Project
St. Gabriel’s School & Centre is a voluntary, not-for-profit organization. We provide a caring and compassionate service through the delivery of health-related therapies and special needs education to up to 400 children and young adults with disabilities in the Mid-West. We are currently developing a five bedroom Children’s Respite Centre in Mungret , Co Limerick.
To provide a Respite Centre where short-term breaks will be provided for children with disabilities who have high medical needs.
People who require health-related therapies and special needs education to and young adults with disabilities in the Mid-West.
The estimated cost of the building project is €2.25m. Philanthropy has committed €1.2m.However, our organisation needs to raise €1m through grant applications, requests for corporate support, business and Individual support and the hosting of community fundraising events and activities.The above outlines demonstrates the need to engage the public, philanthropic organisations, the corporate sector and other bodies both statutory and non- statutory to support the development of this much needed facility.
Learning
Students will design the content and lay-out of a video St. Gabriels Special Needs Centre. The video will capture the stories from staff and parents and will be used to inform visitors about the new Respite House Students on this project will carry out some research and look at other similar type of Respite Centre developments in the UK.
This practical experience enables students to learn a range of technical and including the ability to layout information in a sequential and interesting manner, provide an artistically minded display to format and edit video content. You will engage in both independent as well as collaborative learning. You will learn from one another to reach creative solutions to practical problems. The module is designed to enable students to develop the capacity to apply curriculum-based knowledge in a real-world setting and self-assess and develop graduate attributes to work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team in collaboration with external community stake-holders. Submission of reflective journals will allow you to reflect on your learning and to identify any difficulties encountered in conducting your project. Presentations will allow you to practice and refine your communication skills.
The Director and relevant staff in St Gabriel’s. Special Needs Centre, parents and staff who sit on St Gabriels Advisory board. You will also work and learn with peers from other university programmes
Both formative and summative assessment methods will be used. Assessments will be designed to complement the interactive teaching and learning approaches. In particular, methods conducive to workplace assessment will be employed. These will include weekly reflection diaries, a group presentation, a reflective assignment and self-assessment activity. Students will be expected to produce a community briefing report and present their project outputs and outcomes to their community partner.