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Your agreement is required so that an Assessment Visit can take place to establish how the service has implemented and made sustainable the learning from the programme and to achieve recognition to become a Healthy Ireland Pre-school service. This will be arranged with you once you have fully implemented the programme into your daily curriculum across three terms following attendance at the training programme

This programme requires definitive management sign on to support practitioners in implementation. Please communicate to your staff what will be required in terms of commitment. A help desk facility will be available to you throughout attendance at the training and following this, to guide you in implementation, policy and practice.

 

Pre-natal Brain Physical

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Gender Development

Gender Differences: The Nature vs Nurture Debate

Pink and Blue: Communicating Gender to Children

What do our words and actions communicate to children about their gender roles?

Nature v Nurture

This clip is from the BBC programme called, Bang Goes the Theory. It looks at the nature v's nurture on the subject of children and their preference in male or female gendered toys. The most interesting segment is when the young monkeys are given toys to play with. I hope you find it as interesting as I did.

 TEDxJaffa -- Daphna Joel -- Are brains male or female?

Professor Daphna Joel explores the mistaken concept that brains can be either male or female, thus providing an explanation for why men and women are different. She disputes the theory, displays the neurological data and proves that our brains are really a unique mosaic of male and female characteristics, forming an 'intersex brain.'

How does gender stereotypes affect Boys and Girls?

How do the western influences of gender stereotyping and media affect the overall teenage public?

Cultural influences on gender roles

How would your life be different if you woke up one day as the opposite gender?

 

 

 Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs July 2017

Report on the Working Conditions of the Early Years Education and Care Sector 2017

 Oreichtas Report July 2017

 

Early Years Republic of Ireland e-briefing – w/c 12 December 2016 'Valuing Staff, Members and their Commitment'>>

  • Child Care Qualifications
  • Child Care Services
  • Child Care Services Provision
  • Education Grants

Early Years Republic of Ireland e-briefing – w/c 17 October 2016, 'Valuing Staff, Members and their Commitment'>>

  • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
  • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
  • Child Care Costs
  • Family Resource Centres
  • Early Childhood Care and Education
  • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
  • Child Care Services
  • Area Based Childhood Programme
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Early Years Republic of Ireland e-briefing – w/c 3 October 2016, 'Valuing Staff, Members and their Commitment' >>

  • Community Development Projects
  • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Charities Regulation
  • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
  • Early Childhood Care and Education
  • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
  • Early Childhood Care and Education
  • Child Care Costs
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
  • Garda Vetting of Personnel

Early Years Republic of Ireland e-briefing – w/c 26 September 2016, 'Valuing Staff, Members and their Commitment' >>

  • Preschool Services
  • Early Childhood Care and Education Expenditure
  • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
  • Early Childhood Care and Education Data
  • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
  • Child Care Services Funding
  • Early Childhood Care and Education
  • Child Care Services Provision

Early Years Republic of Ireland e-briefing – w/c 19 September 2016, 'Valuing Staff, Members and their Commitment' >>

  • National Collaborative Forum for the Early Years Care and Education Sector (The Early Years Forum (EYF))
  • Thousands of extra children joining free pre-school Expanded childcare scheme represents saving of €4,000 per child: Statement by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone

Early Years Republic of Ireland e-briefing – w/c 8 August 2016, 'Valuing Staff, Members and their Commitment' >>

  • Early Childhood Care and Education
  • Area Based Childhood Programme
  • Early Years Strategy Implementation
  • Child Care Services
  • UN Committees
  • Child Care Services Provision
  • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
  • Child Care Services Funding

Early Years Republic of Ireland e-briefing – w/c 27 June 2016, 'Valuing Staff, Members and their Commitment' >>

  • Child Care Services Staff
  • Child Care Services Provision
  • Preschool Services
  • Better Pre-School Access for Children with Disabilities: ‘Access and Inclusion

Early Years Republic of Ireland e-briefing – w/c 16 May 2016, 'Valuing Staff, Members and their Commitment' >>

  • New Child Care Regulations published

Early Years Republic of Ireland e-briefing – w/c 14 March 2016, 'Valuing Staff, Members and their Commitment' >>

  • HighScope Ireland - key calls and issues for the next Government
  • Minister Reilly announces the release of €16m for 8,000 extra places under Community Childcare Subvention

Early Years Republic of Ireland e-briefing – w/c 22 February 2016, 'Valuing Staff, Members and their Commitment' >>

  • HighScope Ireland - key calls and issues for the next Government
  • West Clare Early Years Care and Education Services – Statement at Community Meeting on Monday 15 February

Early Years Republic of Ireland e-briefing – w/c 15 February 2016, 'Valuing Staff, Members and their Commitment' >>

  • Minister Reilly announces capital funding totaling €4 million for Early Years services in 2016

Early Years Republic of Ireland e-briefing – w/c 8 February 2016, 'Valuing Staff, Members and their Commitment' >>

  • Early Childhood Care Education
  • Child Care Services Funding
  • Early Childhood Care Education
  • After-School Support Services

Early Years Republic of Ireland e-briefing – w/c 1 February 2016, 'Valuing Staff, Members and their Commitment' >>

  • Health Committee publishes report on childcare
  • Early Childhood Care Education
  • Child and Family Agency Funding
  • Family Resource Centres
  • Preschool Services

Early Years Republic of Ireland e-briefing – w/c 18 January 2016, 'Valuing Staff, Members and their Commitment' >>

  • Family Resource Centres
  • Child Care Services Funding
  • Child Care Services Expenditure

 

 

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Executive Functions

Executive Functions. Synthesis. (2015)

Executive functions are the cognitive abilities needed to control and regulate our thoughts, emotions and actions. A distinction is sometimes made between the “cool” component of executive functions which strictly involves cognitive skills (e.g., the ability to do mental arithmetic), and the “hot” component, which reflects the ability to regulate emotions (e.g., being able to control anger).

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