Donegal\u2019s Eric Roberts will put Ireland\u2019s struggling special education system under the spotlight in a new one-hour Virgin Media documentary.<\/p>\n
The former special needs assistant will front Eric Roberts: Crisis in the Classroom, which is set to air this autumn.<\/p>\n
The Ireland AM presenter will travel to classrooms and communities across the country, meeting families, school principals and SNAs who are attempting to navigate an increasingly stretched system.<\/p>\n
Drawing on his own personal and professional experience, Eric visits classrooms and communities around the country to understand the challenges of delivering inclusive education and the impact that a lack of support services have on children’s lives.<\/p>\n
The documentary will also question whether Irish schools have the staff, services and resources required to ensure that every child can thrive as demand for additional support continues to rise.<\/p>\n
Eric previously worked as an SNA at Mulroy College in Milford before leaving the school in May 2023 to pursue new opportunities in media.<\/p>\n
Announcing the project earlier this year, the 35-year-old said his former career inspired him to continue raising awareness of disability and additional needs through his mainstream media work. At the time, Eric had appealed for schools, principals, SNAs and parents to come forward and share their experiences as part of the production.<\/p>\n
An air date for Eric Roberts: Crisis in the Classroom is expected to be confirmed by Virgin Media in mid-August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donegal\u2019s Eric Roberts will put Ireland\u2019s struggling special education system under the spotlight in a new one-hour Virgin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-574613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}