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Speech & Language Home Programmes Parenting is not easy at the best of times – but it’s considerably more challenging if your child has a complex communication need, such as autism or other developmental challenges. Karen O’Connor is a consultant speech & language therapist and director of services at the Child Development Centre in Galway and Dublin. She has over 20 years' experienc...
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When we eventually crawl out of the bunkers post-Covid-19, what world awaits us? Remember a time when nobody talked directly to each other? That era when everyone had their eyes lowered to their phones, when sending a text or email was more acceptable than actually talking face to face? Remember when parents would text their teenagers from the next room to call them for dinner, and couples wou...
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In recent weeks a great number of companies - large and small - have been forced to re-examine their relationship with the online aspect of their business. For many, it may have been a “nice to have” feature, underused and not fully understood. For others, it was an inevitable necessity that they may have been reluctant to engage in, for many reasons. One of these reasons may have been the wor...
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The speed at which the human race has had to adapt over the past number of weeks has shown how survival instinct can very quickly instigate change when necessary. That is not to say that the changes to our social norms have been easy to implement, or that it has been a smooth, frictionless transition; nonetheless, we have clearly understood the necessity to adapt in order to survive. Currentl...
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Proactive was delighted to recently work with long term client NUI Galway on the new NUI Galway Junior Prospectus for junior cycle and transition year students. It is the first prospectus of its kind in the country and will be of significant benefit to students, parents, Transition Year Coordinators and Guidance Counsellors.  With useful templates for the student and school TY Co-ordina...
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