Wellbeing Conference...Fiona Power, Owner of Tígh Súgradh, Clonea Lower 2.45-3.15 p.m. The Importance of Well-being during Early Childhood Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mary Daly, Education

#kindwaterford Wellbeing Conference

Saturday 10th June 2017

Woodlands Hotel, Dunmore Rd, Waterford

AGENDA

9.30 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. Registration and Networking (Tea/Coffee on arrival)

10.00 a.m. – 10.15 a.m. WCC Welcome Address

Elaine Fitzgerald-McBarron Chair, Waterford Childcare Committee

10.15 a.m. – 10.30.a.m Ministers Address

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy T.D, Minister of State at the Department of Health With Responsibility for Health Promotion 10.30 a.m. – 10.45 a.m. Well-being through our Frameworks-Síolta and Aistear Perspectives

Máire Cooke, Development Officer, Waterford Childcare Committee

10.45 .am. – 11.10 a.m. #kindwaterford-The Kindness Project and the Next Steps Deirdre Lindy, Development Officer, Waterford Childcare Committee

11.10 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. Buddy Benches and the Early Years

Judith Ashton, Co-Founder Buddy Bench Ireland

11.30-11.45a.m Kindness and Buddy Benches in the Early Years Setting-Practitioners perspective

Chelley Brennan, Owner of Jack ‘n’ Jill’s Preschool, Tramore

11.45 a.m. – 12.00 midday Plenary, Questions and Answers Session

12 midday -12.45pm WORKSHOPS: Morning Session

Workshop A: Meditation and Mindfulness for Children facilitated by Joanne O’Toole, Crystal Kids

Workshop B: Building Resilience and Self Care facilitated by Miriam Barrow CiPC

12.45 p.m. - 1 p.m. Information tables and networking

1.00 p.m.-1.45pm LUNCH

1.50pm-2.30pm WORKSHOPS: Afternoon Session

Workshop C: Physical activity for Childhood Wellbeing facilitated by Dr Maria Murphy Griffin, W.I.T

Workshop D: Importance of Mindfulness for the Practitioner facilitated by Michael Dalton, Mindfulness

Meditation Waterford

2.30 p.m. -2.45p.m ‘The Gift of Kindness’- The Early Years Book and Extending the Process

Jacqui de Paor, Development Worker, Waterford Childcare Committee

Fiona Power, Owner of Tígh Súgradh, Clonea Lower

2.45-3.15 p.m. The Importance of Well-being during Early Childhood

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mary Daly, Education Officer, NCCA

3.15p.m-3.30p.m Plenary Questions and Answer

3.45pm Closing

BIOGRAPHIES OF PRESENTERS:

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy T.D.

Minister of State at the Department of Health with Responsibility for Health Promotion

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy was first elected to Dáil Eireann in the 2011 general Election to represent the

constituency of Laois/Offaly and was re-elected to represent the Offaly/North Tipperary constituency in

2016.Marcella Corcoran Kennedy was promoted to serve as Minister of State at the Department of Health with

Responsibility for Health Promotion in May 2016. During the 31st Dáil Marcella:

• Chaired the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

• Was a member of Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment Transport, Culture and the Gaeltacht

• Was a member of the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence

• Chaired the Fine Gael Internal Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence

• Was a member of North/South Inter-Parliamentary Association

Keynote Speaker: Dr Mary Daly, NCCA

Dr Mary Daly, graduated with a degree in Early Childhood Studies from UCC in 1999 and went on to do a Ph D

from 1999-2002 which focused on the emotional and social development of young children aged 3-6 years. In

2004 she published a book based on her Ph. D called Developing the whole child – the importance of the

emotional, social, moral and spiritual in early years education and care. Mary has worked in the area of early

years for the past 16 years in a number of different capacities. Her main role involves working with the

National Council for Curriculum and Assessment as an Education Officer. Mary was part of the team that

developed Aistear, the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework. She was also involved in the development of

the Aistear Síolta Practice Guide (ASPG), an on-line resource (www.aistearsiolta.ie) to help practitioners use

our two national frameworks together to enhance children’s curriculum experiences. At present Mary’s work is

focused on the area of transition from preschool to primary school.

