M.Sen. Theses

M.Sen. theses currently held in the Library, organised alphabetically by author: Thesis abstracts can now be viewed by clicking on a thesis title. Abstracts are in pdf format and require Adobe Reader.

Author Title Year
Allen, Joan A Positive Learning Programme: First Steps. 2008
Breathnach, Una How Being in a Special Class Affected the Lives of Seven Past-Pupils. 2005
Butler, Martine A music-based social skills intervention for children with special educational needs. 2009
Carrig, Mary Educational Provision for Immigrant Students with Moderate to Severe Learning Disabilities in Special Schools: An Exploration of the Views of Their Parents. 2005
Chadwick, Hazel The Inclusion of Students with Special Education Needs in a Rural Post-Primary School: An Exploration of the Views and Perceptions of Mainstream Teachers. 2007
Cleary, Aisling An Exploration of Irish Teachers' Perceptions of the Inclusion of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder in Mainstream Primary School . 2011
Conroy, Rita Towards an Easier Transition for Pupils with Mild General Learning Difficulties from Primary to Second-Level School: A Study of Transfer Systems for Pupils with MGLD. 2005
Corcoran, Deirdre The Individual Education Plan as a Collaborative Process Between Resource Teacher and Classroom Teacher in the Mainstream Primary School 2006
Core, Miriam To what extent could 'AcceleRead AcceleWrite' develop the literacy skills of adolescents with Mild General Learning Disabilities? 2011
Coyle, Angela The Inclusion of a Pupil with Asperger Syndrome in a Mainstream Primary School: An Exploratory Study. 2006
Cronin, Fiona An Investigation into the Process and Implications of Developing Self-Regulation Skills Among Nine Third Class Children with Dyslexia using Assessment for Learning Strategies and Techniques. 2011
Curran, Ann The Oral Language Needs of Traveller Children in Early Years Education: Implications for Policy, Practice and Provision. 2006
De Paor, Siobhan A Case Study of a Links Programme Between a Special School for Students with Multiple Disability and a Mainstream Post-Primary School. 2007
Doolan, Elizabeth Continuing professional development: a case study of a local teacher network. 2009
Doolan, Patricia An Exploratory Study on How Teachers of Students with Severe and Profound General Learning Disabilities in Ireland Record Curriculum Progress. 2007
Drudy, Fionnuala Post-primary inclusive education for students with moderate general learning disabilities: perspectives of teachers and support personnel. 2009
Duffy, Eileen Communication and Language in Children with Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Disability (SPMLD). Can Intensive Interaction as an Intervention Bring about Enhancement. 2008
Fahey, Rosemary Post-School Vocational Outcomes and Social Experiences of Past-Pupils of a Special School for Mild General Learning Disabilities: How They Inform Transition Curricula. 2005
Feeney, Sarah The code of behaviour: a case study exploring student and staff perspectives in a special school. 2009
Fennell, Jim A Case Study of the Effects of Inclusion in Adult-Organised Break-Time Play on Children with Special Educational Needs. 2006
Flannagan, Bernadette M. An Investigation into how Dyslexia Impacts on the Learning of Mathematics in a Second Level Class. 2005
Furlong, Maurice An Investigation on How The Communication Skills of a Group of Students with Mild General Learning Disabilities at Mainstream Secondary Level can be Improved Through the Junior Certificate Art, Craft and Design Curriculum. 2007
Gannon, Maria Using Metacognition to Access the Curriculum in an Inclusive Classroom. 2006
Gilligan, Janice Present Paths and Future Directions of Past-Pupils of a Special School for Mild General Learning Difficulties: Are Certified Programmes Meeting Their Needs? 2008
Hackett, M An evaluation of the K-W-L Plus teaching model, as an educational tool for developing comprehension and recall of expository texts in a post-primary school, with particular reference to pupils with Special Educational Needs. 2011
Hickey, Tomás Beyond Infrastructure: Towards the Formulation of a Policy on Information and Communications Technology for Children with Special Educational Needs in a Mainstream Disadvantaged School. 2007
Higgins, Ann Enabling teachers to select toys that appeal to and elicit positive responses in pupils with profound and multiple learning disabilities with a cortical visual impairment. 2009
Hughes, Mary Teachers' understanding and use of formative assessment: an Irish case study. 2009
Irwin, Margaret An Investigation into the Development of the Social Functioning of a Group of Children with Mild General Learning Disabilities, Through a Gardening Programme. 2008
Jackson, Colm Perparing Children with Special Educational Needs in a Mainstream School for Transition from Primary to Post-Primary School. 2008
Keane, Michael Co-operative Teaching for Literacy with Particular Regard to the Inclusion of Children with Special Educational Needs in Mainstream Classes in the Irish Primary School. 2007
Keating, Bob The Special School Principal in the Republic of Ireland : Their Perceptions of the Nature of Their Role. 2008
