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Dealing with and reporting child protection concerns a snapshot of Irish primary schools
(Educational Research Centre, 2023-08-18)
The research reported in this paper aimed to capture the experiences of primaryschool
teachers at a pivotal time in 2018, following the introduction of statutory
obligations on primary schools in Ireland to comply with ...
Becoming and being DLP: Designated Liaison Persons’ experience of the role in the Irish primary school (Pre-published version)
(Routledge, 2018-02-28)
This paper reviews the role of the Designated Liaison Person (DLP) for Child
Protection in the Irish primary school context. This is a role assigned by the
Board of Management to a person in the school who oversees all ...
The evolution of wellbeing in educational policy in Ireland: towards an interdisciplinary approach
(International Journal of Wellbeing, 2022-01-31)
This paper examines how wellbeing has evolved in educational policy over the last decade in Ireland. The influence of the developments in national policy on wellbeing are also considered. While the concept of wellbeing is ...
Well-being: bridging the gap between the language of policy and the culture of schools
(ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), 2019)
While there is an increasing interest in the notion of well-being—politically, societally
and educationally—it remains an enigmatic, multifaceted concept that sometimes
eludes definition in academic articles. This article ...
The impact of primary school closures in Ireland resulting from the coronavirus pandemic on principal and teacher wellbeing (Pre-published version)
(SAGE Publications, 2023-09-24)
In December 2019, in Wuhan in China an outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) was
reported. In late February 2020, the first cases of the virus were recorded in Ireland.
By 11th March, the World Health Organisation had ...
The disruptive impact of COVID-19 on relationships in Irish primary schools: key issues (Pre-published version)
(Routledge, 2023-09-07)
The COVID-19 pandemic is an event that will be written about in history, given its impact on life across the globe, on ways of working, on mortality rates and on day to day living. How schools undertook their work changed ...
Child protection in Irish primary schools: supports and challenges in the role of Designated Liaison Person for child protection (Pre-published version)
(Oxford University Press, 2022-03)
This article reviews child protection in the Irish primary school context from the perspective of the Designated Liaison Person (DLP). Research undertaken with DLPs is presented which illuminates the supports and challenges ...