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Fine Gael Senator calls for dyslexia training for student teachers

Calls have been made to make dyslexia training mandatory for student teachers so they can fully support around 100,000 primary and secondary pupils with learning difficulty...

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18.33 4 Apr 2022


Fine Gael Senator calls for dyslexia training for student teachers


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Calls have been made to make dyslexia training mandatory for student teachers so they can fully support around 100,000 primary and secondary pupils with learning difficulty. 

Fine Gael Senator, Tim Lombard has urged the Education Minister to introduce a compulsory module and joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to explain why.

He was joined alongside by Padraig, a listener to share his own experience of dyslexia… 

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