It was great to have practitioners from around the country and beyond attend the four day facilitator training for Circle of Security Parenting, held in the INMO headquarters, Richmond Education & Events Centre. On Friday 24th June, a workshop was held in Ballymun which …
The ABC sites came together on June 15th in the NCI to raise awareness and celebrate the work of the ABC’s across the country. This was a well attended event with staff from the ABC’s alongside our partners in the statutory, community and educational sectors. …
Julie-Ann’s article on supporting infants as they transition into foster care, looks at the importance of care givers having some understanding of the child’s background, so that they can respond in a more sensitive way to the baby’s specific needs. Julie-Ann also talks about the …
Organisations in the Ballymun area along with the Primary Principals Network identified the need for one to one / group play therapy for vulnerable children in Primary school. This need has been highlighted further by the disruption of the Covid 19 pandemic. This need was …
Youngballymun are delighted to announce that we are planning a Dublin training with Circle of Security International June 2022 Training opportunity. As with everything these days, there is a plan A and a plan B. All of the details can be found on the Circle …
Delivered by Lána McCarthy & Justine McDonagh Are you an Adult Literacy Tutor, Home School Community Liaison Teacher, Early Years Practitioner, Speech and Language Therapist or a Practitioner with an understanding of children’s language and literary development and a passion for working with parents? If …
While we all miss our face to face groups, having story sacks online meant parents and families got the opportunity to have children involved in creation of their story sacks projects, further building on strengthening the relationship between parents and children. Story Sacks ran online …
The Hug Your Book© Programme is a family literacy evidence-based programme for parents developed by Lána McCarthy (lana@youngballymun.org) for Youngballymun. It can be delivered by Adult Literacy Tutors, Speech and Language Therapists, Home School Community Liaison Teachers, Early Years Practitioners, basically anyone with an understanding …
The Irish Research Council is currently funding Lána McCarthy through their Employment Based Programme in partnership with Trinity College, Dublin and Youngballymun to complete a four-year PhD study. The research is an exploration into the multiple perspectives of parents and practitioners on parental engagement strategies …
The Oral Language Forum was held online on Tuesday the 9th of November. Over twenty practitioners from HSE Speech and language Therapy Departments, school principals and Home School Community liaison Teachers, Early Years Practitioners, Adult Literacy educators and Members of the ABC consortium attended. For this forum, Aoife O’Shea and Pauline Frizelle presented …
