Emerging Roles with Families: Service Provision, Support and Early Intervention and Prevention Geraldine Nolan
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Emerging Roles with Families: Service Provision, Support and Early Intervention and Prevention
Geraldine Nolan
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This unit addresses two of the module-level outcomes
- When you have successfully completed this unit you should be able to: • Outline recent changes to programme and service provision for families in Ireland • Locate early years practice within the prevention and early intervention arena
This unit addresses two of the module-level outcomes
When you have successfully completed this unit you should be able to:
• Outline recent changes to programme and service provision for families in Ireland
• Locate early years practice within the prevention and early intervention arena
When you have successfully completed this unit you should be able to:
• Outline recent changes to programme and service provision for families in Ireland
• Locate early years practice within the prevention and early intervention arena
The slide set has 7 sections as follows:
- Section 1: What is Family Service Provision and Support? Section 2: Brief Outline of the Evolution of the Support and Service Provision for Families in Ireland. Section 3: Learning Activity
- Section 4: Irish Policy Shifting from Protection to Support Section 5: The Importance of Research, Evidence, and Evaluation Section 6: Learning Activity Section 7: Emerging Roles Section 8: Learning Activity
Section 1: What is Family Service Provision and Support?
Section 2: Brief Outline of the Evolution of the Support and
Service Provision for Families in Ireland.
Section 3: Irish Policy Shifting from Protection to Support
Section 4: The Importance of Research, Evidence, and Evaluation
Section 5: Learning Activity
Section 6: Emerging Roles
Section 7: Learning Activity
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Section 1: What is Family Service Provision and Support?
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Children First, the National Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children (1999) propose that the aim of family support is to:
i. Respond in a supportive manner where children’s welfare is under threat
ii. Reduce risk to children by enhancing their family life
iii. Prevent avoidable entry of children into the care system
iv. Attempt to address current problems being experienced by children and families
v. Develop existing strengths of parents/carers and children who are under stress
vi. Enable families to develop strategies for coping with stress
vii. Provide an accessible, realistic and user friendly service to connect families with supportive networks in the community
viii. Promote parental competence and confidence
ix. Provide direct services to children
x. Assist in the re-integration of children back into their families
(1999, p. 60).
6. Definition of Family Support
6. Definition of Family Support
Family support is both a style of work and a set of activities; which reinforce positive informal social networks through integrated programmes; combining statutory, voluntary, community and private services, primarily focused on early intervention across a range of levels and needs with the aim of promoting and protecting the health, wellbeing and rights of all children, young people and their families in their own homes and communities, with particular attention to those who are vulnerable or at risk (Pinkerton, Dolan & Canavan, 2004, p. 22).
Family support is both a style of work and a set of activities; which reinforce positive informal social networks through integrated programmes; combining statutory, voluntary, community and private services, primarily focused on early intervention across a range of levels and needs with the aim of promoting and protecting the health, wellbeing and rights of all children, young people and their families in their own homes and communities, with particular attention to those who are vulnerable or at risk (Pinkerton, Dolan & Canavan, 2004, p. 22).
7. Dominant Philosophy: PROMOTING and PROTECTING the health, wellbeing, and rights of all children, young people, and their families in their own homes and communities, with particular attention to those who are vulnerable or at risk (Pinkerton et al., 2004, p. 22).
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8. Practice Principles for Family Support
- • Working in partnership is an integral part of family support. Partnership includes children, families, professionals and communities. • Family support interventions are needs-led and strive for the minimum intervention required.
8. Practice Principles
• Working in partnership is an integral part of family support. Partnership includes children, families, professionals and communities.
• Family support interventions are needs-led and strive for the minimum intervention required.
• Family support requires a clear focus on the wishes, feelings, safety and wellbeing of children.
• Family support services reflect a strengths-based perspective which is mindful of resilience as a characteristic of many children and families lives (Pinkerton et al., 2004, p. 24).
• Working in partnership is an integral part of family support. Partnership includes children, families, professionals and communities.
• Family support interventions are needs-led and strive for the minimum intervention required.
• Family support requires a clear focus on the wishes, feelings, safety and wellbeing of children.
