A new Study Skills Manual to assist students in further and higher education has been launched by Minister for Lifelong Learning Seán Haughey.

Prof Michael Fitzgerald, child psychiatrist at TCD, described the results of three major studies as hopeful, but he could not say a cure was imminent.

The INTO claims closure of 128 special classes breaches the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to which Ireland is a signatory.

A uinion chief claims that the onslaught of recent cuts is “wiping out” services for vulnerable children and is making a mockery of equality.

A study commissioned by the ESRI reveals that 30 per cent of non-national adults in this country have a degree compared to 17 per cent of Irish.

Fundamental to any educational programme for deaf children is the principle of enabling them to make maximum use of whatever hearing they have got…

As more and more students get exemptions in state exams for grammar and spelling, a confidential report suggests the practice should come to an end.

A study published last month in the American Journal of Psychiatry reveals shape and volume differences in the brains of children with ADHD.

The Department of Education has begun a value for money audit of special needs assistants in 100 schools, including 20 special needs schools.

A new adult profiling tool looks at a person’s learning style and enables identification of specific areas of difficulty that the person may have.

The American Heart Association recommends that children be screened by electrocardiogram for heart problems before being given drugs to treat ADHD

A report in The Irish Examiner revealed that the state spent EUR22m fighting court cases against parents seeking special needs education for their child.