My Place to Play: an interagency approach to creating a dedicated place to play for infants and their families living in emergency accommodation

Cummins, Lána and Byrne, Marion (2023) My Place to Play: an interagency approach to creating a dedicated place to play for infants and their families living in emergency accommodation. In: CARN Bulletin 25. CARN (Collaborative Action Research Network), Dublin, Ireland, pp. 9-13. ISBN 978-1-910029-96-1

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Abstract

My Place to Play is an example of how action learning projects can influence Government policy and practices and vice versa. Now a two-part programme for babies and toddlers, the programme started as a National College of Ireland final year Level 8 Early Childhood Education Project for infants under 12 months (Byrne 2018). It aims to enhance parent-baby interactions and children’s physical (tummy time), emotional (sense of safety, wellbeing and belonging), and cognitive and language development for young children and their parents living in suboptimum and cramped living conditions. Using evidence-based learning through play materials, the programme harnessed the Government Early Years Curriculum Framework: Aistear in addition to building on the Early Learning Initiative’s Action Research cycles.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman > Children > Child Development H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare > Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Divisions:	Early Learning Initiative Publications
Depositing User:	Tamara Malone
Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2024 08:27
Last Modified:	01 Oct 2024 08:27
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/7079

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