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A Qualitative Study in Ireland: Foster Carers and Practitioners Perspectives on Developing a Trauma-Informed Care Psychoeducation Programme
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Maria Lotty; Eleanor Bantry-White; Audrey Dunn-Galvin – Child Care in Practice, 2024
This article presents the findings of a qualitative study of foster carers' and multidisciplinary practitioners' perceptions of foster carers' needs and existing practices in foster care in Ireland. This study explored participants' perceptions of the development of a trauma-informed care (TIC) psychoeducational intervention for foster carers.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trauma Informed Approach, Foster Care, Child Caregivers
'It All Depends … ' A Real Life Learning Model Informing Childminding Pedagogy in Ireland
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Miriam O'Regan; Ann Marie Halpenny; Nóirín Hayes – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
This doctoral research addressed the dearth of research focussed on childminding in Ireland, despite its significant role in national childcare provision. One overarching aim was to explore childminders' pedagogy. The research was conducted within the theoretical framework of Ecocultural Theory (ECT) against the backdrop of Irish Early Childhood…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Child Caregivers
Childminders' Close Relationship Model of Praxis: An Ecocultural Study in Ireland
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O'Regan, Miriam; Halpenny, Ann Marie; Hayes, Nóirín – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2020
The present study seeks to address the dearth of research focussed on childminding (family day care or family childcare) in Ireland, despite its significant role in national childcare provision. One overarching aim was to explore childminders' cultural models of praxis and pedagogy in the Irish context. This research was conducted within the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care, Child Caregivers, Caregiver Attitudes
Childminding Professionalism and Professionalisation in Ireland: A Different Story
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O'Regan, Miriam; Halpenny, Ann Marie; Hayes, Nóirín – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2022
This research focussed on documenting the praxis and paedagogy of paid, professional childminding (family childcare/day care) in Ireland. It explored professionalism and professionalisation among childminders in the context of the evolving understanding of professionalism in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) nationally and internationally.…
Descriptors: Child Care, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Professionalism
What Do Young People Need When They Leave Care? Views of Care-Leavers and Aftercare Workers in North Dublin
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Daly, Fiona – Child Care in Practice, 2012
EPIC is an independent voluntary organisation in the Republic of Ireland that advocates for the rights of children in care and young people who have care experience. One aspect of EPIC's work is the Aftercare Advocacy and Support Service, which provides confidential advice and support to young people who are preparing to leave care, those in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Caseworkers, Childrens Rights, Child Advocacy
"It's Not Like a Job Now; It's Part of Me": Exploring African Women's Experiences in the Irish Childcare Sector
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Garrity, Sheila; McGrath, Brian – Child Care in Practice, 2011
A small-scale qualitative research study was recently carried out in the West of Ireland to explore the experiences of African childminders who had established new childcare services. The intention of the study was to explore the issues, concerns and challenges of this group of providers given their unique position as recently settled, ethnic…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups, Womens Studies