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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
programme 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 programme is divided into four
modules, all of which must be completed by
participants who wish to attain the certificate
(
Continuous Professional Development) special
purpose award at NFQ level 7 carrying 20
ECTS. This programme is ideally suited for
teachers and those involved in community and
outreach education.
Further information
Contact: Holocaust Education Trust Ireland
Phone: 01 6690593 or email:
Contemporary Perspectives in
Social Work
This series of eight lectures will be held on
Tuesday evenings, from 7 October to 25
November 2014. 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 Emma McConkey, Executive
Officer, School of Social Work and Social Policy,
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Phone: 01 896 4579, 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
