INTO; Prof. Michael A Hayes, President of MIC; Alanna O’Beirne, MIC, co-author of the report; Minister for Education & Skills, Jan O'Sullivan, T.D.; Ellana-Mei Price, St. Joseph's Secondary School, Tulla and Dr. Brendan O'Keeffe, MIC, co-author of the report.
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Dr. Brendan O'Keeffe, MIC; Ben Kazadi (age 12), Daniel Colbert (age 11), Dominic Kelly (age 11) and Thomas Byrnes (age 12) all from Scoil Mháthair Dé, SCR, Limerick and Alanna O'Beirne, MIC. This report, written by Dr. Brendan O’Keeffe and Alanna O’Beirne, is the first Irish study ever to be undertaken to assess the level of freedom children have to make journeys on their own.

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700 BUDDING ENTREPRENEURS SHOWCASE THEIR BUSINESS IN WOODLANDS HOUSE HOTEL

27/4/2015

 
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Pictured at the Junior Entrepreneur Programme 2015 showcase in Fitzgerald Woodlands Hotel, were staff and students from Pallaskenry NS.
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Pictured at the Junior Entrepreneur Programme 2015 showcase in Fitzgerald Woodlands Hotel, were staff and students from Martinstown NS, with Eucharia McCarthy, Director of the Curriculum Development Unit in MIC and Mary Fitzgerald, Woodlands Hotel, Adare.
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Pictured at the Junior Entrepreneur Programme 2015 showcase in Fitzgerald Woodlands Hotel, were staff and students from Ballysteen NS.

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6th League o’Legends Soccer Blitz at Mary Immaculate College

17/10/2014

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Transforming Education ‘Brick by Brick’

17/10/2014

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Viking Ireland: A New Voyage of Discovery

17/10/2014

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