Project Initiation Document Phase One: Scoping Exercise within special schools

This Project Initiation Document outlines the purpose and plan of Phase One of the Review of AHP Support for Children with Statements of Special Educational Needs in Special Schools and Mainstream Education.

Engagement Plan: Review of AHP Support for Children with Statements of Special Educational Needs in Special Schools and Mainstream Education

This engagement plan outlines the collaborative and partnership approach with key stakeholders in the first phase of the Review of AHP Support for Children with Statements of Special Educational Needs in Special Schools and Mainstream Education. It provides detail on how communication objectives will be met.

It gives information on:

Stakeholder Analysis for Phase One of the Review

Membership of the Project Board

Membership of the Professional Stakeholder Reference Group

Give it a go and swim for £1

People living in the Southern Trust area will be able to make a splash this March with leisure centres offering swimming for just £1. To support the Public Health Agency’s (PHA) ‘Give it a Go!’ initiative, which encourages people to lead healthier lifestyles, the public can pay just £1 to swim in leisure centres in Armagh, Craigavon, Banbridge and Newry and Mourne from 10-30 March.

ASIST training helping to tackle suicide

Work to help communities prevent suicide has taken a further step forward with over 50 ASIST Trainers from across Northern Ireland completing the new ASIST 11 upgrader trainer course. The Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) enables people in a position of trust to recognise risk and learn how to intervene to prevent the immediate risk of suicide. The Public Health Agency (PHA) funded the upgrading training as part of their ongoing commitment to supporting quality training for a range of individuals, communities and organisations.

Primary pupils graduate with flying colours

Primary school pupils in Lisburn have been enjoying their first graduation ceremony, as part of Early Intervention Lisburn’s ‘Incredible Years Programme’. The initiative, run by the Public Health Agency (PHA), was set up to help parents understand and manage their child’s behaviour better and also to help teach children how to understand their emotions, with the aim of benefitting their long-term health and wellbeing.

Type 2 Diabetes for people with a Learning Disability

 

 

 

New church partnership to prevent suicide

Churches from across Northern Ireland came together today at Stormont to officially launch a new partnership initiative which aims to prevent suicide. ‘Flourish!’ is a regional inter-church suicide prevention initiative which involves Lighthouse Ireland, the Churches’ Community Work Alliance (Northern Ireland), and the four main churches in Northern Ireland. Flourish! has been developed in partnership with the Public Health Agency (PHA).

NI Registry of Self-harm Annual Report 2012/13

The purpose of the registry is to improve understanding about self-harm and related behaviours in Northern Ireland. The information gathered will be used to monitor trends and patterns over time and, perhaps most importantly, will help shape the development of services and support to meet need. The information will also help provide trusts and the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety with a more accurate understanding of the impact of self-harm on Emergency Departments.

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