After the fantastic success of last years National Conference in Dublin we are bringing it to Belfast for 2020. We are very excited  and are currently negoiating with the venue and creating a new bespoke style conference. One thing for sure it will be very engaging and exciting for our community of practitioners. Once we have all our speakers and contributors confirmed we will launch the conference brochure. So Keep this Date free to join us.

Irish Attachment in Action are delighted to be facilitating the screening of ‘Resilience, the Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope’ in conjunction with our partners the Irish Foster Care Association who are hosting the events. The screening will be followed by a Q and A panel disccussion .

“Researchers have recently discovered a dangerous biological syndrome caused by abuse and neglect during childhood. As the new documentary Resilience reveals, toxic stress can trigger hormones that wreak havoc on the brains and bodies of children, putting them at a greater risk for disease, homelessness, prison time, and early death. While the broader impacts of poverty worsen the risk, no segment of society is immune. Resilience, however, also chronicles the dawn of a movement that is determined to fight back. Trailblazers in paediatrics, education, and social welfare are using cutting-edge science and field-tested therapies to protect children from the insidious effects of toxic stress—and the dark legacy of a childhood that no child would choose.” [KPJR Films]

 

To Book Clonmel contact: Sandra Parker, on 086 203 6461

To Book Waterford Contact: ifcawaterford@gmail.com or Txt to 0851982773

Irish Foster Care Association Conferences are great events and highly commended by IAIA members. They are wonderfully inclusive with programs for Children, Teenagers, Families, Carers and Professionals. This year’s conference theme is ‘Fostering Stability’. There will be 29 workshops over three days with a separate children and young people’s programme. The conference brings together all those with an interest in foster care. This years conference will offer scope to explore how the system can better support stability for children in foster care and look at many aspects of practice and policy of relevance to this theme

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