RSS 1.0Special Education (Theses)
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The neurodiversity paradigm: exploring the factors influencing educational psychologists’ attitudes and practices
(2025-03-21)Background: The neurodiversity paradigm (NP) and the Neurodiversity Movement (NM) have called for a shift away from traditional notions of pathologising neurological differences, such as autism, to instead embracing the ... -
Making children visible: using student voice to shape inclusive practice in mainstream post-primary schools in Ireland
(2025-03-19)Ratification of the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1989 initiated academic, political and community interest and commitment to advancing advocacy and support for children, their rights, ... -
The lived experience of Hospital school stakeholders in Ireland
(2025-03-19)Background: Literature indicates that increasingly more children are living with serious medical conditions whilst continuing their education. Hospital schools (HSs) allow hospitalised children to continue their schooling ... -
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) in Irish mainstream primary schools: staff experiences and inclusive practices
(2025-03-19)Background: Inclusive education for students with additional needs has been denoted in Irish educational policies for three decades, as well as in international literature and human rights legislation with increasing ... -
An exploration of the implementation of a mathematics dynamic assessment with pupils experiencing mathematics difficulties in the Irish education system using Yin's case study methodology
(2025-03-19)Aims: The current research project aims to explore the implementation of a dynamic assessment of curriculum-based mathematics tasks in the Irish primary school context and address the question of how this process can ... -
Wellbeing in Irish primary schools: an exploration of educator experiences of the three-tiered continuum of support framework in supporting pupil wellbeing needs
(2025-03-19)This study explores the experiences of school principals, class teachers, and special education teachers in implementing the three-tiered Continuum of Support framework (CoS) to address pupil wellbeing needs in Irish Primary ... -
An exploration of educational psychologists' experiences of working with children and young people from refugee backgrounds in Ireland
(2025-03-19)Children and Young People (CYP) from refugee backgrounds are likely to have been exposed to traumatic events, have been required to adjust to a new environment, while also learning an additional language, and adjusting to ... -
Perspectives on enhancing a culture of learner voices in a 21st century post-primary school
(2025-03-19)The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (United Nations 1989) gave children the right to be heard on matters that concern them. Ireland, like much of Europe since the mid 1990’s has had an explicit focus ... -
Exploring children’s disability network team practitioners’ attitudes, perceptions and experiences of family-centred practices in the implementation of individual family service plans
(2025-03-18)Objective: This study aims to enhance understanding of Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) implementation within Ireland’s Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNTs), focusing on the Family-Centred Practice (FCP) model ... -
Support and space: exploring the implementation of a neuroaffirmative self-regulation framework for autistic children encompassing environmental, social and cognitive supports
(2025-03-18)The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (United Nations, 2006) has called for a global human rights approach to remove barriers to enable the full participation of people with disabilities ... -
Evaluating the effectiveness of the Body Project as a whole-class, positive body image intervention in Irish post-primary schools
(2025-03-18)Background: The Body Project is a cognitive dissonance-based eating disorder prevention programme developed by Stice et al. (2006). Aims: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Body ... -
“Dear mathematics – I’m not a therapist, solve your own problems!” – a mixed methods examination of the effect of a pilot cognitive behavioural therapy intervention on the mathematics anxiety and mathematics teaching efficacy beliefs of pre-service primary school teachers in Ireland
(2025-03-18)Background and Aims: Mathematics anxiety can have a debilitating effect on mathematics performance and is particularly high amongst pre-service teachers in comparison to other university students. Teachers’ mathematics ... -
Transition to post-primary school in Ireland: exploring the voices of children with mild intellectual disabilities
(2025-03-18)Background: The transition from primary to post-primary school is one of the key junctions in education for young people. With school playing a key role in the lives of students, the shift from a familiar to novel environment ... -
Leadership for inclusive special education in Irish primary schools: an exploration of the role of the special educational needs coordinator
(2025-03-13)As the educational landscape rapidly transforms in response to the promotion of inclusive education agendas, it has brought challenges to the management and leadership of provision for students with Special Educational ... -
An exploration of how students with Down syndrome experience basic psychological need satisfaction in Irish mainstream class settings
(2025-03-13)Background and Aim: Self-Determination Theory posits that all individuals have inherent tendencies toward growth and development as well as a vulnerability to maladaptive functioning. Within social contexts such as schools, ... -
What are primary school teachers' attitudes toward introversion in students?
(2023-11-06)The existing literature suggests a potential implicit social desirability associated with the extrovert personality and as a result, extroverts are accommodated across various work and educational settings, leading to a ... -
What is strong over what is wrong: an exploration of Irish educational psychologists' use and perceptions of strengths based practice
(2023-11-03)The present research aims to explore how Educational Psychologists (EPs) employ strengths based practice (SBP) and to elicit their thoughts and experiences of working from a strengthsbased lens. Research in the area of SBP ... -
Exploring the impact of educating students about autism in a secondary school
(2023-11-03)Aims: This research aims to further our understanding of the impacts of educating secondary school students about autism. Of note, AsIAm’s Autism Awareness Workshop is not evidence-based. This study is not evaluating or ... -
An evaluation of the school based wellbeing intervention welcome to wellbeing for young children
(2023-11-03)Background: Wellbeing has become a valued aspect of education in recent years. However, further exploration of wellbeing and wellbeing interventions with young children still needs to be completed. Additionally, there needs ... -
Does the Weaving Well-being programme affect the academic achievement and engagement of Irish primary school students?
(2023-10-25)Background: In 2012, 1 in 3 Irish young people were found to experience mental ill-health (Dooley & Fitzgerald, 2012). In light of such data, the Department of Education (DES) has recommended use of universal evidence based ...