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  • Schooling

    Schooling, together with communication, is one of the biggest decisions the parents of a deaf child have to make on behalf of their child.

    Some may send their child to a local school for the primary years, and then away to secondary school - possibly one of the specialist schools, or to the UK.

    Others educate their child locally, maybe using home tuition if it’s needed, or - a more practical approach - resource teaching during the school day.

    Alternatively, the child may attend a specialist school for the Deaf for their whole education, and grow up with Deaf peers, using ISL as a first language.

    In Ireland, the current options are:

    Mainstream schools - check with your local schools
    - with a visiting teacher of the deaf
    - supplemented by a resource teacher
    - and if needed, a special-needs assistant in the classroom

    Schools for the Deaf
    - St Mary’s, Cabra, Dublin 7
    - St Joseph’s, Cabra, Dublin 7
    - The Mid-West School for the Deaf, Limerick
    - Model School for the Deaf, Dublin

    Units for deaf children at mainstream schools
    - Douglas Community School, Co Cork
    - St Columba’s GNS, Co Cork
    - Geashill Unit, Co Offaly
    - Presentation Primary School, Tralee, Co Kerry
    - Mounthawk Secondary School, Tralee, Co Kerry
    - Darley National School, Cootehill, Co Cavan
    - Ennis Community College, Co Clare
    - Holy Family Junior National School, Ennis, Co Clare


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