• Family support services reflect a strengths-based perspective which is mindful of resilience as a characteristic of many children and families lives (Pinkerton et al., 2004, p. 24).
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9. Pinkerton's (2000) models of welfare provision may help you to understand how Ireland’s service provision and family support policies have evolved.
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10. Pinkerton (2000) Models of Welfare
- Residual: the State provides the social minimum as a last resort, with families carrying the main responsibility to provide for all their needs. The care services are generally provided by informal, voluntary or private sources.
10. Pinkerton (2000) Models of Welfare
• Residual: the State provides the social minimum as a last resort, with families carrying the main responsibility to provide for all their needs. The care services are generally provided by informal, voluntary or private sources.
• Institutional: the State has a duty to ensure that the needs of the most disadvantaged members of society are met, and coordinates a mixed economy of welfare.
• 'Developmental: the State guarantees social rights and accepts responsibility for meeting social need through universal social service delivery and redistributive social policies. The State welfare is seen as a means to an equal society' (Pinkerton, 2000, p. 215).
• Residual: the State provides the social minimum as a last resort, with families carrying the main responsibility to provide for all their needs. The care services are generally provided by informal, voluntary or private sources.
• Institutional: the State has a duty to ensure that the needs of the most disadvantaged members of society are met, and coordinates a mixed economy of welfare.
• 'Developmental: the State guarantees social rights and accepts responsibility for meeting social need through universal social service delivery and redistributive social policies. The State welfare is seen as a means to an equal society' (Pinkerton, 2000, p. 215).
Section 2: Brief Outline of the Evolution of the Support and Service Provision for Families in Ireland.
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12. Question for Reflection
Where would you place the Irish approach to family support and early intervention on Pinkerton’s (2000) model?
11. Question for Reflection
Where would you place the Irish approach to family support and early intervention on Pinkerton’s (2000) model?
Where would you place the Irish approach to family support and early intervention on Pinkerton’s (2000) model?
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13. Family support can be traced back to the 1838 Poor Law. This law sought to move away from workhouse provision towards cash payments to support the poor (Considine & Dukelow, 2009). The Children's Act 1908 also moved the focus from the punishment of children to the protection of children and this protectionist philosophy with regard to children and families continued up until the early 1990’s.
14. The provision described in the previous slide is classed as 'Residual: the State provides the social minimum as a last resort, with families carrying the main responsibility to provide for all their needs. The care services are generally provided by informal, voluntary or private sources' (Pinkerton, 2000, p. 215).
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15. The State Applied an Noninterventionist Approach to Families
Article 41 of the Irish Constitution (1937) recognises the family as the natural, primary and fundamental unit group of society and guarantees to protect the family ‘as the necessary basis of social order’. The care, nurture, and protection of children are considered the responsibility of families.
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16. Pre 1990's
- The state lacked a set of coordinated and comprehensive policies regarding families and children. Two dominant features of family policy included: A state reluctance towards intervention in the family and A strong anti-poverty/protection approach to their family-related policies. Parent and family support services 'were patchy, uncoordinated and mainly targeted at the most disadvantaged sectors of the population' (Clavero, 2001, p.5).
15. Pre 1990's
the state lacked a set of coordinated and comprehensive policies regarding families and children. Two dominant features of family policy included:
• A state reluctance towards intervention in the family and
• A strong anti-poverty approach to their family-related policies.
Parent and family support services were 'patchy, uncoordinated and mainly targeted at the most disadvantaged sectors of the population' (Clavero, 2001, p.5)
the state lacked a set of coordinated and comprehensive policies regarding families and children. Two dominant features of family policy included:
• A state reluctance towards intervention in the family and
• A strong anti-poverty approach to their family-related policies.
Parent and family support services were 'patchy, uncoordinated and mainly targeted at the most disadvantaged sectors of the population' (Clavero, 2001, p.5)
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18.1991 Child Care Act
This Act ‘Stands out as the most significant piece of child care legislation in Ireland since the foundation of the state’. The responsibility of promoting children’s welfare was assigned to the Health Boards.
