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A school for the deaf in Dublin is set to lose its only speech and language therapist, under a HSE reshuffle of disability services.
Parents and staff at the Holy Family School for the Deaf in Cabra have warned that their on-site therapist offers a “critical” service for their children.
However, the HSE has decided to redeploy the one they have as part of its move towards ‘Children’s Disability Network Teams’ (CDNT) in the community. Critical resource
School Principal Eimear O Rourke is appealing to the HSE to rethink the move.
“It will be very difficult to communicate this loss to our children and staff in the school,” she said.