West Cork Additional Needs Support Group

West Cork Additional Needs Support Group West Cork Additional Needs Support Group
Information Advice Community Understand

20/05/2026

The school serves one of the country's most deprived areas

20/05/2026

Families are being left without support as childcare providers and pre-schools have no clear alternative to refer them to when they cannot meet a child’s needs

20/05/2026

Lawyers for the mother of a five-year-old child with autism who says he was left without a school place this year “solely” because of the requirement told Judge Sara Phelan on Monday.

20/05/2026

The GAA and the HSE are pleased to announce a new national partnership aimed at supporting children with additional needs to attend Kellogg’s GAA Cúl Camps across Ireland this summer. The partnership represents an important step forward in making Cúl Camps more inclusive and accessible for child...

20/05/2026

Children do not learn emotional regulation through isolation, shame, or disconnection. They learn it through feeling safe enough to borrow our calm, our presence, and our connection. In the hardest moments, children need relationship most — not because behaviour should be ignored, but because a regulated nervous system grows inside safe connection. Boundaries matter, but connection is what helps the brain become ready to hear, learn, and repair.

20/05/2026

A child who feels unsafe, unheard or overwhelmed cannot learn from punishment.

Behaviour is communication.
Tantrums, shouting, defiance, shutting down - these are often signs of stress, fear, frustration or unmet needs.

Children need connection before correction.
They need calm before consequences.
They need adults who ask “What happened to you?” instead of “What is wrong with you?”

The way adults respond in hard moments shapes a child’s brain, self-worth and future relationships far more than most people realise. Trauma-informed parenting focuses on emotional connection first because children regulate through relationships.

Every parent, carer, teacher and professional needs to read this. Please share if you believe children deserve understanding, not shame. ❤️

Free CONNECTION BEFORE CORRECTION: EXPLANATION POSTER FOR PARENTS

LIKE the photo and comment "CONNECTION" and we will send you a message with a link to a free PDF of this resource.

Address

Clonakilty
Clonakilty
CLONAKILTY

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when West Cork Additional Needs Support Group posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share

Category