There was a statutory obligation on health boards to identify and provide family support services (Part 2, Section 3)
(Pinkerton et al., 2004, p. 5).
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19. The changes which came about under the 1991 Act moved Ireland’s Family Care provision to the status of Institutional in the Pinkerton model.
19. The changes which came about under the 1991 Act moved Ireland’s Family Care provision to the status of Institutional in the Pinkerton model.
Institutional: the State has a duty to ensure that the needs of the most disadvantaged members of society are met, and coordinates a mixed economy of welfare (Pinkerton, 2000, p. 215).Institutional: the State has a duty to ensure that the needs of the most disadvantaged members of society are met, and coordinates a mixed economy of welfare (Pinkerton, 2000, p. 215).
Institutional: the State has a duty to ensure that the needs of the most disadvantaged members of society are met, and coordinates a mixed economy of welfare (Pinkerton, 2000, p. 215).Institutional: the State has a duty to ensure that the needs of the most disadvantaged members of society are met, and coordinates a mixed economy of welfare (Pinkerton, 2000, p. 215).
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20. Strengthening Families for Life (1998)
- The Commission on the Family (1998) Report, Strengthening Families for Life, recommended the need for public policy to focus on preventive and supportive measures to strengthen families in carrying out their functions. The following were highlighted: • Building strengths in families • Supporting families in carrying out their functions- the caring and nurturing of children; • Promoting continuity and stability in family life; • Protecting and enhancing the position of children and vulnerable dependent family members (Department of Social and Family Affairs, 1998).
- The following were highlighted: • Building strengths in families; • Supporting families in carrying out their functions- the caring and nurturing of children; • Promoting continuity and stability in family life; • Protecting and enhancing the position of children and vulnerable dependent family members (Department of Social and Family Affairs, 1998).
The Commission on the Family (1998) Report, Strengthening Families for Life, recommended the need for public policy to focus on preventive and supportive measures to strengthen families in carrying out their functions. The following were highlighted:
• Building strengths in families
• Supporting families in carrying out their functions- the caring and nurturing of children
• Promoting continuity and stability in family life
• Protecting and enhancing the position of children and vulnerable dependent family members
(Department of Social and Family Affairs, 1998).
21. The UNCRC Article 18.2:
For the purpose of guaranteeing and promoting the rights set forth in the present Convention, States Parties shall render appropriate assistance to parents and legal guardians in the performance of their child-rearing responsibilities and shall ensure the development of institutions, facilities and services for the care of children (UN, 1989, p.6).
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22. The Family Support Agency Act (2002), established the Family Support Agency to deliver information, a family facilitation service, relationship and marriage counselling, support for the family and community and research into family support.
Section 3: Irish Policy Shifting from Protection to Support
2. Irish Policy Shifting from Protection to Support
- The Agenda for Children’s Services (2007) advises that services use prevention and promotion as a model of practice as opposed to treatment, and by doing so will achieve better outcomes for children and families (Devaney, 2009 ,p.20).
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25. Department of Children and Youth Affairs (2012) Statement of Strategy 2011-2014.
'Support prevention and early intervention approaches that help children, young people and their families realise their true potential' (p. vii).
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26. Dominant philosophy:
Prevention and Early Intervention as a model of practice.
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27. Prevention/Early Intervention Programmes
- Ireland has a long history of poor social protection services for children and families. Pre 1990’s the state lacked a set of coordinated and comprehensive policies regarding families and children. In joining the European Union in 1973 Ireland did not adapt the more inclusive European social policy (Harvey, 2011).
Prevention/Early Intervention Programmes
Ireland has a long history of poor social protection services for children and families. Pre 1990’s the state lacked a set of coordinated and comprehensive policies regarding families and children. In joining the European Union in 1973 Ireland did not adapt the more inclusive European social policy (Harvey, 2011).
While the Task Force on Child Care Services (1980) argued for the advantages of investment in family services and offered Guiding principles the government response, however, was largely legislative – the Child Care Act, 1991.
It was not until 1985 that the Commission on Social Welfare (1985) and the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) called for improved services for children and families. Given the ‘faltering and late development of a policy framework for children, it comes as no surprise that services developed in an ad hoc manner’ (Harvey, 2011, p.15). In the absence of state provision, support for children and families fell to the voluntary sector.
