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Parenting course 'lessens' depression
Archways and the Incredible Years programme are Atlantic grantees via the Clondalkin Partnership. by SYLVIA THOMPSON PARENTS WERE less critical and more confident in dealing with their children after taking part in a parenting programme, a new study has found. Parents who participated in the…
Author: Irish Times
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Research led by NUI Maynooth proves the Power of Positive Parenting
Archways and the Incredible Years programme are Atlantic Children & Youth Programme grantees via the Clondalkin Partnership. Archways, is today (Monday, 21st Sept) launching the first set of findings from the Incredible Years BASIC parent training programme for children aged 3-6yrs. The Incredible Years (IY)…
Author: Archways / Incredible Years programme
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The Transformer
by LINDA PERLSTEIN WHATEVER IT TAKES Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America By Paul Tough Illustrated. 296 pp. Houghton Mifflin. $26 When assessing the state of America’s children, people speak of the achievement gap between the middle class and the poor. But really…
Author: The New York Times
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Impact of courses on children's behaviour felt six months on
Original Source Archways and the Incredible Years programme are Atlantic grantees via the Clondalkin Partnership. By Claire O’Sullivan NEARLY six out of 10 parents who underwent a positive parenting course did not see their children’s behaviour as a problem six months later, new research has…
Author: Irish Examiner
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Childhood Intervention Programme Sees Kids’ IQ Soar
An early childhood intervention programme, involving 200 Dublin families, saw children’s IQ rise by 10 points. Marian Dennis and her son Jamie McClure Dennis. Picture: Conor Healy Photography By Joyce Fegan The trial programme, Preparing for Life, which ran from 2008 to 2015, also had…
Author: Irish Examiner
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Authority wants to see gay marriage
By Mary Minihan POLITICIANS ARE out of touch with the public mood on the issue of gay marriage, Equality Authority chairwoman Angela Kerins has suggested. Ms Kerins welcomed the passing of legislation allowing for civil partnerships to take place, but stressed the Equality Authority remained…
Author: The Irish Times
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Don’t Drop Out of School Innovation
By Paul Tough. Last month, the Senate subcommittee that allocates federal education money weighed in on one such promising innovation, slicing, by more than 90 percent, the $210 million that President Obama requested for next year for his Promise Neighborhoods initiative. Mr. Obama first proposed…
Author: The New York Times
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Doodle Den Is Tackling Inequality After School in Limerick
Conor Neill (6) with his class in the Doodle Den in St Michael’s Infants School in Limerick. Photograph: Brian Gavin/Press 22 By Carl O’Brien A few weeks ago Siobhán Neill took her six-year-old son, Conor, to McDonald’s as a treat. She was about to ask…
Author: The Irish Times
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€8m Boost for Tusla from Atlantic Philanthropies
The Child and Family Agency, Tusla, is to receive over €8 million from charitable foundation Atlantic Philanthropies for an early intervention and prevention programme 26 new support posts will be created by Tusla following €8.3m grant Announcing details of the three-year programme, the agency’s Chairperson Norah…
Author: RTÉ News
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How Our Schools Are Holding Black Girls Back
By Lori Bezahler, Cassie Schwerner and Kavitha Mediratta Lori Bezahler is the President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation. Cassie Schwerner is Senior Vice President of Programs at the Schott Foundation for Public Education. Kavitha Mediratta is Head of Racial Equity Programs at The Atlantic…
Author: TIME