Contact Details
| Organisation: | HSE |
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| Contact name(s): | Conor Owens Project Director, Karen Heavey Triple P Coordinator |
| Address: | Midland Area Parenting Partnership, Health Centre, St Vincent’s Hospital Campus, Coosan Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath |
| Telephone: | 090 64 47111 |
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| Email: | [email protected] |
| Website: | www.mapp.ie |
Programme Details
| Target audience: | People who parent alone, Post separation parents, Foster parents, Blended families, Parents of children 10 years and younger, Parents of teenagers 11-15 years old |
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| Theme/subject matter: | General Parenting, Behaviour Management, Special Needs, Drugs-misuse/prevention |
| Method of delivery: | Group work, |
| Programme aims: | Triple P aims to promote positive caring relationships between children teenagers and their parents and to support parents in managing common behaviour and development issues through enhancing parents’ knowledge, skills and confidence. Younger Programme (2 – 10 years): Triple P teaches parents skills to encourage and support their child’s social and language skills, emotional self regulation, independence and problem solving skills. Teen Programme (11 – 15 years) Triple P teaches parents how to encourage emotional self regulation, how to support their teenager to develop the social skills to get along with others and to do well in school and community.Group work, One-to-one work, Triple P is delivered to groups of parents using active skills training through observation, discussion, practice and feedback on progress. The programme works at prevention, early intervention and intervention level for parents. Parents discuss and receive practical tips and advice about parenting skills that they can incorporate into their everyday interactions with their child/teenager. |
| Resources used: | Group workbook, Clips of DVD for observation and discussion, facilitated session by Triple P Practitioner. |
About the Facilitator
| Name: | Midland Area Parenting Partnership |
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| Qualifications: | All Triple P Practitioners are fully trained and accredited in all levels of the programme |
| Experience: | Triple P Practitioners come from a range of backgrounds and have been delivering the programme in the midlands since 2010. |
Location & Duration of the Programme
| County | Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath |
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| Local venue: | Laois, Offaly, Longford and Westmeath |
| Other details about the location of the programme: | IN community venues mornings and evenings across the four midlands counties Laois Offaly Longford and Westmeath |
| Number of sessions: | 2 hour workshop or 8 session group programme |
| Frequency of sessions: | Not specified |
| No. of hours per session: | 2 hours |
| When is the programme held? | Mornings, Depends on the needs of the participants |
| Is childcare available? | No |
Booking the Programme
| How do I book a place on the programme? | You can ring into main office 090 6447111 or pm us on our facebook page Triple P MAPP |
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| Total cost incl. materials: | Free, fully funded and supported through MA |