Research Conference: Voice Matters - a collaborative representation of unique perspectives

Date: Friday, 7th February 2025

Time: 09:00 – 15:30
Venue: Marino Institute of Education, Edmund Hall, Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9

Conference Host: Dr Finn Ó Murchú (Former Teacher, Senior Inspector, and Head of School, MIC Thurles).

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 📋 Schedule

🕣 08:30 – Registration

🕘 09:00 – Fáiltiú

• 👩‍🏫 Professor Teresa O’ Doherty, President, Marino Institute of Education
• 👩‍💼 Patricia Harrington, Chairperson, NABMSE

🕤 09:10 – 📘 Title: "A Century of Special Education in Ireland: Disturbing the Sound of Silence"

• 🎤 Speaker: Professor Emer Ring, Dean of Education at Mary Immaculate College

❓ 09:50 – Q&A

🕙 10:00 – 📘 Title: "Creating Space, Voice, Audience, and Influence for All Children"
(The Lundy Model for All Children with Additional Needs)

• 🎤 Speaker: Professor Laura Lundy, Professor of Children’s Rights, Queen’s University Belfast

❓ 10:45 – Q&A

☕ 11:00 – Tea/Coffee Break

🕦 11:25–12:10 – Workshops Block 1 - Choose one.

🕛 12:15–13:00 – Workshops Block 2 - Choose one.

🍽️ 13:00 – Lunch - Blasta Restaurant, Nagle Rice building

🕜 13:30 – 📘 Title: "Meaningful Student Participation in the Development of Talking Mats Resources to Support Inclusive Education in Ireland: Practice-Based Research"

• 🎤 Speakers: Jessica McCluskey, NCSE Speech and Language Therapy Manager, and Eimear Coffey, NCSE Specialist Lead, Education and Curriculum

🕑 14:00 – 📘 Title: "The Lived Educational Experiences of Autistic Trans and Non-Binary Students in the Republic of Ireland"

• 🎤 Speaker: Dr. Maggie Green, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Early Education & Social Studies, ATU

💬 14:30 – Panel Discussion

🙌 15:15 – Final Thanks and Conference Close

• 👩‍💼 Mary Crawford, Vice-Chair NABMSE

Workshops - Choose one from block 1 and one from Block 2.