Parenting

Parent Guide to Health and Wellbeing for Your Child

Supports for parents of young people in relation to  their health & wellbeing

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Autism Support Contacts :

Local & National 

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The Parenting Platform 

The One Step Destination for Raising Happy Healthy Children

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Media Literacy Education for Children

Minding Media comprises a set of interactive media literacy educational resources for children aged 8-12. Designed to complement the wellbeing curriculum in school, there are 2 sets of resources: one for children aged 8-10, and another for children aged 10-12. Please visit www.mindingmedia.eu to access these free educational resources.

The resources focus on 4 topics: ‘What is Media’, ‘Advertising Literacy’, ‘Fake News’, and ‘Social Media’ and comprise:

1. The Minding Media Video Training Library (videos and interactive quizzes dedicated to these 4 topics)

2. The Minding Media Minecraft Education World and Instructor Manual (4 worlds dedicated to solving media literacy challenges and quests)

3. The Minding Media Teaching Toolkit: Step-by-step Media Literacy lesson plans for teachers, and accompanying slides for use in the classroom.

Funded by the EU Erasmus+ Programme, this project is a collaboration between partner organisations from Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Serbia, and the Netherlands. Our newsletters, available on the website, detail the development of the Minding Media Educational Resources over the past 2 years. We are delighted to say that official launch events took place recently in 4 European countries.

The Laura Brennan HPV vaccine catch-up programme

The Laura Brennan HPV vaccine catch-up programme is for some people who did not get the HPV vaccine yet.  The catch-up programme has now been extended to include males under 22 years old on the date of vaccination. The vaccine is free and the programme will run until the end of 2023.  You can get a HPV vaccine if you’re:

• in second to sixth year of secondary school, homeschool or special school
• female age 24 or younger
• male age 21 or younger

If you’re an international student living in Ireland, you can get a vaccine if you’re:

• female age 24 or younger
• male age 21 or younger

If you’re a refugee or seeking protection in Ireland, you can get a vaccine if you’re:

• female age 14 to 24
• male age 14 to 21

For more information and/or to book a vaccine, please click here

https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/immunisation/pubinfo/schoolprog/hpv/hpv-vaccine-catch-up-programme/

Understanding the Tusla Post-Referral Process

The Tusla Children First Information and Advice Service has developed a new video, “Understanding the Post-referral Process”, hosted on the Tusla website. The video is designed to help organisations, reporters and mandated persons, and members of the public better understand what happens when a report is received by Tusla-Child and Family Agency.

The eight-minute video, narrated by Tusla Chief Social Worker Ger Brophy , takes the viewer through the different stages in an assessment and explains the different response pathways

PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND NICOTINE INHALING PRODUCTS) BILL.

Vaping among children and young people

The HSE has prepared a letter (attached) for parents to highlight the risk of vaping among young people. 

See also document here, which describes the HSE's joint response to concerns around children and young people using e-cigarettes.

 Click here to view letter for parents/ Guardians,

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The Importance of Play 

A series of short information Videos  for Parents and Caregivers developed by Lifestart Services and North Central Child and Family Support Network.

Making the ‘Big Talk’ many small talks. 

The suite of new resources available to download (booklets and videos) can all be found here: https://www.sexualwellbeing.ie/for-parents/resources/. Additionally, if you wish to order multiple hard copies, you can do so by visiting www.healthpromotion.ie. Simply search ‘big talk’ in the keyword box and you will see all of the booklets. If you wish to bulk order( more than 5 copies) you must register on healthpromotion.ie as a professional.

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Lifelong Learning Education and Training Opportunities brochure 2022

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Join our Parents Plus ‘Children’s Programme’ and meet other parents in a supportive group to help your children reach their full potential.
This programme is practical, solution-focused and draws on parent's strengths.

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Parenting Plus : Are you Parenting an Adolescent with an Intellectual Disability

Please see support information by clicking here