Ireland has a long history of poor social protection services for children and families. Pre 1990’s the state lacked a set of coordinated and comprehensive policies regarding families and children. In joining the European Union in 1973 Ireland did not adapt the more inclusive European social policy (Harvey, 2011).
While the Task Force on Child Care Services (1980) argued for the advantages of investment in family services and offered Guiding principles the government response, however, was largely legislative – the Child Care Act, 1991.
It was not until 1985 that the Commission on Social Welfare (1985) and the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) called for improved services for children and families. Given the ‘faltering and late development of a policy framework for children, it comes as no surprise that services developed in an ad hoc manner’ (Harvey, 2011, p.15). In the absence of state provision, support for children and families fell to the voluntary sector.
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28. Prevention/Early Intervention Programmes
- The first educational-based prevention and early intervention programmes were developed in Ireland in disadvantaged urban communities in the 1970s. • Rutland St was state funded in 1969 to provide support for pre-school children • 16 family centres of the charitable Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) were established
The first educational-based prevention and early intervention programmes were developed in Ireland in disadvantaged urban communities in the 1970s.
• Rutland St was state funded in 1969 to provide support for pre-school children
• 16 family centres of the charitable Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) were established
• Other voluntary organisations provided prevention and early intervention programmes (e.g. Barnardos) and specific programmes that the state continues to assist in financing (e.g. Springboard co-funded by the Irish government and the European Social Fund) were also established.
• (1990s)The Family Resource Centre programme commeneced and was funded by the state (now 107 centres)
• The Atlantic Philanthropies funded 52 prevention and early intervention programmes including large-scale projects in the Prevention and Early Intervention Programme, which was co-funded by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (i.e. Childhood Development Initiative, Tallaght; Preparing for Life, Northside Partnership, and youngballymun, Ballymun).
• (2013) The new Area Based Childhood (ABC) Programme, which is jointly funded by government with Atlantic Philanthropies, totalling €29.7m in 13 areas over 2013-2016.
• (2014) 40 prevention and early intervention programmes are known, documented and validated using rigorous methods
(Harvey, 2014).
• Rutland St was state funded in 1969 to provide support for pre-school children
• 16 family centres of the charitable Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) were established
• Other voluntary organisations provided prevention and early intervention programmes (e.g. Barnardos) and specific programmes that the state continues to assist in financing (e.g. Springboard co-funded by the Irish government and the European Social Fund) were also established.
• (1990s)The Family Resource Centre programme commeneced and was funded by the state (now 107 centres)
• The Atlantic Philanthropies funded 52 prevention and early intervention programmes including large-scale projects in the Prevention and Early Intervention Programme, which was co-funded by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (i.e. Childhood Development Initiative, Tallaght; Preparing for Life, Northside Partnership, and youngballymun, Ballymun).
• (2013) The new Area Based Childhood (ABC) Programme, which is jointly funded by government with Atlantic Philanthropies, totalling €29.7m in 13 areas over 2013-2016.
• (2014) 40 prevention and early intervention programmes are known, documented and validated using rigorous methods
(Harvey, 2014).
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Focus on Children/Youth
- At the start of Atlantic’s investments in 2004, the Irish government acknowledged the need for prevention and early intervention programmes for children but services still largely responded to crises. Equally, the government and children and youth sector did not normally conduct rigorous evaluations of their programmes or use research evidence to make policy decisions (The Atlantic Philanthropies, 2013).
29. The Atlantic Philanthropies Focus on Children/Youth
At the start of Atlantic’s investments in 2004, the Irish government acknowledged the need for prevention and early intervention programmes for children but services still largely responded to crises.
Equally, the government and children and youth sector did not normally conduct rigorous evaluations of their programmes or use research evidence to make policy decisions (The Atlantic Philanthropies, 2013).
At the start of Atlantic’s investments in 2004, the Irish government acknowledged the need for prevention and early intervention programmes for children but services still largely responded to crises.
