The Oral Language Forum has been facilitated by Youngballymun since 2010. Youngballymun initiated this inter-agency and multi-disciplinary forum to collaborate on oral language development in prevention and early intervention areas. Since then there has been approximately two Oral Language Forum meetings per year. The Oral Language Forum supports a community of professionals …
Youngballymun and Ballymun Child and Family Resource Centre Halloween School’s Out Collaboration Youngbalymun’s Language and Literacy team have been really busy since September with our colleagues from the Ballymun Child and Family Resource Centre (BCFRC). Together we created a wonderful Halloween Schools Out Programme. From …
During the lockdown we had an opportunity to work with Global Action Plan Ireland (GAP) funded through ESB Energy for Generations fund to offer our Wilderness Explorer Planting Party Workshops to 34 families reaching 71 children. We held a number of workshops on zoom with …
Hi there, the language and literacy team of Youngballymun are, like most people in Ireland, currently working from home. Our work specifically includes working with parents to support them to develop their children’s literacy skills using the evidence based Balanced Literacy Framework and the Family …
Hi everyone, Hope you’re well and had a good bank holiday weekend. At this time many parents and children are struggling with trying to manage the current situation, where there are extra challenges present such as ADHD, the struggle can be even tougher. With that …
Hi Everyone, This Friday we’re joining St. Paul’s JCSP Library in the Drop Everything And Read challenge. We would love you to join us all in taking part in the national reading challenge. This Friday 24th of April at 12pm, we are going to join the challenge …
A fond farewell to our colleague and friend, Mary Fanning who worked with Youngballymun since 2009. Mary retired from her role as Infant Mental Health Co-ordinator on April 9th. On behalf of the team, the Board of Management, and all the families and practitioners that …
This is a list of services that have been made available for free for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, and is being continuously updated.
Due to Covid-19 concerns, Circle of Security Parenting (COSP™) facilitator April training has been rescheduled to 12 – 15 October 2020 with Deirdre Quinlan as the trainer. If you had already booked for April, you should have already received an email from Circle of Security International …
