Childcare Information for Parents

This section of our website contains information of relevance to parents. You can find a childcare provider, find out about the free pre-school year, learn about the community childcare subvention scheme and lots more.

We are always happy to hear your comments and suggestions so please get in touch if you have any, or if you require more information.

Children with Special Educational Needs: Information Booklet for Parents

Westmeath County Childcare Committee (WCCC) welcome the publication of a guide detailing the full range of educational supports available to children with special needs. The new booklet published by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allows parents to access a range of important information in one document. The document provides practical answers to questions parents ask on a daily basis about the educational options and supports available for their child with special educational needs. Spanning the age range from early childhood to post primary education, the document includes accessible information regarding supports available, how special education needs are assessed, individual education plans, benefits and allowances and contact details for a range of disability organisations.

Please click here to view the Information Booklet.

A Parent's Guide to the ChildCare (Pre-School) Regulations

The purpose of this guide is to provide parents and guardians of young children with information about the Pre-School Regulations, 2006. The aim of these Regulations is to improve childcare standards and to ensure the health, safety and welfare of pre-school children, as well as promoting their development while attending pre-school services. This guide also provides information about childcare quality and the importance of play for young children.

Triple P, for every parent

Kids don’t come with an instruction manual so when it comes to parenting, how do you know what’s best and what works? Longford/Westmeath Parenting Partnership is taking the guesswork out of parenting, by supporting parents and carers of children between birth and 7 years in Longford and Westmeath with the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program®.

Triple P is one of the few parenting programmes in the world that’s been scientifically proven to work. Over more than 30 years, Triple P has helped hundreds of thousands families deal with issues ranging from temper tantrums to disobedience, bedtime dramas to homework battles, school bullying to teenage rebellion. So you can be sure that whatever your parenting needs – no matter how simple or how complex – Triple P can help.

Please click of the following link for the upcoming Training in 2012:

Triple P January / February 2012

www.triplep-staypositive.net