There are some special facilities for children under five
Children with special educational needs are usually educated in mainstream schools but if this is not suitable, there are a number of options for students with learning difficulties or a disability. Your child can be enrolled in:
Babies up to school age
By law all children should be in formal education by six years of age. Before this age there is a range of child care facilities available. A list of pre-school services that are notified to the HSE are available on the HSE website – www.hse.ie under the heading ‘Pre-school Inspection.’ Notified pre-school services are inspected by the HSE every year.
You can get more information about crèches, playschools, child-minders and child care training programmes from the Limerick City Childcare Committee - www.limerickcitychildcare.ie. Phone: 061-407525/6/7 or at Limerick County Childcare Committee at www.clcc.ie Phone 061 60 09 18
Childcare facilities:
Montessori groups
Montessori groups focus on:
Playschools
In playschools children are encouraged to share and take turns. They learn to understand the rules of the classroom such as listening and they have the opportunity to play with children of a similar age.
Naíonraí
These are nursery or playschools that use the Irish language.
Parent and toddler groups
A group of parents or guardians meet together with their children with everyone getting a chance to socialise.
Children with special educational needs are usually educated in mainstream schools but if this is not suitable, there are a number of options for students with learning difficulties or a disability. Your child can be enrolled in:
- a mainstream school
with extra support from the Department of Education and Science, for example a
Special Needs Assistant;
- a separate, special class in a mainstream school; or
- a special school which caters for the student’s ability, for example a special school for children who are visually or hearing impaired.
Babies up to school age
By law all children should be in formal education by six years of age. Before this age there is a range of child care facilities available. A list of pre-school services that are notified to the HSE are available on the HSE website – www.hse.ie under the heading ‘Pre-school Inspection.’ Notified pre-school services are inspected by the HSE every year.
You can get more information about crèches, playschools, child-minders and child care training programmes from the Limerick City Childcare Committee - www.limerickcitychildcare.ie. Phone: 061-407525/6/7 or at Limerick County Childcare Committee at www.clcc.ie Phone 061 60 09 18
Childcare facilities:
Montessori groups
Montessori groups focus on:
- individualised education;
- teaching social skills; and
- maximising children’s development
Playschools
In playschools children are encouraged to share and take turns. They learn to understand the rules of the classroom such as listening and they have the opportunity to play with children of a similar age.
Naíonraí
These are nursery or playschools that use the Irish language.
Parent and toddler groups
A group of parents or guardians meet together with their children with everyone getting a chance to socialise.