Wellbeing Conference Programme

9.30am - 10.15am: Keynote Presentation 1

Prof. Emer Ring, Dean of Education (Early Childhood and Teacher Education), MIC - The Imperative of a Values Ecoystem for Education: Recognising and Reflecting on the Power of Our Values for Child and Teacher Wellbeing
Room: T118

10.15am - 11.15am: Parallel Session 1a: Wellbeing Conceptualism
Room: T206

• Dr Jacinta Regan & Donna Carolan - Wellbeing Across the Education Continuum: Supporting Continuity from Early Childhood to Primary Education
• Prof. Beatrix Busse, EUniWell Chief Development Officer - Well-Being Across the University Ecosystem:  The EUniWell Model
• Fionnuala Tynan - The potential and the pitfalls of pinning down a cloud: Conceptualising meaningful assessment of Wellbeing in the Redeveloped Primary Curriculum
• Dr Ruth Bourke, Lisa Martin and Áine Lyne - Embracing Diversity Nurturing Integration Project (EDNIP) Supporting Wellbeing in Schools through Connection and Belonging

10.15am - 11.15am: Parallel Session 1b: Wellbeing Within Curriculum
Room: T207

• Seline Keating, Mags Nohilly, Gerard Farrelly and Paul Knox - Spark: Igniting teacher and parent confidence and competency levels in delivering quality Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)
• Brighid Golden - Wellbeing and Global Citizenship Education: A symbiotic relationship
• Davina Fenton - Exploring Children’s Wellbeing through Movement-Based Outdoor Mathematics: Insights from the Active School Walkway
• Lisha O’Sullivan and Emer Ring - Relationships and Play: Foundations for Wellbeing in the Early Years and Beyond

10.15am - 11.15am: Parallel Session 1c: Workshops
Room: T205

• Lauryn Boyle and Anna Leonard - Introducing ‘Emotion Explorers’ a whole class initiative that focuses on supporting children to understand and express emotions in healthy and constructive ways
• Sharon Healy - The Importance of Wellbeing in NCSE Relate

11.15am - 11.45am: Break & Poster Alley
Where: An tSlí

• Does Animal Assisted Pedagogy involving Canines facilitate the Establishment of Inclusive Learning Environments for Autistic Children? - Sinead Morgan
• Wellbeing in the Early Years: Exploring Young Children’s Perspectives of Love Using the Mosaic Approach - Delfina D’ Amore
• Neart: Building Strength and Belonging through a Whole-School Approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing - Tara Mulhern, Siobhán McGrory, Dr Siobhán O’Brien, Dr Kim Lombard, Deirdre McHugh, Sarah McGillicuddy and Dr Jeff Moore
• The Validation of an Assessment Tool to Recognise Early Signs of Burnout in the Workplace - Alan Dovey
• Embedding skills-based Mental Health Promotion in Irish primary schools with the A Lust for Life Primary Schools Programme - Ciara O’Connor 
• Just Like Me and Us: Disability identity as wellbeing in action - Adam Stapleton
• From Wellbeing to Trauma Informed Practice: Supporting Learners and Teachers through a Whole School Approach - Ciara Tyrrell
• The impact of an interprofessional Mental Health First Aid training in a private healthcare organisation: A Qualitative study - Zoe McCormack
• Well How? Enacting Wellbeing through Arts-based Intergenerational Learning - Maria Varvarigou, Maeve Liston and Patricia O’Sullivan
• Silent Struggles: Exploring Teacher Awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences in DEIS Primary Schools and their Perception of the Impact on Teaching, Pupil Learning and Wellbeing - Adam Ashraf
• Life Skill Development in Primary Physical Education (PE): Opportunities and Challenges - Oisín Ryan
• Paradoxical Solutions for Distress in the Classroom – Marian Bruen
• An interpretivist study on how peers influence the mathematical identity and self-concept of post-primary students – Marilyn O’Riordan
• One-to-One Skills Building Intervention - Sarah Delea
• Scaffolding Evidence-Informed Practice for Wellbeing in Education Settings: The T-REX Digital Badge in Wellbeing - Tonya Pell, Barbara Mulvihill, Marek McGann, Karen Orr, Marie Ryan and Jennifer McMahon

11.45am - 12.45pm: Parallel Session 2a: Supporting ‘at risk’ Learners
Room: T206

• Margaret Nohilly - Learning 'about' and Learning 'for' Wellbeing: Unpacking the 'for'
• Grainne Regan, Richard Bowles and Michelle Dillon - Restorative Practices in Primary Physical Education: Exploring one teacher’s experiences of Wellbeing promotion in action
• Sarah Halligan - Subjective Wellbeing and Educational Experience of Irish Traveller Children in Primary Schools: From Research to Practice
• Annette Cregan - Well how? Understanding teacher roles in supporting the wellbeing of children born preterm: Insights from a systematic review

11.45am - 12.45pm: Parallel Session 2b: Partnerships for Wellbeing
Room: T207

• Dr Brigid Teevan - Enacting Wellbeing Through Parental School Partnership
• Tammy Darcy and Laura McEntee - Navigating the Perfect Storm: Listening to Young People and Translating Wellbeing Research into Practice
• Aishling Boylan - How Wellbeing is Made Practical through Educational Networks
• Maeve Liston and Patrica O’Sullivan - Older Adult and Student Wellbeing Outcomes from Engagement in an Age Friendly Campus Programmes

11.45am - 12.45pm: Parallel Session 2c: Workshops
Room: T205

• Deirdre Kelly - A Roadmap to Sustainable School Leadership
• Amy Looney and Isabel Williams - The Wellbeing Ambassador Programme in Practice: A Whole-School, Peer Advocate Approach to Wellbeing Promotion

12.45pm - 1pm

Sing-along with Marie Edmonds
Room: T118

Or

Structured Positive Psychology Journaling: A Practical Framework to Foster Wellbeing through Emotional Regulation and Promotion of Gratitude, Growth Mindset, and Optimism - Siobhán Connolly Hogan
Room: T111

2.45pm - 3.45pm: Parallel Session 3a: Emotional Wellbeing
Room: T206

• Marie Edmonds - Intergenerational Music-Making for Wellbeing: Preliminary Insights from a Community-Engaged Drumming Practice
• Jennifer Pope - Lasting Legacies of Lockdowns: Primary Teachers’ Perspectives on Post-Pandemic Impacts and Challenges to Well-Being for children
• Veronica O'Toole, Margaret Nohilly and Bernie Collins - The role of cognitive reappraisal in how well Irish primary school teachers and principals managed burnout
• Nóra Burke - Acting Out: Promoting emotional regulation of senior infant pupils through drama

2.45pm - 3.45pm: Parallel Session 3b: Child Voice/Agency
Room: T207

• Michelle Lehane - Wellbeing and empowerment: exploring child agency in practice in Early Childhood Care and Education settings
• Noel O’Sullivan - Developing a child friendly Seven Point Model of Wellbeing to support children’s understanding of Wellbeing and how to improve one’s wellbeing
• Louise Judge - Turning Student Voice into Wellbeing in Practice in a Post-Primary context
• Noel Loftus and Ciana Callanan - Well How? Bringing Wellbeing to Life Through Whole-School Action, Agency and Practice

2.45pm - 3.45pm: Parallel Session 3c: Workshops
Room: T205

• Shane Maguire - Well how? Making wellbeing visible in practice through reflection, structure and ethical AI
• Bernie Woods - Exploration of mindfulness strategies and self-compassion practices to reduce teacher overwhelm