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Tallaght West CDI
$12,012,590
Resource type: Grantee
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Childhood Development Initiative’s Doodle Den Literacy Programme
Source: Centre for Effective Education at Queen’s University Belfast
An after-school literacy programme that employs engaging activities and involves parents is an effective approach to bolster the reading and writing skills of disadvantaged children. The Doodle Den programme also made a positive impact on improving concentration and reducing problem behaviours in school, according to…
Resource type: Research Report
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Programme Identifies How to Improve Children’s Literacy in Disadvantaged Communities
Source: Childhood Development Initiative
A major research programme has identified an effective approach to improve children’s literacy in disadvantaged communities – and recommended this approach become available to other communities wanting to improve early childhood literacy. Launching the Evaluation Report of Doodle Den, a children’s literacy programme run in…
Resource type: News
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Initiative to support disadvantaged children receives Presidential endorsement
Source: TWCDI
29th September 2010: President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, attended the Tallaght Stadium today to mark the success of the Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative, which will support more than 2,000 children through its innovative programmes by 2011. The €15million initial phase of the project has…
Resource type: News
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Doodle Den Is Tackling Inequality After School in Limerick
Source: The Irish Times
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Conor Neill (6) with his class in the Doodle Den in St Michael’s Infants School in Limerick. Photograph: Brian Gavin/Press 22[/caption] By Carl O'Brien A few weeks ago Siobhán Neill took her six-year-old son, Conor, to McDonald’s as a treat. She…
Resource type: News
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