Returning to School Supports
State Exams
These documents briefly outline changes to the Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate in 2020, as a result of Covid-19. They are provided in easy-read format, with some visual supports.
Junior Certificate - What's Happening Now
Leaving Certificate - What's Happening Now
Sensory Regulation
Sensory Strategies at School
Emotional Regulation
Back to School – Managing Anxiety
Transition to a New School
Pupil Passport – School Starters
Transition Booklet – School Starters
Resource for supporting children transitioning from primary to post-primary school NEPS, 2015
https://www.education.ie/en/Schools-Colleges/Services/National-Educational-Psychological-Service-NEPS-/NEPS-Guides/Transfer-from-Primary-to-Post-primary/Transition-to-Post-Primary-School-Sample-Transition-Programmes.pdf
Starting a new school
Visual Supports
Visual materials can be used to prepare your child for returning to school and to support them when they have returned. The documents below provide templates for creating visual supports for your child, as well as a number of sample visuals which may be incorporated.
Visuals - Back to School
Visuals Chart
Visuals Charts Template
Visual Strategies Guide 1
Daily Visual Schedule Sample and Blank
Getting Ready for School
Checklist
The below resource ‘Bridge Back to School’ was compiled by the AsIAm organisation, to support children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with the return to school.
https://asiam.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ASIAM_Parents.pdf
Social story for returning to school
Covid 19 Time capsule