School features on Prime Time special [enniscorthyguardian.ie]
- Published: 27 September 2011
ST. SENAN'S primary school featured prominently in last week's ' Prime Time' special about special needs education on RTE television. With the school losing five special needs assistants from its autism unit, the programme took a look at the implications of the cuts.
Among those who spoke to Miriam O'Callaghan and her crew were SNA Patrick Jackman, who explained the nature of his work, and school principal Dr. Henry Goff. Margaret Wickham told of waiting eight years to hear her autistic son Dylan speak his first word while Margaret Nolan described how her Liam has painstakingly learned to write.
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