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.