Equally, the government and children and youth sector did not normally conduct rigorous evaluations of their programmes or use research evidence to make policy decisions (The Atlantic Philanthropies, 2013).
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30. http://www.iphopenconference.com/sites/default/files/slides/s3t8.pdf
McAvoy, H. & Mac Evilly, C. (2014) Catching fires from small sparks: learning from the prevention and early intervention initiative on child health and development [Online]. Available at: http://www.iphopenconference.com/sites/default/files/slides/s3t8.pdf
31. The Atlantic Philanthropies
- Their investments in children and youth in promoting prevention and early intervention services focused on the following areas: • Demonstrating effective practice that leads to policy reform
28. The Atlantic Philanthropies
Their investments in children and youth in promoting prevention and early intervention services focused on the following areas:
• Demonstrating effective practice that leads to policy reform
• Informing and influencing policy and practice
• Developing capacity and infrastructure for the sector (The Atlantic Philanthropies, 2013).
Their investments in children and youth in promoting prevention and early intervention services focused on the following areas:
• Demonstrating effective practice that leads to policy reform
• Informing and influencing policy and practice
• Developing capacity and infrastructure for the sector (The Atlantic Philanthropies, 2013).
32. The Prevention & Early Intervention Network (PEIN)
A network of evidence-based practice, advocacy and research organisations across the Republic of Ireland; improving outcomes for children, young people, and their communities. The network, which was funded through the Atlantic Philanthropies Disadvantaged Children and Youth Programme, first met in 2010.
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33. PEIN
http://www.pein.ie/about/
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34. The effectiveness of PEI
- The effectiveness of PEI initiatives in improving outcomes for children is being rigorously evaluated.41 studies are currently underway or completed of which: • 15 are Randomised Control Trials • 11 are quasi-experimental • 4 are qualitative • 11 others include action research and case studies.
- 41 studies are currently underway or completed of which: • 15 are Randomised Control Trials • 11 are quasi-experimental • 4 are qualitative • 11 others include action research and case studies.
The effectiveness of PEI
The effectiveness of PEI initiatives in improving outcomes for children is being rigorously evaluated.
41 studies are currently underway or completed of which:
• 15 are Randomised Control Trials
• 11 are quasi-experimental
• 4 are qualitative
• 11 others include action research and case studies.
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35. Department of Children and Youth Affairs
The Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) was created in 2011, with ‘a mandate to put in place a unified framework of policy, legislation and provision across Government in respect of children and young people’ (DCYA, 2012, p.xi).
35. Department of Children and Youth Affairs
The Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) was created in 2011, with ‘a mandate to put in place a unified framework of policy, legislation and provision across Government in respect of children and young people’ (DCYA, 2012, p.xi).
The Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) was created in 2011, with ‘a mandate to put in place a unified framework of policy, legislation and provision across Government in respect of children and young people’ (DCYA, 2012, p.xi).
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36. Parenting Support Strategy
- Parenting Support Strategy (Child and Family Agency, 2013) (CFA). First explicit national policy on parenting support for child and family services in Ireland. Charting the strategic direction of all child and family services.
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37. 'Parenting support is understood as one aspect of the wider concept of family support. Hence parenting support is both a style of work and a set of activities that provides information, advice and assistance to parents and carers in relation to the upbringing of their children, in order to maximise their child’s potential' (CFA, 2013, p.1).
37. 'Parenting support is understood as one aspect of the wider concept of family support. Hence parenting support is both a style of work and a set of activities that provides information, advice and assistance to parents and carers in relation to the upbringing of their children, in order to maximise their child’s potential' (CFA, 2013, p.1).
33. The Parenting Support Initiative (PSI)
A collaborative partnership between the Katharine Howard Foundation and the Community Foundation for Ireland.
33. The Parenting Support Initiative (PSI)
A collaborative partnership between the Katharine Howard Foundation and the Community Foundation for Ireland.
A three year (2013-2016) strategic grants programme with a focus on children from birth to 3 years and their parents, with a particular emphasis on supporting parents in their parenting role.
A collaborative partnership between the Katharine Howard Foundation and the Community Foundation for Ireland.
