• 08/05/06 -

  UPCOMING PUBLIC LECTURE SUPPORTING PLAY for CHILDREN with DISABILITIES BY OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, TCD & The National Institute for Intellectual Disability PRESENTER:        Professor Paula Kramer Professor & Chair Department of Occupational Therapy University of Sciences, Philadelphia.   Date:  Wednesday 31st May 2006 Venue:  Teatar M. Ui Chadhain, Arts Building Trinity College, Dublin 2 Time: 6.15- 8.00 pm.   Poster exhibition on play with tea & coffee outside lecture hall,  6.15 – 6.45 pm Themes of posters/ displays: types of play, sensory- movement play, pretend play, play & social development, play partners, outdoor play, playground design   6.45 – 8.00 pm   The lecture will be in the form of a practical workshop on play experiences for children aged 0-12 years and will include: *Discussion of what you and your child can get out of toys and play experiences *Discussing play using video material focusing on: Sensory movement experiences and play Social development and play * Ways that you can support your child’s play   Any inquiries, please contact: Sandra Patton, Conference Coordinator, Tel: (01) 6083813 or e mail: pattons@tcd.ie

• 02/06/05 - Disability Bill – 85 TDs say YES, 500,000 people say NO....... Can this be justice?

• 15/3/05 VERBAL BEHAVIOUR:Setting Up A Program
  Second in a series of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) workshops emphasizing Verbal Behavior to be held in Ireland

• 28/10/04 North Eastern Autism Support Group. The Bridge Project Workshop #1:
  INTRODUCTION TO VERBAL BEHAVIOR
  9 – 11th March, 2005, Park Hotel, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath 8:30-9 registration, 9-5 workshop

• 28/10/04 BEST PRACTICES:
  Windsor-Essex Model for Adult Developmental Services
  Locally Designed • Community-Developed • Conducive to Government Policy

• Loughegar Primary School, Mullingar, Co Westmeath Sets the Ball Rolling!  More Please!
• Bocce has been introduced to the children of this school, this is a game similar to lawn bowls.
• This games enables children with physical disabilities to experience real participation and competition with their classmates in the playground.

The School Principal, Mr. John McCormack, teacher Mrs. Anne Gaffney together with Mr. Arthur Dunne (Sports Coach with the Irish Wheelchair Association) have taken on the challenge and piloted this project."