RTE Toy Show Appeal Impact Report

Inspired by children, the RTE Toy Show Appeal works to bring the magic of the Late Late Toy Show to every child in Ireland. By funding essential support, health, well-being, play and creativity the aim is to change children’s lives for good. Parents Plus are delighted to be featured in the Toy Show Impact Report […]

The Special Needs Programme at the launch of the Festival of Learning
The Parents Plus Special Needs Programme at the What Works Festival of Learning

Monday 21st of November saw the opening of the Festival of Learning from What Works Ireland and we were honoured to be asked to join the panel of experts and share the story of our first in-the-world Special Needs Programme. Roderic O’Gorman TD, Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth, opened the 3-day event […]

Book Your Place on the Parents Plus Special Needs Programme

The Parents Plus Special Needs Programme for Professionals is a first in the world programme for families rearing an adolescent with an intellectual disability and was created to help parents to manage challenges, improve their family’s well-being and strengthen their links with other parents. Training for this unique and invaluable Programme is taking place on […]

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Update from the ADHD Programme Launch Seminar

The entire team at Parents Plus want to extend a huge thank you to everyone that attend our new ADHD Children’s Programme for Professionals launch seminar. Cherie Tyner Parents Plus CEO said “It was wonderful to have so many professionals from CAMHS, Primary Care, Education, Disability and Family support services join, all clearly wanting to support families with evidence-based […]

Join our mission to improve the well-being of all children and families
Join our mission to improve the well-being of all children and families

We’d love to hear from suitable candidates for the position of Office Manager with Parents Plus. At Parents Plus we are driven by our mission to improve the well-being of children, young people, and parents, and to strengthen families, by empowering professionals to deliver our evidence-based parenting and mental health programmes in their services. Our research, development, training and supervision enables community, health, […]

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Practice Seminar 27th June 22 – Parents Plus Special Needs Programme

On the 27th June a special practice seminar took place to celebrate and support the work of the many practitioners who are delivering the PPSN throughout Ireland and the UK. View the webinar below to hear about how practitioners have successfully delivered the programme in a variety of settings, with a wide range of disabilities […]

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Toy Show Grant to Extend Support for Stressed Parents

Parents Plus has been awarded €300,000 from the RTE Toy Show Appeal grants for 2022 by the Community Foundation for Ireland. This funding will “change the futures of over 2,000 children, parents and families in the next two years,” says Professor John Sharry of Parents Plus. Professor Sharry says parents today need more support than […]

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Parents Plus are are chosen by RTE Toy Show Appeal for the Transformative Grant

ParentsPlus are delighted to announce that we have been chosen by #rtetoyshowappeal and The Community Foundation for Ireland as one of the lucky recipients of the Transformative Grant. This partnership will support our national collaboration with key parent support organisations to scale up the provision of Parents Plus evidence-based programmes online and to families across […]

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We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Communications Officer to join our team.

Parents Plus is a social enterprise and charity who are driven by our mission to improve the well-being of children, young people, and parents, and to strengthen families, by empowering professionals to deliver our evidence-based parenting and mental health programmes in their services. Our research, development, training and supervision enables community, health, education and disability […]

Calling all services for families in Limerick and Clare

The JP McManus Benevolent Fund and Parents Plus Charity are offering sponsorship for free training places to professionals providing services to children, adolescents, and young adults with intellectual disability or special needs in Counties Limerick and Clare.  The JP McManus Benevolent Fund will sponsor the training and post training supervision of professionals in two of the flag ship […]