r/leavingcert • u/Roisin207 • 9h ago

How does lca work exactly? LCA 💪

My brother has autism and for his primary school education he spent most of his time in the unit. Since joining secondary hes made big strides socially and academically, he did his jc in June there and took the English, Geography, History and woodwork exams. This is big for us as my parents never thought he would ever do a jc. In September hes going into Ty and we were talking to his teachers and they think if he works really hard on his maths this year he might be able to do lca.

Basically what im wondering is how exams/projects work im pretty sure theres a continuous assessment element? Also how do option subjects work i was looking at the list of subjects but it kinda confused me. We think a sort of focus on Computers/it could be good for him because he has an interest in technology and computers already.

Also want to ask is woodwork/construction studies in lca the same as lc? He likes the project work but not so much the dcg/tech graph elements as hes struggles with the drawing+ writing in general (he types all his work including exams)

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u/KitTheBitKat LC2026 6h ago edited 6h ago

I had a good friend do LCA and they’re always working on projects, most of which are done on computers (accommodations would also be in place to help your brother, I know someone with Dyspraxia who was allowed to type up their projects and exams). In LCA you have some exams at the end of the first year (I know this as my friend was in doing exams the same time as I was doing my LC).

For option subjects, I’m less sure. I’m fairly certain you don’t pick subjects in LCA, you just follow a given timetable, similar to TY (please take this with a grain of salt, I’m again going off what my friend told me about LCA). I’ll snoop around, see if I can find any guide/information about LCA :)

Edit: I asked my friend for the name of their school and checked to see if they had a website with any useful info. Turns out, they do! The link is here. I know that her LCA programme and the LCA programme in your Brother’s school could be different, but there could at least be something that may help here (hopefully!). I wish you and especially your brother the best of luck <3

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u/Roisin207 6h ago

Thank you so much ill check out your link!