Hi folks,

Just a quick reminder there will be no Meetings July or August due to Holidays etc.

I also wanted to confirm with as many as possible that the proposed change to Wednesday night will suit.

It's impossible to please everyone but due to the clash with the Early Bird courses we really feel this change of night is needed to help the group continue to grow.

I will also be starting a list of literature that people have found to be helpful so once that page is up and running please feel free to add any books you feel have been helpful to yourselves.

toying with the Idea of at least having a picnic again in August to get the kiddies together so feedback on this idea be appreciated too !

lastly .. facebook .... we havent really been using this page but now a lot more members are using facebook I'm wondering if it might not be a good way to quickly chat and comment on ideas as I think a lot of us use it fairly regularly !

Thank you all again for your continued support. We have been going for almost a year now and I still get calls from people wanting to find out more so lets hope this next year we can grow and help more families .

Aine

Meeting 12th June

Hi All,

just to let you know that from the next meeting onwards we will be meeting in a different room.

This room is above the club and has a kitchen and separate entrance via the gates to the left of the front doors, so this means we have our own key.

Hoping this more friendly and accommodating room will help people feel more at ease.

Topics of conversation for the next meeting are :

If I could improve one habit / difficulty for my child it would be this ....

and also ideas on how to help cope with this hot and sensory overpowering weather !

Look forward to seeing you then.

Aine

Family Picnic April 1st

Family picnic will be going ahead on Sunday 1st from noon to 2pm.

We will be meeting in the kiddies playground behind the Castle and taking it from there !

( ie probably drinking lots of tea and coffee while the kids take over )

The idea is for each family to bring a picnic lunch plus one small Easter egg per Child.

Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Aine

Carers Association to meet Politicians ...

The Carers Association  are meeting with politicians tomorrow wednesday 7th to discuss the Domicillary care allowance for children.

Please ring your local politician to attend.

It's to be held in the Av room at 2pm and then again at 3pm.

I will be texting everyone with the relevant numbers needed to contact them.

Aine

Kilkenny Arch Club

As discussed at the last meeting Therese asked me to pass on the following with reference to those interesting in joining the club :

Hi ladies / gents Take two we would love you to come and see  the club in action . Our next club takes place this saturday 10th march and to avoid too much disruption and distraction to other members we would ask that only one parent comes and no children at this stage . Looking  forward to seeing some of you on Saturday . The Fr . mc grath centre is the building in front of  the O'neill centre . Tom one of our volunteers will be on the door if you wait with tom either noreen or myself will come down and bring you up as a group .

If you fancy coming along on Sat 10th March at 12pm you would be more than welcome.  You could have a look around the building with a view to a suitable room for children interested in chess and also to have a look at the set-up of our group activities which starts c. 12.20
Age  groups of club These age group "members" include siblings as members so therefore ages apply to all.

Junior Members:  age 5 to 13  (this is the only age group up and running at present)
Intermediate Members:  age 14 to 17
Senior Members:  age 18+

All these club members would operate under the 'Kilkenny Arch Club' banner, but run at different times so that it would be 'peer appropriate'.  The current idea would be to run them at these times although this may well change in due course: 
Sat 11am to 1pm:   Junior Members (age 5 to 13)
Sat 2.30pm to 4.30pm:  Intermediate Members (age 14 to 17)
Sat 7.30pm to 9.30pm:  Senior Members (age 18+)

Autism Awareness Day - Preperations

We have been in contact with the events organiser at KK castle and will be meeting with her next week to discuss the formalities of holding a family picnic in the grounds on Sunday 1st April to celebrate Autism awareness day. Hopefully we will have full details in time for the next meeting on the 7th.

Aine

Kids Social Club !

On Tuesday we discussed further the idea of starting up a club for the children where they could come along and 'hang out' play games etc.

I received a call today from Noreen who runs the Special needs support group, and she told me they have sucessfully started up just such a club based at the Father McGrath centre.

I have invited her along to the next meeting so we can have a chat about the possibility of joining forces on this project !


Aine