Inside Education On 103.2 Dublin City Fm

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. Theme tune by David Vesey. On this week's programme, the guests were two of the keynote speakers from the 2019 annual conference of the Irish Primary Principals' Network, the IPPN, Adam Harris and Patrick O'Shea. Adam Harris is the Chief Executive Officer of AsIAm, an organisation set up to give people with autism a voice. My conversation with Adam included the following topics: His message for primary school principals The importance of school culture The “scattered skill sets” of people with autism The value of focusing on a student’s strengths Disclosing the having of autism Support for students with autism A student’s relationship with their SNA The work of As I Am Awareness of versus Understanding People with autism Coping mechanisms for difficult situations and places Being diagnosed as having autism   Professor Patrick O'Shea was appointed President of University College Cork in 2017 following a three-decade career in academia in the United States. My conversa