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Parents Plus is a charity on a mission to strengthen family relationships and achieve the best possible outcomes for children, young people and parents.

Parents Plus is a charity on a mission to strengthen families and improve outcomes for children, young people, and parents by training practitioners and building the capacity of services to deliver evidence-based parenting and mental health programmes. We develop evidence-based parenting and mental health programmes in collaboration with families and services. We train practitioners to deliver and

evaluate these programmes in their organisations and communities, building the capacity of community, mental health, disability, and education services in Ireland and the UK. Our approach embeds evidence-based practices in services, equips teams with solution-focused practice skills, reduces waiting lists, and improves parent engagement. The programmes create lasting, positive outcomes for families, communities, and services. Since 1995, Parents Plus has developed eight programmes for services that adapt to diverse family needs. The programmes offer universal support for all families, preventative solutions for disadvantaged and at-risk families, and targeted interventions for high-need families facing complex challenges. As a charity, all profits from training and materials are reinvested into developing new programmes to meet evolving family needs and sponsoring training and mentoring for services with limited-funding supporting high-need families. After training, practitioners join our Community of Practice, where they receive ongoing mentoring and support with programme implementation and delivery as well as access to additional resources. We believe that continued support is key to successful programme delivery and achieving positive outcomes for children, young people, and families. The Parents Plus Community of Practice is highly-valued by practitioners once they train.

04/06/2026

📢 We are delighted to share with you the running order for the launch of the Parents Plus Early Years Programme on June 18th from 2-3pm📢

➡️ Welcome and Opening - John Sharry, Clinical Director Parents Plus Charity.

➡️Overview of Parents Plus Early Years (PPEY) 2026 Edition - Gráinne Hampson and John Sharry, Parents Plus Programme Developers.

➡️Delivering the PPEY Programme to Falkirk Families whose Children have Additional Support Needs - Alice Grant, Teacher, Additional Support Needs Service Outreach Team and Susi Wakely, Senior Educational Psychologist (Early Years), Falkirk, Scotland.

➡️Supporting Individual Families with the PPEY Programme - Claire Murphy, Support and Development Worker, and Maryrose Costello, Early Intervention & Family Support Manager, SPECS, Bray & North Wicklow Area Partnership.

➡️Panel Discussion with speakers and PPEY Trainers Ger Buckley, Ciara Ní Raghallaigh and Wendy Taylor.

You can find out more about the programme and register to attend this FREE event below.

https://www.parentsplus.ie/post/parents-plus-early-years-programme-new-edition/

03/06/2026

We at Parents Plus wish every student starting their state exams today the very best — good luck!

02/06/2026

Are you a trained facilitator in the Parents Plus Parenting When Separated Programme?

The revised PWS programme which was launched in March 2026 will increase from six to seven sessions to allow more time for parents. The new format contains new content and materials including:

➡️ Videos from parents who completed PWS, sharing their experiences
➡️Quotes and stories from children and teenagers
➡️Additional input on parent self-care and stress management
➡️Extra input for professionals on managing challenging contexts such as domestic violence, coercive control and parental alienation.

We are holding an additional 3.5 hour training workshop to update you on the new content. The cost of the workshop is €150 which includes the new Parent Book and Facilitators Manual. Anyone who trained in the Parenting When Separated since March 2025 can attend this workshop for free. These workshops will be delivered on 25th June 2026 or 9th September 2026 (9.30am-1pm)

You can book your place on the workshop for trained facilitators here https://www.parentsplus.ie/training/

29/05/2026

This week, facilitators from across the UK and Ireland completed their Parents Plus Special Needs Programme Facilitator Training.

It was great to have participants with a wide range of skills and experience attending which was delivered by our Disability Programme lead Ciara Ní Raghallaigh.

We very much look forward to supporting each participant in their delivery of the Special Needs Programme to the parents and families they work with.

The next intake for PPSN in October and you can book your place here https://www.parentsplus.ie/training/

26/05/2026

We are pleased to share the Parents Plus and HSE Disability Partnership 2023 - 2025 Evaluation Report. We would like to thank all of the Children’s Disability Network (CDNT) Teams who were involved in the project and who delivered the Parents Plus Special Needs Programme and/or the Parents Plus Early Years Programme, and gathered the data for the evaluation. We appreciate your support, which has helped create the conditions for this partnership to succeed, and deliver meaningful outcomes for families across Ireland.

You can read the report here https://www.parentsplus.ie/post/overview-of-partnership-and-evaluation-findings/

18/05/2026

At Parents Plus, we are proud to celebrate Traveller Pride Week 2026. This week is a vital opportunity to recognise the culture and deep family values of the Traveller community.

We are particularly proud of our ongoing Traveller Project in partnership with Tusla. Last year we launched of a series of Traveller Specific Videos developed to complement the Parents Plus Early Years Programme (PPEY) as part of the project. This important development represents a collaborative effort to better engage and support parents from the Traveller community through culturally relevant and empowering resources

You can read more about the project here https://www.parentsplus.ie/news/new-videos-launched-for-tusla-traveller-project/

14/05/2026

With just 5 weeks to go until the launch of the second edition of the Parents Plus Early Years Programme, we would like to introduce our trainer, Geraldine Buckley.

Geraldine is a Senior Speech and Language Therapist currently working in the area of child and adolescent mental health. Geraldine has also worked extensively in education and many local and community settings. She works with Parents Plus providing training and supervision to professionals in the Early Years Programme.

Join us on June 18th from 2-3pm when we will launch launch the new edition of the Early Years Programme. The new programme materials have been updated to adopt a neurodiversity- affirming approach and to address the needs of Autistic, ADHD and neurodivergent children whether they have a formal diagnosis or not

Learn more and register here https://www.parentsplus.ie/post/parents-plus-early-years-programme-new-edition/

12/05/2026

Our Autumn/Winter Training schedule is now live!

Our programmes offer universal support for all families, preventative solutions for disadvantaged and at-risk families, and targeted interventions for high-need families facing complex challenges.

You can learn more and book your place here ➡️ https://www.parentsplus.ie/

07/05/2026

Did you know that as well as our scheduled training we offer tailored onsite training?

Parents Plus can provide onsite training in your agency or team which can prove a very cost-effective way of accessing Parents Plus training for your whole team. In addition, we can provide tailored support in the roll-out and evaluation of the programmes to ensure effective community wide delivery. We can also co-host a training with an agency, whereby both Parents Plus and an agency recruit professionals to attend training in a local area.

Please contact us directly at [email protected] if you are interested in hosting a training in your agency.

06/05/2026

On 25th March 2026, Parents Plus launched the new edition of the Parenting When Separated Programme (PWS).

The new edition was developed over the last 3 years in partnership with parents and children affected by separation, parents who completed PWS, and facilitators and agencies. It also incorporates the latest evidence, updated resources, and enhanced guidance for practitioners working with parents in diverse circumstances, including managing challenging contexts such as parental alienation, domestic violence and coercive control.

You can read Michelle Choudhry's (programme co-developer) reflections on the launch and watch the recordings of the inputs on the day https://www.parentsplus.ie/news/parenting-when-separated-launch-reflections/

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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http://www.parentsplus.ie/

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