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Tralee dyslexia seminar a huge success (04/03/10)
The first of the dyslexia seminars being run in Tralee Education Centre last night was a huge success. ImaginationGYM® was represented by Rosaleen Durkin (qualified primary teacher and clinical practitioner). Her seminar proved very popular with over 70 people in attendance.

Training Course for Navan (03/03/10)
We are delighted to announce that a training course will take place in Navan on the 19th of this month. The course will be held in Saint Oliver Plunkett's N.S. Proudstown Road, Navan, Co. Meath. Contact us on 01 6753522 or email usfor further details.

Talks by Rosaleen Durkin in Monoghan (02/03/10)
Rosaleen Durkin will be conducting several talks in Monaghan Education Centre at the end of April. Check out our full list of talks by clicking here.

ImaginationGYM® announces school training option (28/02/10)
ImaginationGYM® has just announced a new training option for the ImaginationGYM® training course for SNA's and the ImaginationGYM® training course for Teacher's. Our training courses can now be run on your school premises either during or after school hours, or as part of Staff Development Days. A minimum number of six teachers/ SNA's are required for the courses so in certain circumstances, it may be more beneficial for your school to arrange a treaining course in conjunction with other schools in your locality. A typical training course is six hours duration but this can be arranged to suit each schools needs. Contact us on 01 6753522 or email us to discuss your requirements further.

ImaginationGYM® - Dyslexia Seminars in Tralee (26/02/10)
Rosaleen Durkin is one of four professionals who will be speaking at the forthcoming seminars on dyslexia at the Education Centre in Dromthacker, Tralee. Rosaleen's seminar is the first in the series of four presentations and will take place on next Wednesday the 3rd of March. Rosaleen, a qualified primary teacher and clinical practitioner, will guide parents through preparing and supporting children with dyslexia in primary school. For further information contact the Tralee Education Centre. To read the full article which appeared on the front page of The Kerryman newspaper, please click here.

Practical Strategies talk for Cork Teachers (24/02/10)
A talk for teachers on practical strategies for dealing with behavioural and learning difficulties will take place in Cork Education Centre on the 22nd of April from 7pm to 9pm. Contact the Education Centre for more details and to reserve you place.

Work-life balance talk for Tipperary Teachers/ SNA's (22/02/10)
A talk for SNA's and Teachers on practical personal techniques for maintaining a healthy work-life balance will take place in Tipperary Education Centre in Thurles on the 23rd March from 7pm to 9pm. Contact the Education Centre to book your place.

Practical Strategies talk for Kildare SNA's (20/02/10)
A talk for SNA's on practical strategies for dealing with behavioural and learning difficulties will take place in Kildare Education Centre on the 18th March from 7pm to 9pm. Contact the Education Centre for more details and booking.

ImaginationGYM® training course - Sligo (19/02/10)
An ImaginationGYM® training course for SNA's will take place in Sligo Education Centre next week. The course will take place over two evenings - Tuesday 23rd February and Tuesday 2nd March. It will run from 16:00 - 19:00 on both evening. For further details and to reserve your place on the course, please call 01 6753522.

Talk for parents of children with dyslexia in Tralee (18/02/10)
A talk for parents of children with dyslexia will take place in Tralee Education Centre on the 3rd of March from 7pm to 9pm. Please contact the centre for further details and booking.

UK ImaginationGYM® consultant publishes two books (16/02/10)
UK ImagiantionGYM® consultant Mary Mountstephens has just published two books for the Practical Pre-School SEN Series. One is on dyspraxia and neuro-developmental delay and the other focuses on speech, language and communication. They are intended for practitioners or parents/ carers working with young children and are practical rather than theoretical. They are available from Amazon UK or from www.practicalpreschoolbooks.com. Alternatively phone UK 0207 501 6753. Copies are available for £11.

ImaginationGYM® training course - Thurles (15/02/10)
An ImaginationGYM® training course for SNA's will take place in Tipperary Education Centre later this month. The course will take place over two evenings - Thursday 25th February and Thursday 4th March. It will run from 16:00 - 19:00 on both evenings. For further details and to reserve your place on the course, please call 01 6753522.

