Wellbeing Conference Programme

9.30am - 10.15am: Keynote Presentation 1

Donna Dey (University of Dundee) - The ‘Well-th’ of the Bairns: Enacting a Socially Just and Relational Curriculum
Room: T118
Chair: Margaret Nohilly

10.15am - 11am: Parallel Session 1a: Wellbeing and Inclusion
Room: T206
Chair: Lisha O'Sullivan

• Chloe Beatty - Inclusion as a Pathway to Wellbeing for Children and Families in Early Learning and Care Settings
• Sinead Morgan - Does Animal Assisted Pedagogy Involving Canines facilitate the Establishment of Inclusive Learning Environments for Autistic Children
• Sarah Alley & Beth Hickey, Corpus Christi Primary School & Family Centre - The sky is the Limit
• Ho Thi Cat Tien - Intergenerational Arts Programmes for Community Building and Wellbeing

10.15am - 11am: Parallel Session 1b: Wellbeing, Curriculum and Pedagogy
Room: T207
Chair: Margaret Nohilly

• Mairead Hourigan - Exploring Irish Primary Mathematics Education through a Wellbeing Lens
• Daniel O'Connell & Amalee Meehan - Wellbeing, Religion and Religious Education: Strangers, Rivals or Partners?
• Helena Walsh Experiential Wellbeing - Supporting the Teacher-Pupil Relationship through Ordinary, Everyday Interactions
• Anne Marie Morrin - Leveraging Arts-Based Practices for Enhanced Learning and Wellbeing in Initial Teacher Education

11am - 11.30am: Break & Poster Alley
Room: An tSlí

• Paul Knox and Jacinta O'Connor - Stronger Together: Home & School Partnerships for Wellbeing & Learning
• Paromita Sengupta - Wellbeing for Whom? Navigating Inclusion and Diversity in ELT
• Lorraine Conheady - Online is the Place to Go: Adolescent Perspectives on Mental Health Information, A Qualitative Focus Group Study
• Michelle Lehane - Child Agency and Wellbeing: Exploring the Lived Experiences of the Agentic Child in Early Childhood Educational Settings
• Christina Duff, Katherine Scott and Dinah McCarthy (Irish Heart Foundation) - My World, My Health: Unlocking Real World Experience for Real World Skills
• Claire Butterly - The Role and Functions of the Educator Funded under the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM)
• Sarah Curram - Strengthening Schools from the Heart: Neart agus Folláine – Global Wellbeing Practices in Irish Education

11.30am - 12.15pm: Parallel Session 2a: Professional Wellbeing
Room: T206
Chair: Emer Ring

• Ashling Bourke, Jones Irwin, Una Mc Cabe, and Frances Murphy - Exploring Well-being and Ill-being in Education: Exploring Educators’ Perspectives
• Dr Fetiye Erbil - From Isolation to Collaboration: Strengthening Early Childhood Educators’ Wellbeing Through Learning Communities
• Emma O'Sullivan - A National Survey Exploring the Wellbeing of SENCOs (Special Education Needs Co-ordinators) in Irish Primary Schools
• Robbie O’Connell - Do you want to survive in the jungle or exist in the zoo?

11.30am - 12.15pm: Parallel Session 2b: Classroom Supports for Wellbeing- Programmes and Initiatives
Room: T207
Chair: Gerard Farrelly

• Philip Desmond & Eva Devaney - Be aware, be understanding, be empathetic, Be MindfUL: A Third-level Student Peer Awareness Training Programme
• Deirdre Kelly & Catriona Donoghue - Psytales
• Mary Jo Kennedy Gratitude in Practice - Nurturing Teacher Wellbeing Through Action Research
• Fiona Forman - Placing Well-Being at the Heart of the Classroom: Approaches from Positive Psychology

12.45pm - 1.30pm: Keynote Presentation 2

Dr Fionnuala Tynan (MIC) - Well what indeed! Where have we come from and where are we going in Irish education?: A critique of the history and development of Wellbeing in the curriculum
Room: T118
Chair: Maria Varvarigou