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The resouces in this section are grouped under the following clickable headings;

Webwheel Library

Reports relating directly to centres for education and training

SEN Initiative Report, 2009
Report of the Pilot Phase of the Special Educational Needs Initiative in Youthreach, January 2007 to June 2008
A full account of the pilot action in twenty Youthreach centres to support learners with SEN.
By Mary Gordon, Senior Psychologist, Further Education Section, Department of Education and Science, May 2009.

Identifying good practice, 2007
Identifying good practice in relation to the support needs of students in centres for education and training, with reference also to the needs of staff and support service practitioners
.
This is a report of a consultative process undertaken with stakeholders of Youthreach, Senior Traveller Training and Community Training Centre in 2004.
By Mary Gordon, Senior Psychologist, Further Education Section, Department of Education and Science, January 2007

Crisis Intervention, 2005
Developing a Strategy for Crisis Intervention in YOUTHREACH.
Research commissioned by Co Donegal VEC
By Julie Brown, January 2005
For Co Donegal Vocational Education Committee
Funded by the ADM/CPA EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation

Survey Report, 2004
Survey of Guidance, Counselling and Psychological Service Provision in Youthreach, Community and Senior Traveller Centres for Education Report. A survey into the nature and quality of support provision in centres was conducted with the main stakeholders, including centre directors, VEC CEOs, support practitioners (e.g. psychologists, psychotherapists, guidance counsellors) and learners.
By Mary Gordon, Senior Psychologist, Further Education Section, December 2004


Support services in Co Donegal centres, 2004
Evaluation of Support & Counselling Services in YOUTHREACH Centres &
the Senior Traveller Training Centre in County Donegal. Research commissioned by Co Donegal VEC
By Breda Friel and Siobhan Coulter, March 2004
For Co Donegal Vocational Education Committee

Funded by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency

 

Reports relating to alternative and further education

Using youth work approaches in education, 2008
YOUTH WORK IN SCHOOLS: An investigation of youth work, as a process of informal learning, in formal settings
By Dr Tony Morgan, Pat Morgan and Brian O’Kelly, 2008
Research funded by the Department of Education (Northern Ireland)

Handbook for teachers in Further and Higher Education, 2007
Teaching and Learning in Further and Higher Education: A Handbook by the Education for Employment Project. This handbook was produced as part of an Education for Employment Project funded through the ESF EQUAL Community Initiative.
Published by the Education for Employment Project, 2007
Funded through the ESF EQUAL Community Initiative

Review of alternative education, 2001
Alternative Education: Literature Review and Report on Key Informants’ Experiences

Report to the Ministry of Education, New Zealand
By Patricia O’Brien, Avril Thesing and Paul Herbert, 2001
Faculty of Postgraduate Studies and Research: Auckland College of Education

 

Special Educational Needs

Special Education Support Service

European Agency for the Development in Special Needs Education

 

Literacy

Introduction to literacy materials

What skilled readers are doing

Teaching literacy - Current research findings

Strategies for Language Development

Strategies for Spelling

Strategies for Effective Teaching

Strategies for Successful Learning

Strategies for Writing

Strategies for Reading Comprehension

Strategies for Word Recognition

 

Critical Incidents

Preparing for a critical incident

 

Guidance issues

Guidelines on Supporting Learners to Make a Transition

 

Well-being issues

Mental health services for young people

Young people and suicide in Ireland

 

Teaching strategies

Teaching strategies and interventions

Group exercises

 

SPHE

Samaritan's DEAL programme

 

Child protection and welfare issues

Learner welfare memo, Nov 09

 

 


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