Work-life balance talk for parents in Navan (14/02/10)
A talk on practical personal techniques for maintaining a healthy work-life balance will take place in Navan Education Centre on the 30th March from 7pm to 9pm. Contact the Education Centre to book a place.

ImaginationGYM® training course - Sligo (14/02/10)
An ImaginationGYM® training course for SNA's will take place in Sligo Education Centre later this month. The course will take place over two evenings - Tuesday 23rd February and Tuesday 2nd March. It will run from 16:00 - 19:00 on both evenings. For further details and to reserve your place on the course, please call 01 6753522.

Navan talk for parents (12/02/10)
A talk on Integrated learning approaches in the home will take place in Navan Education Centre on the 24th March from 7pm to 9pm. Contact the Education Centre for more details.

Parents talk in Navan (10/02/10)
A talk on practical strategies for dealing with behavioural and learning difficulties will take place in Navan Education Centre on the 18th February from 7pm to 9pm.

Talk for Nenagh foster parent's group (09/02/10)
Rosaleen Durkin will be presenting a talk for the Nenagh Foster Parent's Support Group tonight (09/02/2010) in Nenagh. For further details please call 01 6753522.

Work/life balance talks in Tipperary (05/02/10)
Talk dates have scheduled for Tipperary in Thurles Education Centre for parents, Teachers and SNA's. Further information availableby clicking here.

New talk dates announced for Navan parents (01/02/10)
New talk dates have been announced for Meath in Navan Education Centre for parents. These talks are scheduled to take place on the 18th February, 24th March and 30th March from 7pm to 9pm.

New website interface (29/01/10)
We are starting the long process of reigniting the ImaginationGYM® website. Keep an eye out for some interesting changes!!!

Happy New Year (05/01/10)
Happy New Year to everybody from the ImaginationGYM® Team. Here's looking forward to a brilliant 2010!

Christmas wishes to all (17/12/09)
Just a quick message from all at ImaginationGYM® to wish all our customers and clients a Merry Christmas. We hope to see you all in 2010.

Training Courses in 2010 (01/12/09)
Training courses are now being planned for the New Year and are listed on our training pages as they are confirmed so be sure to check on it over the next few weeks.

Training Courses in an Education Centre near you (01/10/09)
ImaginationGYM® Training courses are being held in Education Centres around the country over the next few months and details can be found on our "Training" section of the website. If you would like us to organise a training course in your area, please contact us!

Training courses in Liverpool Hope University (17/09/09)
Two training course dates for Educators have been added to our schedule. The courses will be held in Liverpool Hope University Campus and will take place on Wednesday the 14th and Thursday the 15th of October from 09:30 to 16:00. We're really looking forward to working with the students and staff.

Two new schools for SafeWave Social Networking (20/09/09)
Carlow Educate Together NS, Carlow Town and Mater Dei N.S, Basin Lane, Dublin 8 are the latest additions to the Social Networking Pilot. Looking forward to more schools coming on board in the very near future. Don't forget, get in contact with us and you could be in with a chance to win your schools inclusion in the official launch of the Social Networking site in Ireland.

ImaginationGYM® and SafeWave Social Networking (11/09/09)
ImaginationGYM® have teamed up with SafeWave - the social networking site for kids - to bring the latest and safest in social networking to Ireland. We are offering five lucky schools the opportunity to participate in the sites launch. What do you have to do to be involved? Just get in contact with us. Click here for more information.

Schedule of Training Courses for Autumn 09 (17/08/09)
We have just completed our schedule of training courses for autumn 2009 all over Ireland. Click here for further details. If there are a group of people in your school or area interested in an ImaginationGYM® training course , please contact us for further information and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Dates announced for children's summer workshops (26/06/09)
ImaginationGYM® is running summer workshops for children in our studios in Temple Bar and also in Martinstown Holistic Centre, Curragh, Co. Kildare. These fun and interactive 1 hour workshops are ideal for children 5 to 10 years. Click here for further details.

Additional courses in Liverpool Hope University (09/06/09)
An additional training course date for has been added to our schedule for teachers. The course will be held in Liverpool Hope University Campus and will take place on Thursday the 9th of July from 09:00 to 17:00. Email info@imaginationgym.com for more information.

