CES Weekly Knowledge Exchange
News, Events, Policy, Research, Stats, Resources
Monday July 4th – Friday July 8th
Contents
News ........................................................................................................................................... 1
Child and Adolescent Health and Development ............................................................................. 1
Early Childhood Care and Education ............................................................................................... 1
Education ........................................................................................................................................ 2
Housing ........................................................................................................................................... 2
Service Implementation & Delivery ................................................................................................ 2
Public Service Reform ..................................................................................................................... 2
Tools, Blogs, Resources, Publications ............................................................................................ 2
Blogs ................................................................................................................................................ 2
Resources ........................................................................................................................................ 3
Publications ..................................................................................................................................... 3
Policy, Research, Stats.................................................................................................................. 4
Relevant Dáil and Assembly Debates .............................................................................................. 4
Policy ............................................................................................................................................... 4
Research .......................................................................................................................................... 5
Events ......................................................................................................................................... 5
Other useful information: ............................................................................................................ 6
News
Child and Adolescent Health and Development
Children link junk food with having a good time, study shows (The Irish Times)
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Date: 05.07.16
Junk food TV ads make children hungry and tempted, charity finds (The Guardian)
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Date: 05.07.16
Early Childhood Care and Education
How to encourage children to read...in a fun way (The Irish Times)
Date: 02.07.16
Extra €2.5 million to provide free preschool for 60,000 children (The Irish Independent)
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Date: 08.07.16
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Education
Children who leave mainstream schools at risk from extremism, says Ofsted (The
Guardian)
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Date: 08.07.16
Number of parents prosecuted over unauthorised school absence soars (Belfast
Telegraph)
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Date: 07.07.16
Housing
Zappone plans to halve number of homeless children in 12 months (The Irish Times)
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Date: 07.07.16
Service Implementation & Delivery
Ireland next venue for Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social
Development in 2018
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Date: 07.07.16
What will new regulations mean for early years services? (The Irish Times)
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Date: 28.06.16
More collective thinking urged from 'weak' Stormont government (Belfast Telegraph)
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Date: 06.07.16
Public Service Reform
NI Executive – International review shapes Programme for Government (BBC News)
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Date: 06.07.16
Tools, Blogs, Resources, Publications
Blogs
Focus now shifts from Brexit to Programme for Government (Strategem)
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Love Parenting – Blog
This blog is developed and managed by Parenting Limerick, and includes useful information about
parenting and parenting supports.
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The attainment gap - a look behind the stats (CELCIS)
The Scottish government has published a new blueprint for improvement within Scottish education
focusing on how to close the attainment gap. This post looks at the data informing this new delivery
plan.
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Resources
CYPSCine – Children and Young People’s Services Committees Ezine
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Newsletter for Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures (DCYA)
The Department of Children and Youth Affairs has issued their first quarterly newsletter on the
implementation of Better Outcomes Brighter Futures National Policy Framework for Children and
Young People.
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Access and Inclusion Model
This model of supports is designed to ensure that children with disabilities can access the Early
Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme. Its goal is to empower service providers to
deliver an inclusive pre-school experience. AIM is a child-centred model, moving from the universal
to the targeted, based on the needs of the child and the service provider.
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Pregnancy sickness information leaflet (Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists)
This leaflet is based on the RCOG clinical guideline The Management of Nausea and Vomiting of
Pregnancy and Hyperemesis Gravidarum which contains a full list of the sources of evidence used to
produce this guidance.
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Publications
Perceptions of parenting (Parenting Research Centre)
The Parenting Research Centre commissioned the FrameWorks Institute to map the gaps between
expert and public understandings of effective parenting in Australia.
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OECD Public Governance Reviews Northern Ireland: Implementing Joint-up Governance
for a Common Purpose
Northern Ireland is currently undertaking public administration reforms. This report highlights areas
where Northern Ireland possesses strengths upon which to build reforms and suggests actions for
the future.
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Better mental health for all: a public health approach to mental health improvement (UK
Faculty of Public Health)
This report focuses on what can be done individually and collectively to enhance the mental health
of individuals, families and communities by using a public health approach. It is intended as a
resource for public health practitioners to support the development of knowledge and skills in public
mental health.
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Policy, Research, Stats
Relevant Dáil and Assembly Debates
Northern Ireland Assembly Questions
Mr Robin Swann asked the Minister of Education for his assessment of the implications of the result
of the EU Referendum for all aspects of his departmental portfolio; and to detail what relevant
contingencies are in place as a consequence.
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Date: 06.07.16
Mr Robbie Butler asked the Minister of Health to detail the number of people diagnosed with a
mental health condition over each of the last 10 years.
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Date: 07.07.16
Policy
Transforming Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland – Services and Governance
(Northern Ireland Assembly RAISE briefing paper)
This briefing paper aims to provide the new Health Committee with an overview of a number of
issues from the 2011-16 Committee’s legacy report. It focuses on key aspects of health and social
care reform in Northern Ireland over the past decade. The paper also includes key points from the
previous Committee’s scrutiny of TYC, including workforce planning and care for older people.
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Outcomes-based government (Northern Ireland Assembly RAISE briefing paper)
This briefing paper has been prepared for the Committee for the Executive Office which, in the
context of its consideration of the Executive’s draft Programme for Government Framework 2016211 (the draft PfG Framework), requested information on outcomes-based approaches to public
governance in other jurisdictions.
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Research
Frequent daytime naps predict vocabulary growth in early childhood (Open access)
This study investigates how measures of sleep are related to the development of vocabulary size in
infants and toddlers.
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Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) strategy for children under five (Open
access)
This Cochrane review evaluates the effects of programs that implement the IMCI strategy in terms of
death, nutritional status, quality of care, coverage with IMCI deliverables, and satisfaction of
beneficiaries.
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Improving mental health care transitions for children and youth: a protocol to implement
and evaluate an emergency department clinical pathway (Open Access)
This paper presents a new model for measuring the effects of the Canadian Emergency Department
Mental Health Clinical Pathway (EDMHCP) and identify how it is best implemented among partner
organisations to deliver evidence-based risk management of children and youth presenting with
mental health concerns.
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The impact of caesarean section on breastfeeding initiation, duration and difficulties in
the first four months postpartum (Open Access)
Emergency and planned C-sections may adversely affect breastfeeding initiation, milk supply and
infant breastfeeding receptivity. This study examined mode of delivery and breastfeeding initiation,
duration, and difficulties reported by mothers at 4 months postpartum.
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Events
Big Ideas: Festival of Economics
Venue: Duncairn Gardens, Belfast
Date: 12.08.16
Time: 9.30am-5
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Priorities for healthcare in Ireland (Policy Reform for Ireland)
This seminar will provide an opportunity to examine the future priorities for healthcare in Ireland
following the recent General Election and will assess current pressures facing the health service.
Venue: Dublin
Date: 09.11.16
Time: 08.30
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Other useful information:
Barnardos Daily Digest (ROI). Sign up for daily news updates. Click
Eurochild InfoFlash 07.07.16 Click here
The Wheel – Sector Connector Newsletter. Subscribe for weekly updates. Click
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