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24SPR44 Local Nature Walk

In this face to face course, we will be exploring the Trees, Flowers and Bird life in the local area of Sean Walsh Memorial Park. 

Course Date 30-05-2024 4:00 pm
Course End Date 30-05-2024 6:00 pm
Cut off date 23-05-2024 5:00 pm
Fee Free
Select Hours 2
Speaker Patrick Hunt
24SUM07 Leading Attachment and Trauma Aware Teaching & Learning

How do school leaders protect and promote well being of pupils and staff when it is evident that some children have come through and continue to live with serious adversity and trauma? Challenging and behaviour and disruptions to teaching and learning threaten the well-being and safety of children, teachers and SNAs.  
This course is aimed at school leaders and SEN co-ordinators who are working to develop whole school trauma informed and attachment aware practice and policy.

Course Date 01-07-2024 9:30 am
Course End Date 05-07-2024 2:00 pm
Cut off date 20-06-2024 12:00 pm
Fee €50.00
Select Hours 20
Speaker Anne McCluskey & Mary Gordon
24SUM16 Restorative Practices Skills for Promoting Wellbeing in Classrooms and Schools

Restorative Practices (RP) are both a philosophy and a set of skills that have the core aim of building strong relationships and transforming conflict in a simple and emotionally healthy manner.

This Course Will:

  • Provide participants with knowledge and understanding of the use of Restorative Practices (RP) in schools for the promotion and maintenance of wellbeing among students and staff.

  • Skill participants to use RP to support their teaching practice.

  • Skill participants to use RP to support their work and life outside the classroom.

  • The language and processes practiced throughout the week will enable teachers to gain skills identified as national priorities for the Summer Course Programme 2024 i.e. skills for School Self-Evaluation (SSE) and that support teachers to impart SPHE related skills (including competencies in dealing with bullying and development of child well-being).

What Participants Have to Say About our RP Summer Course:

  • “Highly enjoyable training, delivered in a professional and clean manner with a fantastic injection of ”

  • “I really enjoyed the training and it will really benefit me in both my personal and professional ”

  • “I found the course to be very insightful and of good quality. The facilitators were very knowledgeable and helpful in the sharing of skills and ”

  • “I thoroughly enjoyed the training and will be recommending my staff train up as I believe RP is the way forward.”

APPROVED FOR EPV DAYS

This course is delivered in collaboration with the Childhood Development Initiative, St. Mark’s House,  Fettercairn Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24

P: 01 494 0030 E: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. W: www.cdi.ie

Course Date 08-07-2024 9:30 am
Course End Date 12-07-2024 2:00 pm
Cut off date 20-06-2024 12:00 pm
Fee €50.00
Select Hours 20