Autism charity raises significant issues with new guide for 'behaviours of concern' in schools
12 December 2024
New guidelines on how schools should handle “behaviours of concern” potentially conflict with the Children First Act, autism charity AsIAm has warned.
The charity's CEO Adam Harris said that while AsIAm welcomes the publication of the guidelines, they fail his charity’s three basic tests of effectiveness.
Such behaviours of concern are defined in the new Department of Education guidelines as “behaviours that indicate a risk to the safety or wellbeing of the people who exhibit them or to others”.
Published by The Irish Examiner, 12th December 2024