Minister must review autism schools [finegael.org]
- Published: 22 July 2010
Minister Coughlan’s failure to carry out an independent review into schools specialising in providing Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) tuition to children with autism before pushing through proposals for a transition to special school status is regrettable, but can still be put right according to Fine Gael Education Spokesman, Fergus O’Dowd TD.
Eleven Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) schools which were in a pilot scheme for years were given just three weeks to vote on proposals that would see them transition to special schools, despite confusion and concern as to what the future would hold if the schools did not sign up to the Department’s proposals.
“It is simply not good enough for the Education Minister to railroad these schools into a decision of such massive importance.
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