Special education: Number of early intervention classes falls in some counties

The number of early intervention classes for pre-school autistic children remains low across the State, with many counties seeing no increase, or even a reduction. Picture: iStock

The number of early intervention classes for pre-school autistic children remains low across the State, with many counties seeing no increase, or even a reduction.

For this school year, there are 158 early intervention classes across Ireland, which are intended to provide early support to children before they start school.