GUI Conference Brochure 2014

Growing Up in Ireland
Research Conference 2014
Wednesday 26th November 2014
Croke Park Conference Centre
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
8.00am
Registration
MORNING SESSION
Chair:
Professor Frances Ruane, Director, ESRI
9.00am
Introduction and Welcome
9.10am
Launch of latest Growing Up in Ireland findings
TBC
9.40am
Opening of Conference
Dr James Reilly T.D., Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
Session A. Hogan Mezzanine 2
Chair: TBC
Session B. Nally Suite
Chair: TBC
10.00am One of the gang? Peer relations
Does time spent watching
among students with special
television in early childhood affect
educational needs in mainstream socio-emotional development?
primary schools
10.30am
Joanne Banks, Selina McCoy and
Denise Frawley
Parents’ educational
expectations of children with
and without Special Educational
Needs (SEN): In-depth analysis
using Wave I of the Growing Up
in Ireland Child Cohort
Jude Cosgrove
Suzanne Egan and Aisling Murray
Are classroom internet use and
academic performance higher after
government broadband subsidies
to primary schools?
Seán Lyons, Marie Hyland, Richard
Layte, Selina McCoy and Mary Silles
Session C. Davin Suite
Chair: TBC
Use of the Public Health Nurse
Service in Ireland during the first
nine months of life
Anne-Marie Brooks and Sinead
Hanafin
Planned home birth and
breastfeeding in Ireland
Clare Quigley, Cristina Taut, and
Lina Zgaga
11.00am Tea and Coffee
Session D. Hogan Mezzanine 2
Chair: TBC
Session E. Nally Suite
Session F. Davin Suite
Chair: TBC
Chair: TBC
11.20am Identifying factors contributing
to school disaffection among
primary school pupils
Friendship and well-being among
children with chronic physical and
mental health conditions in
Growing Up in Ireland
On the construction of a healthwellbeing index for 9-month-old
Irish infants
Maeve Thornton and Merike
Darmody
11.50am Age or stage? Influences on the
transition to junior cycle
education
Sophie Gallagher, Eilis Hennessy
and Ela Polek
Not difficult, just sick: The
relationship between
temperament and early childhood
illness
Cristina Taut, Alan Kelly and Lina
Zgaga
Disability and the holding of a
medical card
Emer Smyth
12.20pm An maith leat Gaeilge?: An
analysis of variation in primary
pupil attitudes to Gaeilge in the
Growing Up in Ireland study
Brían Merriman
The effect of a disability on siblings
Cathal O’Toole
Prevalence of longstanding health
conditions among three-year-old
children
Ann Devitt, Joe Condon, Gene
Dalton, Jane O'Connell and
Melanie Ní Dhuinn
Grainne Collins and Cliona Doherty
Steve Barron, Kevin Balanda and
Lorraine Fahy
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME (CONTINUED)
12.50pm Lunch in Hogan Mezzanine 1
AFTERNOON SESSION
1.50pm
Keynote Address – Hogan Mezzanine 2
Chair: TBC
Professor Susan McVie – ‘The impact of educational experience and school exclusion on criminal
careers: Findings from the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime’
Professor McVie is Professor of Quantitative Criminology at the University of Edinburgh, Co-Director of
the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions & Crime, and Director of the Applied Quantitative Methods
Network (AQMeN) Research Centre.
3.00pm
Tea and Coffee
Session G. Hogan Mezzanine 2
3.20pm
3.50pm
4.20pm
4.50pm
Session H. Nally Suite
Session I. Davin Suite
Chair: TBC
Chair: TBC
Chair: TBC
Maternal and child psychosocial
factors associated with dentalproblems during early
childhood
Involved fatherhood – The Quiet
revolution
Exploring the association
between sleep duration and
overweight and obesity in infants
Barbara Moore
How open are the Irish? Exploring
inter-cultural family formation in
Ireland
Laura Mangan and Lina Zgaga
Where you live matters: The local
environment and physical activity
among children
Michael Crowe, June Nunn ,
Colman McGrath, Lorraine
Swords, Alan Kelly , Michael
O’Sullivan
Inter-relationships in domains
of development: The
contribution of well-being
Mark Morgan, Maeve Thornton
and James Williams
Social Capital among 13 year
old children using the Growing
Up in Ireland data
Carmel Hannan, Antje Roeder and
Merike Darmody
Cash poor/time poor? Maternal
employment dynamics and
adolescent outcomes in the UK,
Ireland and Denmark
Oona Kenny
Patricia Keilthy
Conference Close
Mark Ward
TBC
THE CONTEXT – ABOUT GROWING UP IN IRELAND
Growing Up in Ireland is the national longitudinal study of children. It is the most significant study of
children ever to have taken place in this country and will help us to improve our understanding of all
aspects of childhood and child development.
