EITP: Getting Ready to Learn Programme Update

 

The Getting Ready to Learn Project aims to support pre-school education settings with DE-funded places to encourage and develop parental involvement in children’s early learning to ensure maximum parental contribution at a crucial time in children’s early brain development.

Within Getting Ready to Learn, four key thematic approaches have been identified as particularly relevant to parents of pre-school children:

  1. Big Bedtime Read
  2. Education Works in Pre-school
  3. Happy Healthy Kids
  4. Ages & Stages, 3-4

Currently, over 350 pre-school settings are participating; holding workshops for parents to help them understand:

  • how children develop, including attachment and brain development;
  • the importance of parent-child relationships for the child’s development and behaviour;
  • the importance of childhood education and learning; and
  • the importance of healthy lifestyles and diet.

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How to get involved?

All settings delivering the NI Pre-School Education Curriculum are eligible to participate. The next call for applications will open in March and close at the end of April 2017. 

For further information please go to the following website:  www.eani.org.uk/schools/getting-ready-to-learn or contact:

 

Nicola Mitchell, Research and Development Officer                                                         Programme Manager at:

Email: Nicola.Mitchell@eani.org.uk

Telephone: 028 90564047

 

Hilary McEvoy, Programme Manager at:

Email: grtl@eani.org.uk

Telephone: 02890 564 047

 

Department of Health Minister welcomes EITP EDGES Service showcase at Stormont

The Department of Health Minister, Michelle O’Neill addressed Health and Social Care providers at a recent Long Gallery showcase of the EITP EDGES Service. The EDGES Service is one of the projects funded through the Early Intervention Transformation Programme.

The Programme is funded jointly by five government Departments (Department of Health, Department of Education, Department of Justice, Department for Communities and Department for Employment and Learning), Delivering Social Change and Atlantic Philanthropies.  Department of Health leads the implementation of this cross-government initiative.The aim of the service is to provide an evidence informed, specialist ‘earlier intervention’ service for young people primarily between the ages of 12 to 17 years, who are on the ‘edge of care’, custody and or education.

One parent who has three children who have benefitted from accessing the EDGES Service has said “EDGES is a totally fantastic group to be involved with and if I ever slip back I know for a fact they would be the first people that I would contact.”

To read more about the EDGES Service and the showcase event in the Long Gallery at Stormont click here

For further information about the service contact Helen Dunn, Health and Social Care Board at Helen.Dunn@hscni.net

Delivering Social Change Stakeholder Update – March 2016

Keep up to date with all the latest developments happening within the Delivering Social Change Stakeholder Update.  The latest update includes information on:-

  • Appointment of a new Comissioner for Older People
  • Our Population: What Matters Most
  • EITP – Getting Ready to Learn Project
  • EITP – Building Better Futures Project
  • EITP – Supporting a Social Enterprise for Care Leavers and Homeless Young People
  • Development of the next Children and Young People’s Strategy
  • Together: Building a United Community Strategy
  • Consultation on draft annual indicators for the monitoring and evaluation
    of the ‘Active Ageing Strategy 2016 – 2021’
  • The UN Committee on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
  • The Executive publishes Child Poverty Strategy
  • Childcare Strategy

If you would like to contact the Delivering Social Change Communications Team

Write to:

Delivering Social Change Communications Team

Finance, Strategic Planning and Social Change Directorate

Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister

Room E4.15, Block E

Castle Buildings, Stormont Estate

Belfast, BT4 3SR

dsccomms@ofmdfmni.gov.uk

028 9052 2640

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Delivering Social Change Stakeholder Update – February 2016

Keep up to date with all the latest developments happening within the Delivering Social Change Stakeholder Update.  The latest update includes information on:-

  • Together: Building A United Community
  • Programme for Government: Focusing on Wellbeing – Focusing on Outcomes
  • Social Investment Fund
  • Dementia Signature Programme – Update
  • Development of the next Children and Young People’s Strategy
  • Minority Ethnic Development Fund
  • Community Family Support Programme – Full Report Card
  • Shared Education Signature Programme – Update
  • Labour Force Survey Religion Report
  • ‘An Investigation of Gender Equality Issues at Executive Level in Northern Ireland Public Sector’ – Research undertaken by Ulster University

If you would like to contact the Delivering Social Change Communications Team

Write to:

Delivering Social Change Communications Team

Finance, Strategic Planning and Social Change Directorate

Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister

Room E4.15, Block E

Castle Buildings, Stormont Estate

Belfast, BT4 3SR

dsccomms@ofmdfmni.gov.uk

028 9052 2640

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The Incredible Years Parenting Programme 7th April – 30th June 2016 (Open to Families within Belfast Area)

Barnardo’s will be delivering the Incredible Years Parenting Programme – Promoting Positive Behaviours for Primary Aged Children.  This programme is only open to families within the Belfast area.

The programme is designed to strengthen parenting skills, prevent and treat behaviour problems in children.  Topics Covered –                                

  • Strengthening Children’s Social Skills, Emotional Regulation, and School Readiness Skills
  • Using Praise and Incentives to Encourage Cooperative Behaviours
  • Household Rules, Routines, and Effective Limit Setting
  • Positive Discipline, Handling Misbehaviour

For more information please contact Judith on 029 9041 9069.

To register your interest return the application/referral form (link to form available below) to judith.searle@barnardos.org.uk or

East Belfast Family Connection

Tullycarnet Primary School

Kings Road, Belfast BT5 7EH

Closing date: Friday 11th March 2016

Click here for Application/Referral Form 

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