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Department of Children and Youth Affairs
A request to An Taoiseach that any consideration of breaking up the Department of Children and Youth Affairs be rejected. This Department was borne out of a need to dedicate space and resources to the children of Ireland. We believe that any reduction in the DCYA will...
The foundations of a healthy adult life are laid in early childhood.
The Prevention and Early Intervention Network (PEIN) brings together evidence-based practice, advocacy and research organisations seeking to improve outcomes for children, young people and families and to promote quality, evidence-based / evidence-informed practice in prevention and early intervention.
Submission on Developing a Community Nursing and Midwifery Response to an Integrated Model of Care Consultation Document
April 2017 1. Introduction The Children’s Rights Alliance1 and the Prevention and Early Intervention Network2 welcome the opening of a national discussion on the role of Community Nursing and Midwifery, and are delighted to have the opportunity to make a submission to...
Prevention and Early Intervention in Child Health Services
The foundations of a healthy adult life are laid in early childhood 1. Introduction Prevention is defined as ‘providing a protective layer of support to stop problems from arising in the first place or from getting worse’; early intervention is defined as...
PEIN Policy Work
Introduction Influencing policy and practice is a core objective of the PEIN. In working to achieve this, the PEIN has made a number of submissions to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs over the past months and years, advocating for a central place...
Wind Down or Replication Principles
Introduction General Principles for organisations/ programmes preparing for wind down, and /or deciding which programme elements to replicate in different locations... The full document is available from the downloads section below. Wind Down or Replication Principles...
The Case for Prevention and Early Intervention April 2014
Introduction This short paper, published in April 2014, outlines the value or intervening early, and some concrete steps that need to be taken to ensure that child and family services achieve the best possible outcomes for children and families in...
PEIN Publications and Newsletters
PEI Summary Paper
Prevention and Early Intervention as a Key to unlocking brighter futures
PEIN Direct Provision Position Paper 2021
Infant Mental Health Resources for Parents and Practitioners
Hi colleagues, As part of our series of webinars, PEIN will run a webinar on Infant Mental Health on the morning of Wednesday 2nd December – Please Save the date! Details and booking to follow. We would appreciate if you could let us know the details of any...
Parents urged not to worry about ‘curriculum catch-up’
Issued by the Prevention and Early Intervention Network (PEIN) Wednesday, June 24th, 2020. Focus should be on ‘re-settling’ younger children when pre-schools reopen next wee Focus on rebuilding ‘relationships’ and ‘conditions for learning’ recommended when Primary...
Call for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) framework to be adopted by government
A call for greater prevention and early intervention in all child health, social and educational services –
including adopting a framework called ‘ACEs’ – was made at a seminar today.
The long-term social cost of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and call for a greater focus on
preventing them, were presented in a Policy Paper at a Prevention and Early Intervention Network
(PEIN) seminar titled Every Childhood Lasts a Lifetime.
Holding the child’s hand in prevention and early intervention for children and families.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have a detrimental impact on health and wellbeing throughout life. The World Health Organisation (WHO 2011) identifies ACEs as a major public health priority and estimate that 250 million children globally fail to reach their potential due to early childhood adversity.
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