The JP McManus Benevolent Fund and Parents Plus Charity are offering sponsorship for free training places to professionals providing services to children, adolescents, and young adults with intellectual disability or special needs in Counties Limerick and Clare. The JP McManus Benevolent Fund will sponsor the training and post training supervision of professionals in two of the flag ship […]
‘The families and carers of young people and adolescents facing an intellectual disability have indicated that the services provided for their affected person are in need of improvement. Improving healthcare systems to better address the needs of these individuals, their families and carers has been identified as a priority in many countries. We are […]
Expression of interest applications are invited for the following opportunity If you are an experienced practitioner, who has regularly run the Working Things Out Programme groups with young people in your setting over the last few years, you may be interested in the following development. We are looking for a trained Working Things Out facilitator, […]
Having a warm connected relationship with your children is definitely one of the most enjoyable aspects of parenting. Doing fun activities together, sharing experiences and having good conversations all make for creating deeply satisfying relationships between parents and children. Such connected relationships have enormous benefits for children, in terms of building their self-esteem and confidence […]
Moving article in The Irish Times, 06/09/20, on the impact of the new Parents Plus Special Needs Programme to families. Thank you to all parents, disability services and Trinity College Dublin Psychology Deptartment, who participated in the making of this critical programme. “Wayne McSweeney only agreed to take part in a programme for parents of […]
The importance of Talking about Feelings in the Early Years Helping children understand their own feelings and those of others is key to helping them grow up as happy and connected individuals. However, it can be challenging to talk about feelings to very young children who may not yet have the developed the language to understand […]
