Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 13 May 2021, the status of the workshops on the promotion of wellbeing and resilience in schools which includes trauma informed approaches; and if a national roll-out of these workshops are still planned for the next academic year. [35389/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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NEPS is currently developing a range of workshops on the promotion of wellbeing and resilience in schools which include upskilling school staff on the use and implementation of therapeutically-informed approaches in schools. These include trauma-informed approaches, approaches based on the principles of cognitive behaviour therapy, and attachment-aware approaches. The approaches outlined in the workshops are based on research findings, on the experience of experts in their fields and on the experience of practising psychologists working in schools. The workshops will be available to build the capability of school staff in both primary and post-primary settings, including for school leaders, teachers and SNAs. Following a pilot of the workshops undertaken in the summer term (2021) with a mixture of DEIS, non-DEIS and urban and rural schools, the national roll-out of these workshops and webinars are planned for the next academic year.