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Running Parents Plus in Schools – Advanced Practice Workshop- Thursday 27th September, 9:00am-1:30pm, Lucan Spa Hotel Co Dublin. More Info…  

Workshop – Monday 11th June 9:00am-1:30pm, Lucan Spa Hotel Co Dublin Providing parenting groups is an important part of service delivery within disability settings.  Such groups can provide parents with group support as well as access to specialist interventions. This advanced practice workshop brings together Parents Plus Facilitators working in disability settings both within early […]

Pause to breathe joy into parenting How programmes devised for and with Irish parents work in a variety of situations Tue, Nov 3, 2015, Irish Times , Sheila Wayman ‘Press the pause button” sounds simple, but it’s easier said than done not to react to a tantruming toddler, a demanding tween or a ranting teenager. This is […]

  [coreblock name=”programme” prog_id=”303″]   Group supervision training sessions are a great opportunity for you to meet with your colleagues, reflect on your experiences of running Parents Plus groups thus far, and access support to improve your practice. The goals of the workshops are to: Support facilitators to get PP groups up and running in […]

Parents Plus started working with the 3Ts Charity in 2014 on a project promoting positive mental health in young people and their families. Goal of the Project The goal of the 3Ts/Parents Plus project was to promote positive mental health and communication in families, and thus, reduce the risk of suicide and self-harm among young […]

It was great to see so many new and old faces at the Parents Plus Official Launch and Information Seminar on Thursday, 9th March 2017 in the Ashling Hotel in Dublin. This launch marked the official development of our updated programme materials (the manuals and parent booklets). And the information seminar gave practitioners and managers […]

You can book online below for the 2018 programme trainings for all five of the Parents Plus Programmes. Parents Plus Adolescents Programme Training for Facilitators [coreblock name=”programme” prog_id=”299″] Parents Plus Children’s Programme Training for Facilitators [coreblock name=”programme” prog_id=”297″] Parents Plus Early Years Programme Training for Facilitators [coreblock name=”programme” prog_id=”293″] Parents Plus Parenting When Separated Programme Training for Facilitators […]

Parents Plus is hosting a free introductory seminar on 26th January from 4.00pm to 5.00pm in Hotel Woodstock in Ennis, Clare. This seminar is suitable for both practitioners and service managers who want to gain an understanding of the five Parents Plus programmes and how they can best be implemented within individual services. Samples of each programme will […]

Thursday, 9th March 2017   in the Ashling Hotel, Dublin 8 To mark the development of our updated programme materials, Parents Plus is hosting an official launch and a special information seminar for practitioners and managers.  You are very welcome to attend if you are: New to the Parents Plus programmes and want to find […]

Thursday, 30th March 2017, 9.30am – 4pm, Centre for Nurses Education, Dublin 7 This Advanced Practice workshop brings together Parents Plus Facilitators working in the disability settings. It is suitable for practitioners who are working within the early intervention (0-6) and school age teams (6-18) under progressing disability, as well primary care professionals working with clients with […]