The study is following the progress of two groups of children: a Child Cohort of 8,500 children who
were interviewed at nine and thirteen years of age and an Infant Cohort of 11,100 children who were
interviewed at nine months, three years and five years of age.
The main aim of the study is to paint a full picture of children in Ireland and how they are developing
in the current social, economic and cultural environment. This information will be used to assist in
policy formation and in the provision of services, with a view to ensuring that all children living in
Ireland have the best possible start in life.
Growing Up in Ireland is a government study. The Department of Children and Youth Affairs is
funding it in association with the Department of Social Protection and the Central Statistics Office.
The Department of Children and Youth Affairs is overseeing and managing the study, which is being
carried out by a group of researchers led by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and
Trinity College Dublin.
CONFERENCE AIMS
This is Growing Up in Ireland’s sixth annual research conference and has been organised by the joint
ESRI/TCD Study Team. Dr James Reilly T.D., Minister for Children and Youth Affairs will launch the latest
major report from the study at the start of the conference. With 25 papers being presented, the
conference will also provide a platform for discussion on a broad range of research from both the Infant
and Child Cohorts.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
The keynote address will be given by Professor Susan McVie on “The impact of educational experience
and school exclusion on criminal careers: Findings from the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and
Crime.” Professor McVie is Professor of Quantitative Criminology at the University of Edinburgh, CoDirector of the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions & Crime, and Director of the Applied Quantitative
Methods Network (AQMeN) Research Centre. Susan’s research interests and published work
predominantly focus on: youth crime and justice; crime patterns and trends; criminal careers and
developmental-criminology.
PRESENTERS
Joanne Banks,
Economic and Social Research
Institute.
Cliona Doherty,
National Disability Authority.
Mark Morgan
Trinity College Dublin;
(Growing Up in Ireland).
Steve Barron,
Institute of Public Health in
Ireland.
Suzanne Egan,
Mary Immaculate College,
University of Limerick.
Aisling Murray
Economic and Social Research
Institute;
(Growing Up in Ireland).
Anne-Marie Brooks,
Department of Children and Youth
Affairs.
Sophie Gallagher,
University College Dublin.
Cathal O’Toole,
National Disability Authority.
Grainne Collins,
National Disability Authority.
Carmel Hannan,
University of Limerick.
Clare Quigley,
Trinity College Dublin.
Joe Condon,
Dublin Institute of Technology.
Patricia Keilthy,
University College Dublin.
Emer Smyth,
Economic and Social Research
Institute.
Jude Cosgrove,
Educational Research Centre,
St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra.
Oona Kenny,
Trinity College Dublin.
Cristina Taut,
Trinity College Dublin.
Michael Crowe,
Dublin Dental University Hospital.
Seán Lyons,
Economic and Social Research
Institute.
Maeve Thornton,
Economic and Social Research
Institute;
(Growing Up in Ireland).
Gene Dalton,
Trinity College Dublin.
Laura Mangan,
Trinity College Dublin.
Mark Ward,
Trinity College Dublin.
Merike Darmody
Economic and Social Research
Institute.
Brían Merriman,
Educational Research Centre,
St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra.
James Williams,
Economic and Social Research
Institute;
(Growing Up in Ireland).
Ann Devitt,
Trinity College Dublin.
Barbara Moore,
University College Dublin.
HOW TO GET THERE
The Croke Park Conference Centre is located on Jones Road, Dublin 3.
There is complimentary parking available for conference delegates in the Davin Car Park. More
information can be found at http://www.crokepark.ie/getmedia/1b674a23-edd6-4761-bd9dc8970e10eac3/non_match_parking_map.pdf
The Conference Centre is also accessible by Dublin Bus routes 11, 11A, 16, 16A and 41 via Drumcondra
Road and routes 16 and 16a from the Airport.
The Conference Centre is a 20-25 minute walk from Connolly Station and Busaras which are both served
by the Red Line Luas.
ACCESS
The venue is accessible for people with disabilities. Please indicate on the booking form if you have
special needs, require sign language or have particular dietary requirements.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Please note there is a limited number of places available and early booking is encouraged. In the event of
a high demand, late-booking participants may be placed on a waiting list. There is no registration fee for
the conference.
Bookings should be made by Wednesday 5th November via
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GUIconference2014
or by post: Fiona Burke, ESRI, Whitaker Sq., Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2.
All conference queries should be directed to Ms. Burke by email at [email protected] or by
phone, 01 8632050.

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