Quality Services, Better Outcomes
Integrating Quality in Children’s Services

Event Organisers: Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative (TWCDI). Find out more about TWCDI on their website www.twcdi.ie. You can also view their seminar presentation here.

Date: Wednesday 7th September 2011
Venue: The Irish Law Society, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7, Ireland
Time: 9:30am – 6:00pm
Cost: Early Bird Fee is €35
How to Register: Download the registration form Quality Services Better Outcomes Booking Form. Book by June 30th to receive the Early Bird rate.

Would you like to know more about:

• How my organisation can become more quality focused?
• How I can improve my daily practice?
• How practitioners in a range of settings are delivering evidence based programmes and what the learning has been?

This conference is aimed at frontline practitioners working with children, young people and families and those managing them. It will:

• Consider research and best practice in relation to quality services;
• Explore organisational processes and staff support requirements which facilitate quality;
• Highlight current policy frameworks which inform and shape quality services.

Speakers will include:

• Mary Doyle, Director, Office for the Minister for Children & Youth Affairs
• Senator Fergal Quinn
• Professor Danny Perkins, Penn State University, USA
• Jim Mulkerrins, Principal Officer, Dept of Education & Science
• Gordon Jeyes, National Director, HSE
• Arlene Foster, Director, NCCA
• Helen Johnson, Senior Social Policy Analyst, NESC
• Noelle Spring, Chair, CDI Board

Registration includes: Access to all sessions, delegate materials and entrance to launch of CDI’s Workbook. Tea/coffee, lunch, finger food buffett also included.

For any assistance please contact Paula at paula@twcdi.ie or Telephone (01)4940030

www.twcdi.ie/cdievents

May 2011 – Conference report, presentations, and more…

Thank you to everyone who came along and took part in the What’s Working for Children Conference 2011. It was a fantastic two days with excellent presenters, great ideas, and a very positive message about what we can all do to continue to build and improve services for children, young people, and families in Ireland. We have had some really good feedback from delegates and speakers alike and hopefully there will be more events like it in the future.

In the meantime, we will be regularly updating the conference website www.whatsworkingforchildren.org. Right now you will find a copy of the conference report available for download along with all the presentations from the conference speakers, and the presentations from the seminars as well as video of the entire two-day event and photos. We also have a full delegate list available to download.

In the coming months we plan to feature information from projects and initiatives throughout Ireland, here, on the website – starting with some of the projects you heard about in the conference seminars. We hope to continue to spread the message of the value of evidence based practice and investment in early intervention and prevention initiatives.

Thank you again to everyone who came along and helped to make the conference a success. Thank you in particular to our speakers, seminar presenters, panelists, and all the supporting organisations.

You can keep in touch with updates on our Facebook page (here), or by following us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/Whats_Working), and of course on here on our website (www.whatsworkingforchildren.org).

December 2010 – Website Launched

The What’s Working for Children Conference 2011 website launched, December 2010