Training courses in Liverpool Hope University (01/06/09)
Two training course dates for SNA's have been added to our schedule. The courses will be held in Liverpool Hope University Campus and will take place on Wednesday the 24th and Thursday the 25th of June from 09:30 to 16:00. We're really looking forward to working with the students and staff.

Additional Course Dates for SNA's (19/05/09)
Two additional full day course dates for SNA's have been added to our schedule. The courses will be held in Martinstown Holistic Centre, The Curragh, Co. Kildare and will take place on Saturday the 11th and Thursday 16th of July from 09:30 to 16:00.

Digital Media Course in Dublin West Education Centre (10/05/09)
ImaginationGYM are running a summer in-service course for primary teachers in conjunction with The Gallery of Photography and Dublin Institute of Technology. The course titled "Practical digital media in the primary school classroom" runs from the 1st to the 7th of July at Dublin Institue of Technology, 31 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 from 09:30 to 14:30 daily. Further information can be obtained by clicking here or by calling Dublin West Education Centre on 01 - 4528000. Alernatively, you can email info@dwec.ie .

Australian Exhibition (05/05/09)
One of our Australian ImaginationGYM® consultants will be exhibiting at a stall at the Mindd Foundation seminar in Sydney from the 15/05/09 - 18/05/09. Feel free to call over and say hi!

Additional Course Date for Teachers (24/04/09)
An additional course date for teachers has been added to our schedule. The course will take place on Thursday 14th May from 09:30 to 16:00.

Finnish Education Exhibition & Presentation (20/04/09)
Rosaleen Durkin tulee esittelemaan ImaginationGYM® menetelman kaytannossa. Rosaleen tulee kertomaan myos mielenkiintoisia asioita oppimisesta, ja miten alykkyytta voi kehittaa mielikuvituksen avulla.Vanhemmat (myos Suomikerhosta) ovat tervetulleita osallistumaan.

Rosaleen delivered a practical demonstration session of the ImaginationGYM® programs on Saturday last. The talk included practical ideas for parents to assist with integrated learning and creativity in home environments. The talk was very well attended by parents and their children. .

Australia Distribitor (08/04/09)
We have just added a new distributor to our ImaginationGYM® team in Australia. Looking forward to helping lots and lots of kids together.

Finnish Education Exhibition & Presentation
We have been invited to give a presentation on ImaginationGYM® to the parents and staff of the Finnish School in Luther House, St. Finnians Church, Adelade Road, Dublin. This will take place in the 18th of April 2009 at one o' clock. Looking forward to meeting everybody there.

Finnish Education Exhibition & Presentation
ImaginationGYM® are taking part in and presenting at a one day Finnish Education Exhibition. The Exhibition is on Friday 21st of November in the Wanha Satama Centre in Helsinki. The presentation will given by ImaginationGYM® to 1,500 Education and Childcare professionals. We're a little bit nervous!

IKSEN Conference 2009
ImaginationGYM® have been invited to present at the IKSEN Conference 2009 in Co. Cork, Ireland. The theme of the conference is "Honouring the past, Transforming the future".

IKSEN Conference in Italy
ImaginationGYM® will be attending the IKSEN Conference in Lake Garda, Italy from 1st - 5th of October. Peter Blackbyrne and Rosaleen Durkin will be presenting their paper titled "Use of Imagination and Whole Brain Balance in Clinical, Educational and Home Settings". The tile of the Conference is "Living in the Midline - Maintaining a constant awareness of yourself and perceiving the world from an inner point of view".

ImaginationGYM® in Melbourne
ImaginationGYM® was presented to delegates at a conference in Melbourne, Australia (22nd - 24th August 2008) on "Relaxation to Stimulate the Imagination". The teacher delegates were able to view some of the relaxation techniques employed in ImaginationGYM® at work. One delegate said of the conference title, "This is a huge and increasing problem as children struggle to cope with stress".

Move to Learn Seminar
The 2008 Move to Learn Seminar (August 3rd to 10th) in Savusavu, Fiji has been a very successful experience for ImaginationGYM®. It was organised in conjunction with the University of Sydney. One of our representatives, Mary Mountstephen, was in attendance to present the ImaginationGYM® Methodology which was well received by attending delegates. Mary works with several universities on holistic approaches in Primary Education and is a neuro-developmental delay specialist. She also runs training courses for schools nationally and internationally in visualization and neuro-developmental delay.

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