The Curriculum Development Unit’s Resource Library has had some new arrivals! Five Real Care Babies have joined the team. Each baby comes with an instruction pack, activities, nappies, bottles, changing bag and a breastfeeding device to name a few.
The Real Care Babies are the most sophisticated parenting tools available to help young people shape their choices in life. The Real Care Baby is based on the schedules of 15 real infants and must be fed, rocked, burped and changed, its wireless technology provides ease of use for both students and programmers. The Real Care Baby is so advanced that its electronics register all proper care, missed care and mishandles, and all abuse and neglect.
Along with our real care babies we have also received three demonstrators including; the Shaken Baby Syndrome Demonstrator, which is designed with a transparent head that clearly defines the traumatic brain injuries caused by shaking a baby. The Drug Affected Demonstrator which shows a tragic example of the effects of drug use during pregnancy and the Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Manikin which shows only some of the damaging affects’ alcohol can have on a baby.
Feedback results from the Baby Training day held on Wednesday 18th November 2009.
Has this Training Course met your expectations?
How would you rate the content and delivery of the Training Course today?
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Excellent 1st class
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1 day is enough to cover everything
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10/10
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Very worthwhile
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Excellent training, really useful
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Excellent – all areas covered
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Content: excellent and facilitated very well
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10/10
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Very informative and well prepared. Excellent facilitator!!
What fund will pay / did pay for the Babies?
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CDU
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Under-spend from last financial year
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Dublin Bus Fund
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Curriculum Development Unit
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CDU
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Noel CDU
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CDU
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Under-spend in organisations
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Dublin Bus Fund
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Highway Health and the Big Deal Programme
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Noel CDU
What Programme will the Babies support?
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Sexual health and relationships
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Young women, Parenting programme and many more
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Sexual health, parenting, prevention programme
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We hire out the babies to other organisations
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Young women/male detached groups
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Centre based personal development plan
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Inside and outside of school
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Young men and women’s group
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We hire out the babies to other organisations
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Possible intervention and awareness
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Health, sex and relationships programme, a baby borrower type programme
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Within the youth club
Is there another organisation / person you know that would benefit from using the Babies?
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NEELB agencies
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We would link with the social services trust for their use
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Blanch Youth Services and local schools
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West Belfast area project and BELB
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NEELB agencies
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Young women’s/Young Parents/Parenting
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Yes
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No
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Area workers
Can we use your words on our website? Why did you buy the Babies? What impact have they made? What do your students think?
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Really excited from the training, facilitation was excellent. Thanks Jo!
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Yes
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Yes, prevention programme, we have not purchased the babies yet.
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We bought the babies to benefit other youth organisations, and so we could lend them from our resource library
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Yes, the training was fantastic, gave lots of knowledge on running programmes for all young people
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We bought the babies to benefit other youth organisations, and so we could lend them from our resource library
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To give young people a greater awareness and understanding of teenage pregnancy
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No. To use as a programme resource. The babies have a made a massive impact and the young people have learned a lot from using the babies in a real parenting experience
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Yes! Fantastic training opportunity for young people. Thank you