A three year (2013-2016) strategic grants programme with a focus on children from birth to 3 years and their parents, with a particular emphasis on supporting parents in their parenting role.
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40. MAP listing the 15* Core Funded Projects and the 43 Once-Off Funded Projects under the PSI. (http://www.khf.ie/what-we-do/parenting-support-initiatives/)
Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures (DCYA, 2014)
- A document that sets out the government’s key commitments to children and young people up to the age of 24. It is based on a vision to make Ireland ‘one of the best small countries in the world in which to grow up and raise a family, and where the rights of all children and young people are respected, protected and fulfilled; where their voices are heard and where they are supported to realise their maximum potential now and in the future’ (p.viii).
Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures (DCYA, 2014)
A document that sets out the government’s key commitments to children and young people up to the age of 24. It is based on a vision to make Ireland ‘one of the best small countries in the world in which to grow up and raise a family, and where the rights of all children and young people are respected, protected and fulfilled; where their voices are heard and where they are supported to realise their maximum potential now and in the future’ (p.viii).
A document that sets out the government’s key commitments to children and young people up to the age of 24. It is based on a vision to make Ireland ‘one of the best small countries in the world in which to grow up and raise a family, and where the rights of all children and young people are respected, protected and fulfilled; where their voices are heard and where they are supported to realise their maximum potential now and in the future’ (p.viii).
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43. Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures (2014)
- SUPPORT PARENTS
- Parents will experience improved support in the important task of parenting and feel more confident, informed and able.
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44. Earlier intervention and prevention
- Children’s learning and development outcomes will have been assisted through increased access to high-quality, AFFORDABLE EARLY YEARS EDUCATION (DCYA, 2014, p.xiv).
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Earlier intervention and prevention
- • Lift over 70,000 children out of consistent poverty by 2020. • A focus on health and wellbeing will have permeated throughout society and positive progress will be made, in particular in relation to childhood obesity and youth mental health.
• Earlier intervention and prevention
Lift over 70,000 children out of consistent poverty by 2020.
• A focus on health and wellbeing will have permeated throughout society and positive progress will be made, in particular in relation to childhood obesity and youth mental health.
• Emphasis and resources will have been rebalanced from crisis intervention towards prevention and earlier intervention, while ensuring an effective crisis intervention response at all times
(DCYA, 2014)
Lift over 70,000 children out of consistent poverty by 2020.
• A focus on health and wellbeing will have permeated throughout society and positive progress will be made, in particular in relation to childhood obesity and youth mental health.
• Emphasis and resources will have been rebalanced from crisis intervention towards prevention and earlier intervention, while ensuring an effective crisis intervention response at all times
(DCYA, 2014)
46. PLEASE READ
Department of Children and Youth Affairs. (2014) Better outcomes, brighter futures [Online]. Available at: https://www.dcya.gov.ie/documents/cypp_framework/BetterOutcomesBetterFuture...
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Section 4: The Importance of Research, Evidence, and Evaluation’
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48. PEII Research-Evidence-Evaluation
There has been a strong focus on research and the collection of evidence and rigorous evaluation of the effectiveness of services in the Prevention Early Intervention Imitative (PEII).
The Centre for Effective Services (CES) created the Capturing the Learning series, gathering data and information from evaluations conducted as part of the PEII.
48. PEII Research-Evidence-Evaluation
There has been a strong focus on research and the collection of evidence and rigorous evaluation of the effectiveness of services in the Prevention Early Intervention Imitative (PEII).
The Centre for Effective Services (CES) created the Capturing the Learning series, gathering data and information from evaluations conducted as part of the PEI48. PEII Research-Evidence-Evaluation.
There has been a strong focus on research and the collection of evidence and rigorous evaluation of the effectiveness of services in the Prevention Early Intervention Imitative (PEII).
The Centre for Effective Services (CES) created the Capturing the Learning series, gathering data and information from evaluations conducted as part of the PEI48. PEII Research-Evidence-Evaluation.
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49. Capturing the Learning Series
- The Centre for Effective Services (CES) created the Capturing the Learning series, gathering data and information from evaluations conducted as part of the PEII.
