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Table 4 Services accessed (based on parental reports)

From: Are the special educational needs of children in their first year in primary school in Ireland being identified: a cross-sectional study

 

Special needs (N = 44)*

Needs further assessment (N = 85)*

 

%

%

Speech and language services

65.9

36.6

Blind or low vision services

9.8

2.5

Occupational or physical therapy

61.0

5.1

Hearing services

29.3

19.0

Services for behavioural issues

27.5

5.1

Services for developmental issues

37.5

5.2

Mental health programmes

5.1

0

  1. *Parental data was available only on a sub-set of 963 children.