Sensational Kids is looking for volunteers to help with our new hippotherapy project, for an 8 week period, at Jag Equestrian, Naas, Co Kildare. Hours: 9am until 3pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays with a minimum 3 hour offer of time – 9am to 12noon and/or 12noon to 3pm – Ideally if volunteers can come from 9am-3pm this would be best as it saves change over Requirements: We need a minimum of 2 volunteers (1 horse handler and 1 side walker) with at least one volunteer per block to have horse experience to become the horse handler. Some experience of working with horses desirable but not necessary. All volunteers will be Garda Vetted How to apply: Email; Natalia@sensationalkids.ie to apply
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A lovely traditional toy which still delights.
Spin one of these tops and it will twirl on the spot, teaches cause and effect.
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Kildare Town’s Christmas Experience Santa’s Reindeer Hospital to raise money for Sensational Kids Visit Santa & Mrs Claus and their Reindeer at The Old Town Courthouse and much more! The Story so Far… . A mysterious virus has infected Santa’s Reindeer, caused by the harsh effects of climate change, Santa’s Lapland Reindeer are having difficulty in maintaining altitude when flying. This has been a huge cause of concern, Santa has sought the help from the best veterinary experts in the World and reached out to the renowned vets in Kildare because of their excellent reputation and experience with Racehorses. As a result, Santa has opened a Reindeer hospital in Kildare Town to treat the sick reindeer. He is making a scheduled visit to Kildare Town from 14th – 23rd December, 2018 to check in on the reindeer and meet with vets to discuss the issue. Local vets […]
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It is intended primarily to support group work but activities can be easily adapted to suit the needs of individuals with varying abilities.
It can be used with both teenagers and adults with special needs.
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Talkabout for Children: Developing Self-Awareness and Self-Esteem is a bestselling professional workbook supporting educators and therapists who deliver social and relationship skills groups for children with social, emotional or behavioural difficulties.
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Willy and the Wobbly House is a story for children who are anxious or obsessional.
Willy is an anxious boy who experiences the world as a very unsafe, wobbly place where anything awful might happen at any time.
Joe, the boy next door, is too ordered and tidy to be able to ever really enjoy life.
Follow their adventures with the Puddle People who help them break out of their fixed patterns and find far richer ways of living in the world.
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Sensational Kids is an innovative social enterprise charity which opened its doors in Kildare Town in 2008 to subsidise affordable and accessible early intervention therapy services for children of all abilities, to bridge the gap between public and private early intervention services for children with additional needs. Sensational Kids is an innovative charity, run on an innovative social enterprise model. We do not receive any government funding. Our funding, to subsidise early intervention services for our clients, comes from fundraising events, private and corporate funding, proceeds from our retail shop and on-line store and fees from our training events. We will have a pop up retail Christmas Toy Shop on the Square in Kildare Town this Christmas time, for 10 days starting on Friday 14th December, through to Sunday 23rd December. Open weekdays 3-8pm and weekends 10am-8pm. We require volunteers to assist us in our shop, retail experience would be […]
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Well done to Mary, Occupational Therapist at our Cork Centre who recently completed Child Protection Training, Also, well done to Elaine, Speech Therapist at our Cork Centre who recently completed Child Protection Designated Liaison Training. This further professional development training helps staff to identify best practice in relation to child protection recording and reporting.
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Well done to our Kildare play therapist Yvonne who was one of 24 participants from Europe who participated in The Safe Project in Poland; a 5 day training on sexual standards in youth work delivered by Kinga Karp a psychologist. Learn More
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