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When special needs and adolescence collide
- Parenting
- October 6, 2020, 06:01
Wayne McSweeney only agreed to take part in a programme for parents of adolescents with intellectual disabilities because he thought he might finally (...)

‘If a teenager says they don’t want to go to school – what do you do?’
- Health & Family
- October 1, 2019, 06:00
Almost 60,000 children in Ireland won’t have turned up for school today. Maybe they’re sick or unavoidably absent but many of them, despite the best e(...)

My three-year-old’s birth father now wants to be involved
- Parenting
- May 21, 2017, 06:00
Three years ago, when I was on holiday in England, I had a brief relationship that resulted in me becoming unexpectedly pregnant (due to contraception(...)

Pause to breathe joy into parenting
- Parenting
- November 3, 2015, 01:00
‘Press the pause button” sounds simple, but it’s easier said than done not to react to a tantruming toddler, a demanding tween or a ranting teenage(...)

Autism spectrum disorders: An overview
- The Health Centre
- October 29, 2014, 12:11
People with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) present with range of interrelated difficulties such as delays in language development, sensory sensitivi(...)