Máire Cooke, Waterford Childcare Committee

Máire works with Waterford Childcare Committee as a Childcare Services Development Officer since 2007. She

graduated in 1998 from W.I.T and has worked in both the Social Care and the Early Years sector prior to WCC.

She worked and was deputy manager of an early years service for nearly 10 years. In 2012 Máire returned to

education to complete a post graduate diploma in further education and more recently returned to WIT to

complete Higher Diploma in ECCE. As part of her role as development officer with WCC, Máire has been

involved in developing Building Blocks programme with 6 other CCC’s which supports managing change in

early years and preparing services for using ASPG. She has facilitated and supported services with this

programme in Waterford as part of her Development Officer duties.

Deirdre Lindy, Waterford Childcare Committee

Deirdre Lindy works with Waterford Childcare Committee as a Childcare Services Development Officer since

2008. She graduated in 2001 from W.I.T and has worked in the both the Social Care and the Early Years sector

prior to WCC. Part of Deirdre’s Development Officer role supporting services is her work as Children First Child

Protection and Welfare Trainer for Early Years training Practitioners and advising on policy development. In

relation to today’s conference, she is a member of the Healthy Waterford Steering Committee where she

assists in the #Kindwaterford Initiative, both through social media and the development of the annual Mayors

Health Week and ongoing initiatives of Healthy Waterford and #KindWaterford relevant to Early Life. Deirdre

recently co-presented a paper with Healthy Waterford on the #Kindwaterford Initiative to the WHO European

Healthy Cities Annual Conference in Pecs, Hungary.

Judith Ashton, Buddy Bench Ireland

Judith Ashton is co-founder of Buddy Bench Ireland, a well-being programme for children. She is qualified in

Bio-dynamic Psychotherapy and Massage Therapy. She did pioneering work in the UK in the 1980s introducing

massage therapy into the NHS and her ‘Touch for Healing’ Courses for Nurse Tutors at the University of Surrey

were highly recommended by the English Nursing Board.

Judith moved to Ireland in 1988, and was President of the Irish Massage Therapist’s Association for 12 years. In

1998 she founded The Blue Room Healing & Meditation Centre in Bennettsbridge, Co Kilkenny ( a multi-

disciplinary complimentary healing centre).

Judith is a qualified Health Creation Mentor, a previous Local Election candidate for the Green Party, was a

Board Member on the local Rape Crisis Centre, is a qualified funeral celebrant and has written many articles on

a wide range of topics. Buddy Bench Ireland won Social Entrepreneurs Award 2016.

Chelley Brennan, Jack and Jill’s Montessori, Tramore

Chelley Brennan is the Owner of Jack and Jill’s Montessori and has been a self-employed practitioner for 22

years. Chelley has recently completed her Higher Diploma in ECCE in W.I.T. She runs a small rural service

where importance is placed on immersing into the local community with huge emphasis in their curriculum on

outdoor play and activities. Jack and Jill’s participated in the #kindwaterford Kindness Initiative and as a result

of their project, they were one of 2 Early Years services who received a Buddy Bench and Awareness training

for the service in 2016. At Jack and Jill’s they believe it is never too early or children are never too young to

understand the importance of, and the power of kindness.

Joanne O’Toole, Crystal Kids Waterford

Joanne is a qualified Social Care Worker and has worked with young people for 7 years, specialising in trauma

informed therapeutic approaches to children in care. Joanne has integrated meditation and mindfulness

techniques in her work and began Crystal Kids in 2016 with the aim of offering a nurturing and safe space to

help young people cultivate deep connections to their hearts. Joanne has carried out workshops in Early Years

Services with children as young as 3, after school clubs and residential care with positive results witnessed.

