Children &
Young
Adults
Trinity College
Dublin
June 2008
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The Children’s Research Centre (CRC) in TCD has
initiated this e-zine to inform interested groups and
individuals about the contribution Trinity is making to
improving the lives of children and young adults - through a
rich array of relevant research, educational and outreach
activities.
The Children’s Research Centre exists to
make a difference for children and young people in Ireland –
to have a positive impact on their lives.
For more
information please visit: www.tcd.ie/childrensresearchcentre |
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Growing Up In Ireland |
A consortium led by the ESRI and TCD is
conducting the Growing Up in Ireland – National
Longitudinal Study of Children. This is one of the most
significant research projects on children to be undertaken in
the Republic of Ireland and it aims to examine the factors
which contribute to, or undermine, the well being of children
in contemporary Irish families. The Children's Research Centre leads the study
for TCD with many other colleagues from Schools across
College.
For more information please visit: www.growingup.ie |
Alumni Society for Students with
Intellectual
Disabilities Launched |
The first students to successfully complete the National
Institute for Intellectual Disability’s (NIID) Certificate in Contemporary Living graduated in February
this year. In March the students launched the NIID Alumni
Society at a dinner kindly supported by Denis O’Brien. The
event included a student art exhibition which can be viewed at www.tcd.ie/niid/news |
Student Ambassadors
for Educational
Access |
The Trinity Access Programme (TAP) Student
Ambassador Programme provides opportunities for students to
engage with the wider community in a spirit of volunteerism –
including acting as role models and guides in raising the
educational aspirations of others. The programme is sponsored
by Sean Dunne and Gayle Killilea. Gayle presented the
ambassadors with certificates at an event hosted by the
Provost on June 6th.
For more information please visit: www.tcd.ie/Communications/news.php?headerID=912&vs_date=2008-6-1 |
Poetry and Pictures Programme |
Poetry and Pictures is a new TAP programme which aims to stimulate children’s interest in
literature and art by facilitating them in writing a poem of
their own and creating an accompanying illustration. The
programme was inspired by the book Forever Poems for Now
and Then, co-authored by Sonya and Amy Kurzweil. The
Kurzweil Foundation donated 1000 of these books to Trinity
College for use in TAP-linked schools and community outreach
activities.
For more information please visit: www.tcd.ie/Trinity_Access/school_activities/primary_schools.php |
New Study on Homeless Young People |
A new study of homeless young people in Dublin
city was launched last November in Trinity. The study Lives in Crisis: Homeless Young People, written by Dr
Paula Mayock and Dr Eoin O’Sullivan, documents the journey
into homelessness of 40 young people between the ages of 12
and 22 years.
For more information please visit: www.tcd.ie/childrensresearchcentre/index.php?id=130&pubid=175&mode=fu |
Communication Portal
for Children in
Hospital |
Research has proven that
children with chronic medical conditions suffer from
psychosocial problems due to their feelings of isolation,
which can hinder their treatment and recovery. The Centre for
Health Informatics in Trinity has been developing and
researching the use of virtual environments for children in
hospital. The culmination of this research has resulted in the
development of an interactive portal Áit Eile (Another World) and a new initiative Solas providing a
variety of tools for communication and resources for
creativity and
education.
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Children, Youth and Community Relations |
The Trinity
Immigration Initiative’s (TII) Children, Youth and
Community Relations Research Programme aims to
investigate the nature and dynamics of evolving community
relations across ethnic difference among children and young
people in Ireland. The project includes an intensive study in
North Inner City Dublin primary schools.
For more
information please visit: www.tcd.ie/immigration/community
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Bridging Two Worlds
- Asperger Syndrome
Project |
The
Asperger Syndrome Association of Ireland is supporting a
research project in Trinity’s School of Education entitled Bridging Two Worlds: An Exploration of the Use of Drama in
Education in the Holistic Education of Young People with
Asperger Syndrome.
For more information please visit: www.tcd.ie/Education/research/projects.php
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Meeting Children’s Needs
When Parents
Work |
“Public policies have not kept pace with changes
in families. Working parents are being left to fend for
themselves in a system where the quality of care is not what
it should be” - these were the views of US Professor of Social
Work, Jane Waldfogel, speaking at the White Annual Lecture
organised by the TCD School of Social Work and Social Policy.
For more information please visit: www.tcd.ie/Communications/pressRelease.php?headerID=774&pressReleaseArchive=2008 |
Children’s Books at TCD |
The Pollard Collection of Children’s
Books is one of the most significant in the world. The
collection includes over 10,000 books spanning the period from
the late 17th century to the early 20th century, with a
particular focus on books for girls. The bequest of this
collection to Trinity has created real academic excitement and
it is serving as a catalyst for a series of initiatives,
developing and enhancing the area of writing for children in
Trinity.
For more information please visit: www.tcd.ie/longroomhub/current_projects/#Pollard |
Promoting Student Volunteering |
Realistic and practical ideas for supporting and
recognising volunteers and their activities are necessary if
Ireland is not to lose out on the potential social benefits
which this represents. This was the background to the
symposium entitled, Practical Planning for Student
Volunteering in the 21st Century organised by the Trinity
Volunteers Opportunities Forum (TVOF) on May
1st.
For more information please visit: www.tcd.ie/Communications/news.php?headerID=884
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Children’s Nursing Care |
Children’s research currently being conducted at
the School of Nursing and Midwifery seeks to develop a
nationally and internationally recognised research base. This
will be used to develop the quality and effectiveness of all
aspects of children’s nursing care based on best evidence and
promotes a culture of partnership with children, parents and
carers.
For more information please visit: www.tcd.ie/Nursing_Midwifery/research/children/res_child.php
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Launch of Virtual Dublin Computer Game |
Researchers from the GV2 Group in the School of
Computer Science & Statistics have collaborated with staff
and students of the Central Remedial Clinic school in Clontarf
to design a computer game based in virtual Dublin. The game
was developed as part of a four-year project Metropolis, funded by Science Foundation Ireland, and
is an opportunity to provide game experiences that are both
educational and therapeutic.
For more information
please visit: www.tcd.ie/Communications/pressRelease.php?headerID=904&pressReleaseArchive=2008
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The Coolest Science Club On The Planet |
With the ambitious vision of becoming “the
coolest science club on the planet”, Science
Gallery is targeting an audience of young adults, 15 years
and over, through a dynamic programme of exhibitions, public
experiments, challenges, festivals, debates and workshops.
Inter-disciplinary themes explored by the Gallery programmes
include Light, Attraction, Plague and Music and
the Body, encompassing a wide-range of issues in the
sciences, engineering and technology.
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Sexualisation of Young Girls |
Leading US academic, Professor Tomi-Ann Roberts,
was guest speaker at a seminar jointly organised by the
Children’s Research Centre and Centre for Gender
and Women’s Studies on the Sexualisation of Girls.
Professor Roberts focused on evidence for this phenomenon from
media to marketing, to interpersonal interaction, as well as
the consequences of the sexualisation of girls and girlhood
for girls themselves, for others and for the society at large.
For more information please visit: www.tcd.ie/childrensresearchcentre/Seminars/littlebratzjan08.pdf
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Edited by:
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