{"id":1237,"date":"2015-03-27T10:44:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T10:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2017-11-15T10:48:49","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T10:48:49","slug":"ombudsman-children-welcomes-additional-allocation-resource-teacher-support-children-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/news\/ombudsman-children-welcomes-additional-allocation-resource-teacher-support-children-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Ombudsman for Children welcomes additional allocation of resource teacher support to children with Down Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon, has welcomed the recent announcement by Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O\u2019Sullivan that additional resources will be allocated to schools as an interim measure to support children with Down Syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am delighted that the Minister for Education has introduced additional resources, as an interim measure, to help alleviate any hardship for children with Down Syndrome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office (OCO) published an investigation in May 2013 which highlighted the Office\u2019s concern about how the Department of Education &amp; Skills was evaluating the allocation of resources to special needs children in schools.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation found that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Department of Education and Skills had failed to establish and maintain arrangements to fully inform itself about the progress of children with special educational needs, including children with Down Syndrome, catered for under the General Allocation Model (GAM);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Department of Education and Skills had failed to set and manage time frames for the efficient completion of the review of the GAM.\u00a0 At the time of its establishment in 2005, the Department indicated that a review would happen after 3 years of operation. While the review itself commenced in 2008, it took nearly 3 years to complete.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The OCO recommended, among other things, that the Department should:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Immediately establish the adequacy of provision, including the method of delivery, for children with Down Syndrome in mainstream education. The outcome of this should be made public, including any measures related to timescales for implementation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office subsequently wrote to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection in January 2014 to highlight the OCO\u2019s concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Following the withdrawal of the new model for allocating resources and learning support, which was due to begin in September 2015, the Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon, wrote to Minister O\u2019Sullivan.\u00a0 He sought clarification on the rationale for the revised timeframe for implementation of the new model.\u00a0 He also asked what steps were being taken to consider and understand how children with Down Syndrome would be affected in the interim and to determine the Minister\u2019s plans for assisting such children with Down Syndrome in the interim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information contact Sin\u00e9ad Fennell 086 6075266<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes to Editors:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/resources\/statement-regarding-educational-provision-mainstream-school-children-syndrome\/\">Read the full investigation\u00a0regarding educational provision in\u00a0mainstream school for children with Down\u00a0Syndrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon, has welcomed the recent announcement by Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O\u2019Sullivan that additional resources will be allocated to schools as an interim measure to support children with <a class=\"read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/news\/ombudsman-children-welcomes-additional-allocation-resource-teacher-support-children-syndrome\/\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"post_types_api":[28],"post_topics_api":[40,33],"class_list":["post-1237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","type-press-release","topic-disability","topic-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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