Dr Fiona O' Brien

🇮🇪☘️ Sarah Healy’s gold medal-winning moment in the 3000m. 🥹 #Apeldoorn2025

It’s important for children to understand that just because someone is disappointed in a choice they made, this does not mean they are a disappointment. As a parent be clear, “I am disappointed in the choice, but I still love you.”

Several hundred people have taken part in a protest march in Cork over the lack of sufficient school places for children with additional needs rte.ie/news/regional/…

Letting go of anger doesn’t mean you’re tolerating what happened, it means you’re moving on

@I3elow There's a lot more to Ireland than being a rainy island..

Irish TDs claimed more than €567,000 in expenses for December, the very first month of the new Dáil term, when the House sat on just one occasion. #LunchtimeLive newstalk.com/news/tds-claim…

Over 100 children with special educational needs were without a school at the start of this term, with some parents saying their children have been locked out of education for years. #NTBK newstalk.com/news/we-need-a…

To have positive relationships with others, you also need to have a positive relationship with yourself

Learning to befriend and regulate your nervous system is one of the best gifts you can give your children.

@LoriGottlieb1 @JiriSiftar VZ was being bullied on national television. The bullies have no idea that they are bullies I think.

@JiriSiftar Surprising bc this kind of behavior isn't often seen publicly & as it's happening - there are usually reports of who said/did what, or a lone politician saying outlandish things, but when you WATCH a human (no matter your take is on the issues) being treated like this... wow.

Watching yesterday‘s meeting with Trump, Vance, and Zelensky, I was reminded what it’s like when I see couples or families in therapy and one person in the family or a couple is being gaslit and bullied by the others. Zelensky was what therapists call the “identified patient” (IP)— the stable one who’s called “difficult” & punished for telling the truth. It’s very hard to help couples or families like this bc I know at that first session that if the those people aren’t willing to self-reflect or even consider what the IP is saying, there’s no hope for change. Yesterday‘s interaction? Just like those first sessions…

"Witnessing your child being failed is something I wouldn't wish on anyone." Today, parents from across the country are beginning a 24-hour sleepout outside the Department of Education in demand of more special education school places for their children. jrnl.ie/6636106t

A group of parents who say they are desperate to secure school places for their autistic children have been protesting outside the Dept of Education of Dublin's Marlborough Street rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

“You are present when what you are doing is not primarily a means to an end (money, prestige, winning) but fulfilling in itself, when there is joy and aliveness in what you do." - Eckhart Tolle

A six-year-old autistic boy from Waterford, who was told he could face a ten-year wait to have three teeth removed, has secured an emergency appointment to have the procedure carried out next Thursday rte.ie/news/regional/…

"I have already done my masters in this myself because if I didn't, my son would be in absolutely a worse state than he is," says Rebecca Meehan, parent and campaigner, describing the lack of support she has had since learning her son had additional needs. #TonightVMTV

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Parents of children with special needs have to 'jump through hoops' to access basic supports and services, the deputy leader of the Social Democrats has said rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

@GarNob There are at least 2 CDNTs that have 8 year long waiting lists in Dublin. Staff in CDNTs are under huge pressure to see as many children and adolescents as possible whilst often being under staffed.

I wonder if an RTE Prime Time Investigates Programme were to go undercover to HSE offices in primary care or children disability network teams, how many children they would find inside those buildings getting HSE services, supports or interventions?? 👀👀👀

A real game changer would be to build actual houses. Jesus wept.

The Government has been criticised for failing to keep its promise to improve mental health services for children rte.ie/news/ireland/2…