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Home Tuition

Home tuition programmes can provide valuable learning experiences for many children with additional needs. Of course we hope to see every child participating as fully as possible in supportive, inclusive school settings. However, we know that not all children have access to such settings. And in some cases, it may take time and highly specialised instruction to prepare them.

Based on the 2019/2020 Department of Education and Skills Guidelines, home tuition funding is available to children with special needs who are:

  • unable to attend school (e.g. due to chronic illness)
  • without a school placement
  • between 2.5 and 3 years of age with a diagnosis of autism

This funding is provided to allow families to secure a tutor registered with the Teaching Council. Registered tutors must have specific qualifications. However, some families find it extremely beneficial to have assessments and intervention plan developed and supervised by a relevant specialist.

Additionally, some families choose to hire home tutors privately to supplement supports they receive at school.

Our team can help maximize your child’s learning potential and development. Whether you’re looking for guidance on strategies to develop specific behaviours or skills at home, or  require development and supervision of a full home tuition programme, we can help.

How does it work?

We will work with the you to identity priority goals, outline an individualized plan, provide training and ongoing supervision as requested.

As with all of our services, the schedule and form of support is dictated by family preference and individual need. An initial consult is recommend to conduct preliminary assessment and establish parent priorities, after which a plan of action is agreed.

Where full assessment and programme development is requested,  we will use any of the following assessment tools depending on the age or profile of the child, and family priorities:

  • Early Start Denver Model Checklist
  • Verbal Behaviour Milestones Assessment and Placement Programmes (VB-MAPP)
  • The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (ABLLS)
  • The Assessment of Functional Life Skills (AFLS) 
  • Inventory of Good Learner Repertoires (Ward, S, 2013)
  • Other curriculum-based tools as relevant

Upon completion of assessment, we will provide a full report outlining results, priority goals, and intervention strategies. We can then provide ongoing progress monitoring, training, and supervision on an agreed schedule.

Get in touch with us, we’d love to help!

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Send us a message, or give us a call.

One of us will get back to you to talk about how we can help.

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There are many mixed emotions around the return to school for our children. Some of us are excited, some of us are worried and many of us are overwhelmed.

There are so many things out of our control, no matter how hard we try, we cannot control them. So what can we do?...

Here are some simple achievable steps we can put in place to make the coming days and weeks easier on the whole family.

1. Practice self-care: Choose one thing you can do for yourself each day. It can be as big or small as you wish, but make it achievable e.g. each morning, write 3 things you are grateful for; spend 5 minutes alone with a hot cup of tea of coffee; go for a walk outside (even if you just walk around your house once!)

2. Build structure and routine into the day: If you're anything like us, those waking and bedtime routines in place during school periods have really drifted. Try not to wait until a day or two before to re-establish those routines. Give everyone a chance to ease back into those bedtimes or school time routines.

3. Ask for help: People may not be able to call and visit or take the children for an hour, but even a chat with a family member, or parent in a similar situation. And there are so many parent support pages or professionals to connect with online.

4. Celebrate the small wins: Make sure and take a moment to celebrate the small wins every day. This could be as simple as your child trying a new food, or bedtime taking 5 minutes less time than usual.

5. Make time to connect with your child: Spend at least 5 minutes with your child playing and having fun with just one goal in mind, laughter!

#reachchildrens #reachchildrensservices #selfcare #smallwins #structure #routine #havefun #specialneedsparenting #autism #specialneeds #controlthecontrollables
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There are many mixed emotions around the return to school for our children. Some of us are excited, some of us are worried and many of us are overwhelmed. 

There are so many things out of our control, no matter how hard we try, we cannot control them. So what can we do?...

Here are some simple achievable steps we can put in place to make the coming days and weeks easier on the whole family.

1. Practice self-care: Choose one thing you can do for yourself each day. It can be as big or small as you wish, but make it achievable e.g. each morning, write 3 things you are grateful for; spend 5 minutes alone with a hot cup of tea of coffee; go for a walk outside (even if you just walk around your house once!)

2. Build structure and routine into the day: If youre anything like us, those waking and bedtime routines in place during school periods have really drifted. Try not to wait until a day or two before to re-establish those routines. Give everyone a chance to ease back into those bedtimes or school time routines.  

3. Ask for help: People may not be able to call and visit or take the children for an hour, but even a chat with a family member, or parent in a similar situation. And there are so many parent support pages or professionals to connect with online. 

4. Celebrate the small wins: Make sure and take a moment to celebrate the small wins every day. This could be as simple as your child trying a new food, or bedtime taking 5 minutes less time than usual.

5. Make time to connect with your child: Spend at least 5 minutes with your child playing and having fun with just one goal in mind, laughter!

#reachchildrens #reachchildrensservices #selfcare #smallwins #structure #routine #havefun #specialneedsparenting #autism #specialneeds #controlthecontrollables
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Great perspective in this quote. 💪

So we still have several weeks of restrictions ahead, and it's all grown quite tiresome. For some, things may be looking up a bit with children returning to school. Others may be very apprehensive about the return.

If you're struggling still with some of the questions remaining about the return to school, services resuming, or any of the many other stressors in life these days, that's OK. You're certainly not alone, but also remember YOUR track record for getting through these days.
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Great perspective in this quote. 💪

So we still have several weeks of restrictions ahead, and its all grown quite tiresome. For some, things may be looking up a bit with children returning to school. Others may be very apprehensive about the return. 

If youre struggling still with some of the questions remaining about the return to school, services resuming, or any of the many other stressors in life these days, thats OK. Youre certainly not alone, but also remember YOUR track record for getting through these days.
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