Barnardos Knowledge Bank

Barnardos Knowledge Bank is an online service hosting full content materials produced by Barnardos Ireland. It contains the full text of booklets, journals, reports, research papers and more. Barnardos Knowledge Bank is an open access platform, with the aim of making Barnardos output as widely accessible as possible. Use the browse functions above for an overview of relevant materials. Barnardos is a National Voluntary Childcare Organisation part funded by Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

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    Establishing a Day Care Service: An Information Pack
    (Barnardos, 1996) Canavan, Angela; Gibbons, Norah
    This information pack is aimed at those who are considering setting-up a private day care service for preschool children. By day care services we mean "nurseries" which provide full day care for groups of children or "creches" which refer to short-term care for groups of children in shopping centres, sports complexes or adult education centres. Those who wish to consider establishing a playgroup should contact the Irish Preschool Playgroups Association.
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    Food Insecurity in Ireland: Impact on Children and their Parents
    (Barnardos, 2024) Coyne Research
    This is the 2024 Barnardos and ALDI Ireland Food Insecurity Report. The research found that food insecurity in families with children is worsening. An increasingly large proportion of children are living in homes where parents are; cutting back or going without meals themselves to feed their children; cutting down on essentials such as clothing, electricity, and heat in order to make sure enough food is on their table; and borrowing or resorting to food banks to provide themselves and their children with sufficient food. The Barnardos and ALDI research shows that even more parents are cutting back on their own food, borrowing money for food, relying on food banks, and cutting back on spending on other household activities, including clothing, household bills, medical costs and children’s activities. More parents are worried about their ability to provide their children with sufficient food, as families continue to struggle with cost-of-living pressures.
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    Early Years eNews: Issue 1
    (Barnardos, 2024) Barnardos
    In this first issue of Early Years eNews for 2024, we bring you updates from across the ECEC sector including the OECD Starting Strong Teaching and Learning International Survey, the 2023 State of the Nation's Children report, consultation on the draft childminding regulations and more. We also have information about the latest from Barnardos Learning and Development team.
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    How Relationships Impact on Children’s Behaviour in Early Learning and Care
    (Barnardos, 2023) Barnardos
    Everything that a child does, all of their behaviour, is a communication of what the child is thinking and how the child is feeling. Many different factors will influence this behaviour including the child’s individual temperament, their stage of development and how comfortable they are in their environment. The most significant impact on a child’s behaviour, however, comes from the relationships they have with the important adults in their life. When these relationships are consistent, empathic and connected, and are based on caring, responsive and attuned interactions, children feel secure and that they feelings and their needs matter. This is key to a child’s emotional and social wellbeing and development, and to supporting and guiding their behaviour. This resource supports those working with young children in an Early Learning and Care (ELC) setting to better understand children’s behaviour. It explores how, by building and maintaining trusting relationships with them, we can help children to learn how to manage and express their big feelings, how to self-regulate and how to behave in situations of stress and conflict.
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    Parental Mental Health and the Impact on Children: Summary
    (Barnardos, 2024) Barnardos
    This report aims to cover the full spectrum of mental health and mental wellbeing issues that parents feel negatively impacts on their parenting and the lives of their children. As a result, we considered it important that the report does not focus exclusively on parents who have been diagnosed with a mental health illness. We commissioned Amárach to carry out a survey looking at all parents who felt they had mental health and wellbeing issues. One in five parents (20%) said they currently had poor mental health. Almost half said their mental health was ok (46%) and one third (34%) said it was good. Two-thirds (67%) of parents said that they would have, at times in the past, had worse mental health than they do at present. Generally, two thirds of parents said that at some point, they had poor mental health and wellbeing. A substantial proportion of parents reported feeling anxious, depressed and/or overwhelmed most or some of the time.

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