The Effects of the Housing Crisis on a Young Person’s Wellbeing Please complete the survey below which will help us determine how important the effects of the Housing Crisis Create your own user feedback survey My name is Ronn Mathew. I am a student from St Declan’s College and I did my project on how …
Case Study: Cavan Youthreach Cavan Youthreach centre was recently awarded Gold Status as a Healthy Quality Mark Organisation. Colm spoke with staff member Margie Gaynor, who delivered the Project One Sky course and credits it with being a “big part” of the award. Margie Gaynor is a teacher in Cavan Youthreach; she feels “you’re going …
Welcome to “Amy Interviews”, our interview series hosted by Amy Spratt. As a transition year student, Amy is enthusiastic to learn about her own interests, skills and talents, and where they might take her in future. In her work with Project One Sky she has chosen to take on the role of podcaster, recognising the …
Mental Health Symptoms and Teenage Development Recent studies have shown that symptoms of a diagnosed mental illness in adults are more likely to develop in their teenage years. In fact, Joinson (2017) found that 75% of adults with depression reported their mental health problems had started in adolescence. This is obviously a cause for concern, …
Teacher Student Relationships News flash – recent research is backing up what most of us already know! As students, we’ve all experienced teachers who were in bad form at one time or another, and a teacher in a bad mood can really affect the mood of individual students as well as the whole class. If …
Youthreach Program We’re very proud of our partnership with Youthreach centres. We’ve grown from delivering to 2 centres in 2019, to 13 centres last year, and we’re set to grow again this year. One of our speakers is a Youthreach graduate, who has since gone on to become a wellbeing researcher in Maynooth University, but …
Mood Food Now more than ever, our mental health has been massively tested due to Covid-19. As we adapt to the new normal, we’re spending more time indoors and away from those we love, things that are far from normal. We’re taking it hour by hour and day by day. We’re spending more time in …
8 Things Your Teenagers Can Do to Be More Mindful The school year is winding down, there’s been social distancing graduations, classes, and lessons via Zoom, plenty of home schooling, online learning, learning in different shapes and forms. Family have become teachers and learning has been so much more than opening a book. It’s taken …
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The need to teach social and emotional intelligence has come about as a response to our rapidly changing world and in particular as a solution to the growing mental health crisis amongst teenagers. This provides us with an opportunity; if we really understand and properly teach young people about what it truly means to live …
A response to Bishop Cullinane’s letter to schools In Bishop Cullinane’s letter to schools in his parish, the christian methods of prayer and meditation on Christ are offered as paths to freedom, but all others are dismissed, by referencing a homily by the Pope. This is problematic; an authority figure’s words no longer impress like …
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