Previously, Michele taught in mainstream primary, special class and special school settings. Michele was seconded as an Advisor to the Special Education Support Service (SESS) where she worked with teachers at all levels. In addition, Michele worked as a Part-Time and Guest lecturer in Universities across Ireland. Michele has presented at many national and international conferences on the topic of autism, inclusion and the teaching of relationship and sexuality education (RSE) for autistic students. Michele has also published journal articles in autism and Inclusion. More recently Michele has completed research on the teaching of RSE for autistic students and has presented the findings at International, and World conferences and is currently working on journal article based on this research.
Dr. Michele Dunleavy
Presentation Title: A Social Justice Paradigm to promote self-actualisation among neurodivergent students in primary and post primary schools
Assistant professor in Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland.
Past Speaker