Contact Details
| Organisation: | South West Kerry Family Resource Centre |
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| Contact name(s): | Nancy Holmes-Smith |
| Address: | 18 Main Street, Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry |
| Telephone: | 066 9481000 |
| Mobile: | 087 9102261 |
| Email: | [email protected] |
| Website: |
Programme Details
| Target audience: | First time parents, People who parent alone, Fathers, Foster parents, Blended families, Parents of children 1 to 6 years |
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| Theme/subject matter: | General Parenting, First Time Parenting, Behaviour Management, Special Needs, Evidence based success in working with children with issues such as ADD and ADHD |
| Method of delivery: | Group work, One-to-one work |
| Programme aims: | To maximise their children’s learning, language and social development, as well as reduce behaviour problems, while ensuring their children grow up happy and emotionally secure. The programme is suitable both for children within the normal range of development as well as children with special needs such as ADHD, speech and language and other development problems. |
| Resources used: | Programme developed by John Sharry, Grainne Hampson & Mary Fanning. SWKFRC hold the manual, DVDs and other resources needed to provide the course. |
About the Facilitator
| Name: | Nancy Holmes-Smith |
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| Qualifications: | Parents Plus Facilitator Training completed with John Sharry |
| Experience: | 4 years delivering courses and dealing with many family issues through her role in the Family Resource Centre. |
Location & Duration of the Programme
| County | Kerry |
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| Local venue: | |
| Other details about the location of the programme: | South West Kerry |
| Number of sessions: | 6 – 8 sessions |
| Frequency of sessions: | Weekly |
| No. of hours per session: | 2 hrs |
| When is the programme held? | Depends on the needs of the participants |
| Is childcare available? | No |
Booking the Programme
| How do I book a place on the programme? | Referred by professional, Childcare facilities or Baby and Toddler Groups may apply to the FRC. |
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| Total cost incl. materials: | Maximum €20 per course per person. Sometimes we succeed in getting funding to reduce or alleviate costs. |