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Certificate in Holocaust
Education
The Herzog Centre in the Department of Near
and Middle Eastern Studies and Holocaust
Education Trust Ireland offer a Certificate in
Holocaust Education which provides in-depth
tuition on the historical significance and
contemporary resonance of the Holocaust. This
course provides participants with information,
tools and skills to address this subject in their
area of work, and to develop pedagogic
expertise to complement their knowledge. The
course is divided into four modules, all of which
must be completed by participants who wish to
attain the certificate. This course is ideally suited
for teachers and those involved in community
and outreach education.
Further information
Contact: Holocaust Education Trust Ireland,
phone: 01 6690593, email:
Contemporary Perspectives in
Social Work
This series of eight lectures will be held on
Tuesday evenings, from October to December
2013.
It will be presented by experienced
lecturers and practitioners who teach or have
other involvement on the professional courses in
the School of Social Work and Social Policy.
The course will provide an overview of current
issues, debates and approaches in social work
practice today.
It aims to be interactive and stimulating. The
course is restricted to professionally qualified
social workers and may be of particular interest
to prospective and established practice
teachers. ‘Continuing professional development
points’ for the purpose of professional
registration of social workers are also awarded.
How to apply
Applications to: Ms Mairead Pascoe, Executive
Officer, School of Social Work and Social Policy,
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Phone:
01 896 2001,
email:
Fee
€100. A reduced fee of €50 for current Trinity
College Dublin practice teachers.
Autism Diagnostic Observation
Schedule (ADOS-2) for the
Clinical Setting
ADOS-2 is a semi-structured, standardised
assessment of communication, social
interaction, play/imaginative use of materials
and restricted and repetitive behaviours for
individuals who have been referred because of
possible autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Fundamentally new to the ADOS-2 than
ADOS-G are the procedures involved in the
algorithm computation and the comparison
score for module 1 through 3 which were
revised on the basis of the findings of recent
validation research. The new comparison score
provides a way of indicating a participant’s level
of autism spectrum related symptomatology and
it can also be used to interpret an individual’s
own change in autism spectrum related
symptoms over time. ADOS-2 also includes a
toddler module, which is designed for very
young children who do not use phrase speech
but who are between the ages of twelve and
thirty months. The toddler module has its own
algorithms that provide ‘ranges of concern’
instead of cutoff scores. A variety of specialists
will use the ADOS-2, their use of results in
writing reports and making recommendations to
inform medical diagnoses, special education
classification and occupational therapists and
speech and hearing professionals might use for
treatment planning.
