Meanings of educational supports in English

A GUIDE detailing the full range of educational supports available to children with special needs can now be downloaded.

Over £600 million will be invested in training and educational supports and £400 million in Community Employment schemes.

For the children who don't tick the right boxes on administrative application forms for educational supports, and their families, it cannot come soon enough.

Mr Clare suffered from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and had, through his parents, sued the Department of Education for not providing appropriate educational supports.

In a separate development, the Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, expressed concern about the impact of the cuts on educational supports for immigrant children.