Projects
The following table provides a brief overview of the projects funded under the NEYAI:
ID | Location | Name | Lead Agency | Intervention for Evaluation |
BC | Ballyfermot / Chapelizod | Early Years Language & Learning Initiative | Partnership | Train and mentor childcare staff in Hanen Programme to: (i) Improve the child’s language development (ii) Support parents to encourage the child’s language development |
CC | Canal Communities | Bringing It All Back Home | Daughters of Charity | Train and mentor childcare staff in Marte Meo Programme and Incredible Years Programme to: (i) Improve the child and parent outcomes (ii) do intensive outreach with children and their parents |
CK | Cork | Happy Talk Project | Partnership | Train childcare staff in Hanen Programme to: (i) Improve the child’s language development (ii) Support parents to encourage the child’s language development |
CN | Clondalkin | Addressing Gaps in Training & Practice | Partnership | Mentor childcare staff to improve outcomes for children and their parents |
DD | Dublin Docklands | Early Years Numeracy Project | National College of Ireland | Train and mentor childcare staff in numeracy skills to deliver: (i) Improve the child’s numeracy skills (ii) Support parents to encourage the child’s numeracy development |
FL | Fingal | Fingal Parents Initiative | County Childcare Committee | Deliver a multi-tiered approach in terms of practitioner-led parental support. |
DL | Donegal | Professional Pedagogy Project | County Childcare Committee | Train and mentor childcare staff to improve outcomes for children |
LK | Limerick | Start Right | Partnership | Train and support childcare staff to: (i) meet Siolta standards (ii) do intensive outreach with children and their parents |
LD | Longford | Tus Nua | County Childcare Committee | Train and mentor childcare staff to improve outcomes for children |
RO | Rialto | Dublin SW Inner City Demonstration Model | Barnardos | Train and mentor childcare staff in Hanen Programme to: (i) Improve the child’s language development (ii) Support parents to encourage the child’s language development |
TT | Tallaght | Quality Through Professionalisation | Shanty | Deliver training based on the Fledglings Early Years Manual which integrates the two national early years frameworks – Siolta (Quality) and Aistear (Learning) – through the pedagogical approach and curriculum of HighScope. |