26TRA657 Restorative Practices and Early Years – An Aligned Approach

 

 

 

Date:     Monday, 20th July 2026
Time:     7.00 - 8.00 pm
Venue:  Online Via Zoom

Target Audience: All Early Years Educators

Learn in this webinar about the wonderful addition that Restorative Practices can bring to your Early Years setting, how it can enhance the quality of your service and enhance your working relationships, i.e. a unified way of understanding and relating to children, parents and colleagues on your staff team, better relationships and a structure for resolving conflict when it arises. Learn too how RP fits with Equal Start, and Core Funding (QIPP) Quality and Inclusion Practice Plan, and how your funding can support you to access RP training and facilitation.

Speakers - Joe Power & Caroline O’Neill

Joe Power is an independent RP trainer/facilitator and a Quality Specialist with CDI Tallaght. He was previously RP Development Officer for Limerick (2018-2023) and has worked with over 60 schools, both primary and secondary, from one off Croke Park sessions to whole school implementation. He also employs the values and skills of RP in his own life.

 

Caroline O’Neill is an Independent Early Years specialist. She offers training and support to educators and parents in a range of interrelated areas; including behaviour support, conflict guidance and facilitation, and empathic relationship building. She is motivated to support adults who care for children to develop a deeper understanding of behaviour, and of relationships, and how to find a way forward, particularly when times are tough.