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 …
The Infant Mental Health Strand are delighted to tell you about the successful ‘maiden voyage’ online of our IMH Masterclass. We weren’t sure how to convert an experiential in-person two-day training to an online platform. In the end, we made a decision to provide the …
The Infant Mental Health Strand were delighted to get our Talk & Play Everyday group started back again in GLAS community garden in May 2021. Talk & Play Everyday is a parent and toddler(12-24mths) group running weekly on Thursday mornings in Ballymun. Due to Covid 19 …
“Every baby is different and has many ways to tell us what they would like us to do. The NBO provides the baby with a ‘voice’” Dr. T. Berry Brazelton In December 2020, Youngballymun funded two of its own staff and two staff from the …
Following the very successful ‘Schools Out Programmes’ at Halloween & Christmas, Youngballymun Language and Literacy team continues to collaborate again with the team in Ballymun Child & Family Resource Centre (BCFRC) to bring a fun programme to children in the community (4- 10 years). While …
Lána, who works as Family and Community Language and Literacy Coordinator with Youngballymun, received an Irish Research Council award to carry out her PhD in Trinity College, Dublin in 2018. The title of her research is: ‘Parental Engagement to Measurably Improve Children’s Language and Literacy …
Following the very successful ‘Schools Out Programme’ at Halloween, Youngballymun Language and Literacy team are collaborating again with the team in Ballymun Child & Family Resource Centre (BCFRC) to bring a fun programme to children in the community ( 4- 10 years ). While the …
