The Core delivery of the Parents Plus Early Years programme (PPEY) is an alternative to the original delivery format of the programme. The concepts of the original programme and the written materials for parents have been adapted to become more accessible to a wider range of parents. This alternative delivery allows facilitators to run the […]
“My name is Susi Wakely and I am a Senior Educational Psychologist at Falkirk Council, Scotland. The Parents Plus Early Years programme (PPEY) is a 7-week-long course delivered by professionals. At Falkirk Council, the programme was delivered to families of children with significant additional support needs. Speaking of the programme, Senior Educational Psychologist, Susi Wakely […]
“My name is Alice Grant and I am an Additional Support Needs (ASN) Outreach Teacher. I trained to deliver the Parents Plus Early Years programme in September 2022, and then ran one group from May to June 2023. “During the programme, which ran in person for seven weeks, we were able to see significant shifts […]
One of the core concepts in the Parents Plus programmes is ‘pressing the pause button’. When faced with challenging behaviours, parents are invited not to react and instead to take a pause instead. This pause interrupts unhelpful reactions and allows parents to take a moment so they can ‘tune in’ to their child’s needs ( […]
We are delighted to announce a new collaboration between Parents Plus Charity, the HSE Disability Division and Children’s Disability Network Teams to roll out and evaluate the impact of the Parents Plus Early Years and Special Needs parent support programmes to families over the next three years 2024-2026. We look forward to working together with […]
Parents Plus are delighted to announce the New “Core” delivery of their evidence-based Early Years Programme developed in collaboration with SPECS Bray, and supported by TUSLA. The Core delivery of the Parents Plus Early Years programme is an alternative to the original delivery format of the programme. The concepts of the original programme and the […]
Please Note That Places Are Now Closed For The Parents Plus Early Years Programme We are delighted to share that Parentline is running our Parents Plus Early Years Programme as a 6-week course, running for 2 hours per session.This will be run entirely online, and available to parents across Ireland. This course is suitable for […]
