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Among those to attend and speak at Tuesday's event were principal Kerrie Wickham, who was MC, leas cathaoirleach of Laois County Council PJ Kelly, chief ...

“As a pilot scheme, our funding was only ever guaranteed for three years at a time and the threat of closure was always a possibility. Many of our students have come to us from mainstream, ASD units or special schools or were possibly excluded from school because they need the specific interventions of our very specialised setting. “The new building will be without a doubt no less than what the children deserve and will change the lives of our students, setting them up for success,” the principal said. “ABA is a scientific behavioural approach and its effectiveness with children with autism is well documented. The new building will incorporate a purpose built functional school with every classroom having its own resource room, sensory room, toilet suites and their own contained garden. “This programme of funding has now ceased and we were very lucky to get in before it stopped.