Miriam Barrow, Counselling in Primary Care (CiPC)

Miriam Coordinates the Counselling in Primary Care (CiPC) service in CHO5 since its launch in 2013. CiPC is a

service for adult Medical Card Holders presenting with mild to moderate psychological difficulties and the

referral pathway is through GP’s and Primary Care Team members. CHO 5 receives in excess of 2,500 referrals

per annum and provides services to clients in 15 locations throughout the region. Miriam is a graduate of DCU

with a BA in Psychology and an MSc in Psychotherapy. She is currently undertaking a Doctorate in

Psychotherapy and her area of research is sexual desire.

Dr Maria Murphy-Griffin, W.I.T

Dr. Maria Murphy-Griffin is a lecturer in W.I.T. specialising in exercise physiology. Her primary degree is in P.E.

from Thomond College of Education (now U.L.). She then completed MSc in Sport Science in Loughborough

University; followed by Research on Weight training and Bone health in the elderly at Queens University,

Belfast, and a PhD in Exercise and the Heart studying between U.L. and Beaumont Hospital. She is very active

in terms of exercise and has 5 children who are all actively involved in sports of all descriptions!

Michael Dalton, Mindfulness Meditation Waterford

Michael is accredited by the Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (IAHIP) and

registered with the Irish Council for Psychotherapy (ICP)He qualified as a counsellor in 2006 and since then has

worked with many clients presenting with broad ranging issues.

Michael has studied and practised meditation for over 16 years and trained with Buddhist, Taoist and other

masters. He has also taught many meditation courses and tutored in mindfulness with numerous groups in the

areas of Mental Health, Addiction, Social Care, Young Adults on probation from the courts and Family Support

Groups. Michael has also presented workshops on Mindfulness in Therapy to Counsellors and Psychotherapists

as part of their Continuing Personal Development (CPD).

Jacqui De Paor, Waterford Childcare Committee

Jacqui is a Development Worker with Waterford Childcare Committee since 2003. She qualified from DIT,

Rathmines in Early Childhood Care & Education in 1996, was a childminder for 1 year thereafter and then

progressed to set up and manage Naíonra na nDéise in 1998, prior to working with WCC. Jacqui graduated

from Carlow IT with her H.Dip in Early Childhood Education & Care, in 2014. Jacqui presented a paper at the

OMEP conference in 2015 on a selection of the collaborative actions that Waterford Childcare Committee

undertook similar to the “Gift of Kindness” book. As part of Jacqui’s role as a development worker, she was

directly involved with the “Gift of Kindness” Project and facilitated the workshop and supported the childcare

practitioners and children in engaging with the process. Jacqui is also a trained Síolta & Aistear Mentor and

provides information, support and mentoring to the childcare services; from formal Síolta QAP to information

awareness raising workshops on Síolta/Aistear

Fiona Power – Mulcahy, Tigh Súgradh, Clonea Lower

Fiona Power-Mulcahy is the owner/manager of Tigh Súgradh Childcare Service. Tigh Súgradh is a purpose built

private childcare facility, catering for 25 children at any one time. Tigh Súgradh was one of the first services to

provide full day care in the West Waterford area almost 16 years ago. Fiona began her childcare path by

completing a Fetac Level 5 & 6, followed by Montessori training, Special Needs training, Teacher training,

delivering Búntus start programme to childcare services, followed by a BA Honours Degree in Early Care

Education & Care. Tigh Súgradh is one of the Healthy Ireland pre-schools. They have just recently attained their

third green flag with An Taisce. Fiona is currently completing the leadership for Inclusion in the Early Years

Programme (Linc), and will then have the role of Inclusion coordinator in her service. Fiona is a part time tutor

delivering a range of childcare modules to students for almost 16 years.

Resources and Information area:

Resources and information from various relevant organisations are available in

conference pack and also in main Conference room. If you would like further

copies for your service, please feel free to contact Waterford Childcare

Committee following the conference

Spreading the Kindness:

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