- Six outcome reports were produced by CES in the areas of:
. Capturing the Learning Series
The Centre for Effective Services (CES) created the Capturing the Learning series, gathering data and information from evaluations conducted as part of the PEII.
Six outcome reports were produced by CES in the areas of:
• Organisational Learning (Sneddon, Kehoe, Harris, Owens, Sheehan & Mac Evilly 2012),
• Improving Child Behaviour (Statham, 2013),
• Children’s Learning (Sneddon & Harris, 2013),
• Child Health and Development (McAvoy et al., 2013),
• Promoting Inclusion (McGuirk & Kehoe, 2013)
• Parenting (Sneddon & Owens, 2012).
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Themes and learning from these reports fell under 7 headings:
Themes and learning from these reports fell under 7 headings:
• Supporting parents
• Focusing on the first three years of life
• Focusing on key life transitions
• Supporting children’s learning
• Supporting professionals working with children, young people and families
• Better interagency work
• Community consultation and engagement
(Rochford, Doherty & Owens, 2014)
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51. PLEASE READ
Rochford, S., Doherty, N. & Owens, S. (2014) Prevention and early intervention in children and young people’s services: ten years of learning. [Online]. Available at: http://www.effectiveservices.org/downloads/PEII_10_Years_of_Learning_Report...
Rochford, S., Doherty, N. & Owens, S. (2014) Prevention and early intervention in children and young people’s services: ten years of learning. [Online]. Available at: http://www.effectiveservices.org/downloads/PEII_10_Years_of_Learning_Report...
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52. Department of Children and Youth Affairs (2015) ‘High level policy statement on supporting parents and families (parenting and family support)'.
‘To promote the availability of a coherent continuum of local supports to all parents and families which can be accessed easily and in a timely way’ (p.2).
‘To promote the availability of a coherent continuum of local supports to all parents and families which can be accessed easily and in a timely way’ (p.2).
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Section 5: Learning Activity
There has been substantial research in the early intervention and prevention field.
In your opinion how has this research impacted on the field?
Are there gaps in research and if so what are they?
There has been substantial research in the early intervention and prevention field.
In your opinion how has this research impacted on the field?
Are there gaps in research and if so what are they?
To assist you in your task refer to slides 33, 49/50.
Write your ideas and thoughts on these questions on your blog. Post to Blackboard. Respond to two posts.
Blog 5: Unit 4
Reply to Slide 54 (200/250 words)
Post Date February 7, 2021
In your opinion how has this research impacted on the field?
Are there gaps in research and if so what are they?
To assist you in your task refer to slides 33, 49/50.
Write your ideas and thoughts on these questions on your blog. Post to Blackboard. Respond to two posts.
Blog 5: Unit 4
Reply to Slide 54 (200/250 words)
Post Date February 7, 2021
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Section 6: Emerging Roles
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55. EMERGING ROLES
Early Childhood Ireland (2016)
Debate on the National Early Years Strategy
‘ECE as a service with families, not for families’
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56. SIOLTA: Standard 3 Parents and Families (CECDE, 2006).
AistearSiolta Practice Guide: Building Partnerships with Parents Pillar (NCCA, 2015).
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Section 7: Learning Activity
This activity requires you to look at the functioning of
TUSLA in the area of family support.
This activity requires you to look at the functioning of
TUSLA in the area of family support.
In your opinion are they doing they doing an adequate job?
What improvements could be made in how they support families?
What role do you consider the ECEC practitioner has/could have in relation to Tusla’s work?
Write your ideas and thoughts on these questions on your blog. Post to Blackboard. Read posts by others and respond with more comments on your own blog to their ideas.
Blog 6: Unit 4
Reply to Slide 58 (200/250 words)
Post Date October 20, 2017
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58. ARE WE THERE YET?
Developmental: the State guarantees social rights and accepts responsibility for meeting social need through universal social service delivery and redistributive social policies. The State welfare is seen as a means to an equal society (Pinkerton, 2000, p.215).
Developmental: the State guarantees social rights and accepts responsibility for meeting social need through universal social service delivery and redistributive social policies. The State welfare is seen as a means to an equal society (Pinkerton, 2000, p.215).
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