Student Support Files
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NEPS: School Support Continuum Guidelines
Student Support File:
Guidelines
Guidelines

(Post-Primary) Continuum of Support
The Department has set out the Continuum of Support framework to assist schools in identifying and responding to students’ needs. This framework recognises that special educational needs occur along a continuum, ranging from mild to severe, and from transient to long term, and that students require different levels of support depending on their identified educational needs. Using this framework helps to ensure that interventions are incremental, moving from class-based interventions to more intensive and individualised support, and that they are informed by careful monitoring of progress.

School Support File Completion Tracker
(Made by Annie Asgard) This Spreadsheet might help SET/EAL teachers or SENCOs to track the School Support File preparation, having multiple sign and final stages of completion. Editable.

EAL Student Support File Infants
(Made by Annie Asgard) This is a Student Support File for a Junior Infants student who came out for EAL in a small group. This child does not have diagnosed learning needs.

NALDIC Pupil Portraits
Teachers' accounts of how pupils learn EAL in our schools
These pupil portraits were written by teachers and show how real bilingual pupils learn EAL in the mainstream classroom and how their teachers support them to do so. Teachers talk about aspects of spoken language, social and cultural context, language demands and language and cognitive development which are so important in learning EAL.
These pupil portraits were written by teachers and show how real bilingual pupils learn EAL in the mainstream classroom and how their teachers support them to do so. Teachers talk about aspects of spoken language, social and cultural context, language demands and language and cognitive development which are so important in learning EAL.

Post-Primary: Classroom Support Strategies
CLASSROOM SUPPORT STRATEGIES: WORKING
WITH EAL LEARNERS IN SECONDARY SETTINGS
WITH EAL LEARNERS IN SECONDARY SETTINGS

EAL Adjustments for Mainstream Classes
(Contributed by Joan Ryan) Adjustments in resources
Adjustments in environment

Narrell Byrne's EAL Guidance
Practical guidance, processes and adaptable resources to develop a whole school framework for supporting EAL learners in Post-Primary

On the way!

On the way!
Family Support
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SAVE OUR TEACHER MADE RESOURCES

Translate Ireland Website
Multilingual Video Messages in 30 + languages on current Covid19 guidelines, advice and restrictions in Ireland.
All of our videos are presented by doctors, nurses and health professionals – many who have moved to work in Ireland from other countries.
Our scripts are written by our medical lead, Dr. Catherine Clifford, and approved by the Irish College of General Practitioners.
The Covid19 World Service, in partnership with the Together Ireland Community Integration project and Nasc – the Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre, won an Irish Healthcare Award in the category of ‘Best Response to Covid19 from a Not-For-Profit’ at the 2020 Awards held in December, 2020.
All of our videos are presented by doctors, nurses and health professionals – many who have moved to work in Ireland from other countries.
Our scripts are written by our medical lead, Dr. Catherine Clifford, and approved by the Irish College of General Practitioners.
The Covid19 World Service, in partnership with the Together Ireland Community Integration project and Nasc – the Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre, won an Irish Healthcare Award in the category of ‘Best Response to Covid19 from a Not-For-Profit’ at the 2020 Awards held in December, 2020.

Covid-19 World Service Multilingual Videos for Families
Covid 19 World Service is a joint initiative of Nasc and Together Ireland. In addition to our public health videos voiced by doctors in over 30 languages, we have added video messaging for parents of children returning to school in August/September 2020. These videos were voiced by education professionals including teachers and SNAs working in Ireland and the messaging has been approved by the Irish College of GPs.
You can view these Back to School videos in Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Cantonese, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, English, French, Georgian, Greek, Irish, Italian, Hindi, Hungarian, Kurdish Sorani, Latvian, Lingala, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Tamil, Ukranian and Yoruba. Click on the language links below to watch the videos.
You can view these Back to School videos in Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Cantonese, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, English, French, Georgian, Greek, Irish, Italian, Hindi, Hungarian, Kurdish Sorani, Latvian, Lingala, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Tamil, Ukranian and Yoruba. Click on the language links below to watch the videos.

Letter of support - International Protection
Sample letter to be written for families seeking the support of the school for their application for international protection. It is important to note, each school must act within its own policies in this regard. Many schools only provide basic enrolment and attendance information.

Pathways to Parental Leadership - Toolkit
Immigrant Council of Ireland Toolkit
Chapters include:
The Welcoming Process
Facilitating Family-School Partnerships
Providing Interpreters in a School 34
Guidelines on Special Integration Services 36
Examples of Promising Practice 39
DVD Materials
Chapters include:
The Welcoming Process
Facilitating Family-School Partnerships
Providing Interpreters in a School 34
Guidelines on Special Integration Services 36
Examples of Promising Practice 39
DVD Materials

ESL Toolkit Tips, Hints, Links & Resources for Volunteer Tutors
This would be useful for HSCLs and teachers working with newly arrived asylum seekers and refugees with limited English. Provides communication strategies. From: Compiled for the:
Refugee Response Team
Thompson-Okanagan & Kootenays, British Columbia, Canada
Refugee Response Team
Thompson-Okanagan & Kootenays, British Columbia, Canada

PEaCH (EU Project) How to raise a bilingual child
This amazing resource has searchable (by age, type of resource and home language) menu of resources for multilingual families.
Mostly EU National Languages, but they are adding languages, too.
Gaeilge resources, too that will help your new EAL students to learn Gaeilge!
ALL FREE!
Mostly EU National Languages, but they are adding languages, too.
Gaeilge resources, too that will help your new EAL students to learn Gaeilge!
ALL FREE!

On the way!

On the way!

On the way!

On the way!

On the way!