County Wexford Community Workshop (New Ross) Ltd.

New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland

Telephone: ++ 353 51 440144   Fax: ++ 353 51 440199  E-Mail: cwcw@cwcw.ie

Providing Pre-School, Training, Sheltered Occupation, Day Activation and Residential Services to People with Disabilities

HOMEPAGE
 
PRE-SCHOOL
 
TRAINING
 
SHELTERED OCCUPATION
 
DAY ACTIVATION
 
RESIDENTIAL
 
ADMINISTRATION
 
LINKS

COMPENSATORY EDUCATION

DURATION:  8 weeks

AIM:

To provide an opportunity for each trainee to develop and improve their literacy and numeracy skills at individual level and pace, so as to enable them to be as functionally literate and numerate as possible.

OBJECTIVES:

Training will focus on each person’s needs and wants in relation to using literacy and numeracy in their everyday lives, including:

Reading for information

Reading for pleasure

Writing letters, diaries and greetings cards

Filling in forms

Basic mathematics

Money

Time

Measurement

Where appropriate training will include, but not be exclusive, to the use of IAS modules IASNO4 (Using Information),  IASVO1 (Reading and Writing Project) and IASVO4 (Newsletter Production).