Early Intervention for Babies 0 - 1 is a further workshop being offered to parents on both sides of Dublin City Centre which will be delivered by our resident Speech and Language Therapist Marinet Van Vuren together with Chartered Paediatric Physiotherapist, Gloria Vaughan.

Limited to a group of 10 sets of parents, the therapists will divide the three hour Saturday morning session between them to deliver practical hands-on tips to new parents as to how they can work with their child to further early development. The  workshops will take place from Marinet's Bright Stars practice premises in Rathfarnham (South City) and from Gloria's therapy premises in Swords (North City).  

Gloria Vaughan, BSc Physiotherapy is a Chartered Paediatric Physiotherapist who first began working with children in a boarding school in England in 1996, which catered for children with physical and mild learning disabilities. Since returning to Ireland Gloria has worked for many years in Enable Ireland before she commenced working in the community and private practice. During all this time Gloria has worked with many children with Down syndrome as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Her private practice is based in Swords, Co. Dublin.

Marinet vanVuren is a South African born Speech and Language Therapist. For the past seven years she has worked with a range of Irish disability organisations including Enable Ireland, St Michael’s House and the Children's Sunshine Home. She recently set up her own private speech and language therapy practice where she sees children of all disabilities with various speech, language and feeding difficulties.

Priced at €100 per parent or set of parents, the first workshop takes place in Marinet's Bright Stars premises in Loreto Ave, Rathfarnham on Saturday, 7th August.

To register your interest please email info@downsyndromecentre.ie