Kelleher, Emer Parental Involvement in the Language Development of Preschool Traveller Children Through the Use of Storybooks. 2005
Kelly, Patrick L. The perspectives of teachers on the inclusion of students with special educational needs in first year mixed ability classes in a mainstream girls' post-primary school. 2009
Keogh, Niamh Collaboration in an Irish Special School for Students with Moderate General Learning Disabilities. 2011
King, Paul Does Regular Use of Word Processing Affect the Quality and Quantity of the Process Writing of Children Experiencing Literacy Difficulties?. 2007
Kingston, John An evaluative case study of the effectiveness of the code of behaviour in a special school for students with mild general learning disabilities. 2009
Lee, Ann Introducing Assessment for Learning to Children in an Irish Special Class: an Exploration of the Challenge Involved. 2008
Liddane, Moira An exploration of literacy development in an inclusive, primary school, through cross-age peer tutoring. 2009
Mellett, Luisne Collaboration in an Irish Special School for Students with Moderate General Learning Disabilities. 2011
McGagh, John A Study of the views, perceptions and satisfaction levels of primary school teachers with current educational responsibility for teaching children with specific speech and language disorder in a sample of mainstream primary schools in Ireland. 2009
McNamara, Catherine Transition for students with special educational needs from a mainstream post-primary school in a disadvantaged urban area to the post-school environment: an exploratory case study. 2009
McNamara, Susan Perspectives of co-teaching as a means of meeting the needs of students with special educational needs within the mainstream class, in a second-level, all boys', Catholic, fee-paying school. 2009
Monaghan, Catriona An Evaluative Case Study of a Daily Gross Motor Exercise Programme for Students with Special Educational Needs in a Mainstream Primary School. 2008
Morris, Jackie A Case Study of Provision for Children with SEN who are Learning English as an Additional Language Mainstream Primary School. 2008
Moylan, Sinéad The efficacy and feasibility of providing a sensory programme for a child with autistic spectrum disorder to enhance engagement in learning in a primary school setting. 2009
Murphy, Deirdre A study of appropriate early literacy assessments utilising both languages of children in a Gaelscoil. 2011
Murray, Imelda The Inclusion of Students with Special Education Needs in Post-Primary Schools in Co. Clare and Factors That Influence Provision. 2006
Ní Bhuachalla, Majella Provision for Children with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties in Co-educational Mainstream School in a Disadvantaged Urban Area: An Exploratory Case Study. 2008
Ní Bhroin, Davnet An evaluation of a shared reading emergent literacy programme for children with SEN in a mainstream primary school. 2009
Ní Chiaruáin, Mairéad An examination of how children with dyslexia experience reading in two languages in a Gaelscoil. 2009
Ní Fhoighil, Niamh A Comparative Study of Speical School in a Gaelscoil and a Gaeltacht school. 2008
O' Dochartaight, Diarmuid An Exploration of Opportunities for a More Collaborative Approach to Young Offender Education. 2007
O'Gorman, Anthony The Role of the Special School in Supporting Inclusion. 2006
O'Gorman, Lawerence Improving the Classroom Behaviour of Students Presenting with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties Using Classroom Charters. 2008
O' Mahony, Paul. J. Leadership and learning in special schools for students with low incidence learning disabilities in a time of change in Ireland: principals' perceptions. 2009
O'Neill, Claire S. Supporting a Pupil with Asperger Syndrome Through the Exploration of the Collaborative Process and the Implementation of a Co-Teaching Model. Perspectives of a Class Teacher, a Resource Teacher, a Special Needs Assistant and a Pupil. 2006
O'Neill, Finola Fostering Resilience in Vulnerable Children: Exploring a Framework for Intervention. 2007
O'Shaughnessy, Mary The Effectiveness of Visual Supports as an Intervention for a child with Autistic Spectrum Disorder in a Mainstream Class in a Primary School. 2007
Pringle, John School Competition for Children in a Special Class from the Perspective of Resilience: A Case Study. 2008
Smyth, Bernadette Provision for Foreign National Pupils with Special Education Needs in Irish Primary Schools : An Exploratory Study. 2005
Sorensen, David What Differences, in the Irish Context, Can be Identified Between the Approach of Reading Recovery Teachers and That of Teachers Using Standard Literacy Intervention, in the Area of Early Literacy Skills? 2006
Walley, Kathleen Accessing the Mainstream Curriculum: The Effects of Collaboration between a Class Teacher and a Researcher-Practitioner to Differentiate for a Pupil with Mild General Learning Disability. 2007
Williams, Geraldine The Visiting Teacher of the Deaf: Investigating the Role in an Irish Context. 2007

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