Preparing for Life is very grateful to the Childhood Development Initiative for developing the ‘Support Pathways for Children with Additional Needs’ guide. The guide has been adapted for the Northeast Dublin community.
This guide arose from a need within the community to support parents and caregivers who have concerns about their child’s development. It sets out various pathways and supports available for children with additional needs and brings information from several different organisations into one place to help parents and caregivers navigate what is often a complex journey.
Parents/caregivers may use this guide to support them at various stages of their journey and different sections will be relevant at different stages of a child’s life.
Click on this image to open the PDF version. This will allow you to access links to the various websites listed.
Alternatively, here is a list of the supports:
- Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) in Early Childhood Care and Education www.aim.gov.ie
- Additional Needs Payments https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social-welfare/social-welfare-payments/supplementary-welfare-schemes/additional-needs-payment/
- ADHD Ireland http://www.adhdireland.ie/
- As I Am www.asiam.ie
- Association of Occupational Therapists in Ireland http://www.aoti.ie/
- Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland www.autismassistancedogsireland.ie
- Baldoyle Family Resource Services www.bfrs.ie
- Barnardos http://www.barnardos.ie/
- Carer's Benefit Application form https://assets.gov.ie/19923/2847745f86944188b90be0e885bf4a01.pdf
- Child and Family Support Network Coordinator (CFSN) www.tusla.ie/get-in-touch/child-and-family-support-network-co-ordinators.
- Children's Disability Network Team https://www2.hse.ie/services/disability/childrens-services/services/find-a-cdnt/
- Clontarf Children’s Disability Network Team mailto:cdntclontarf@crc.ie
- Coastal Children’s Disability Network Team mailto:cdntcoastal@smh.ie
- Coolock Children’s Disability Network Team mailto:cdntcoolock@smh.ie
- Coolock Library https://www.dublincity.ie/residential/libraries/find-library/coolock-library.
- CORU http://www.coru.ie/
- Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) https://www.gov.ie/en/service/30fac9-domiciliary-care-allowance/
- Drivers and Passengers with Disabilities Tax Relief Scheme http://www.ddai.ie/
- Dyslexia http://www.dyslexia.ie/
- Dyspraxia http://www.dyspraxia.ie/
- Educational Welfare www.tusla.ie/services/educational-welfare-services
- Family Carer Supports http://www.familycarers.ie/
- Family Resource Centres http://www.familyresource.ie/
- Financial Planning for the future of a child with disabilities http://www.financialwellbeing.ie/
- Fully Funded Energy Upgrades https://www.seai.ie/grants/home-energy-grants/fully-funded-upgrades-for-eligible-homes/
- Housing Adaptation Grant http://www.localgov.ie/
- HSE Learning to Talk Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsQK32cdMW_ygwiXLtpIu11owvqX8HctB
- Incapacitated Child Tax Credit http://www.revenue.ie/
- Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists www.iaslt.ie
- Jack & Jill http://www.jackandjill.ie/
- Kilbarrack Children’s Disability Network Team mailto:cdntkilbarrack@smh.ie
- Laura Lynn http://www.lauralynn.ie/
- Local Health Office http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/1/lho/
- Medical Card for those in receipt of Domiciliary Care Allowance https://www2.hse.ie/services/schemes-allowances/medical-cards/other-typesof-medical-card/domiciliary-care-allowance/
- Middletown Autism www.middletownautism.com
- Northside Partnership www.northsidepartnership.ie
- Parent-Led Autism Network (PLAN) https://parentledautismnetwork.ie/
- Parent-Led Autism Network D. 5, 13, 17 mailto:manager@artanefrc.com
- Preparing for Life http://www.preparingforlife.ie/
- Preschool services www.childcare.ie
- Psychological Society of Ireland http://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/
- Reasonable Accommodation at Certificate Examinations (RACE) https://ncse.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Web-Ready-03178-NCSE-Children-SEN-InfoBook-Parents2-Proof17-VISUAL-ONLY.pdf
- Sensational Kids www.sensationalkids.ie
- Social Prescribing https://www.northsidepartnership.ie/health/social-prescribing/
- Special Educational Needs Organiser www.ncse.ie/seno-support-service
- Special Classes www.ncse.ie/special-classes
- Summer Provision Grant Claim form https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/5d15a-summer-programme/
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Scheme https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social-welfare/social-welfare-payments/supplementary-welfare-schemes/supplementary-welfare-allow/
- Thinking Toys www.thinkingtoys.ie
- Triple P Parenting Programmes https://www.preparingforlife.ie/parenting-programmes-2/