‘Creating the right plan, for the right child, at the right time.’
Every Student, Every Teacher, Every Year
When a school partners with City Connects, a full-time City Connects Coordinator becomes embedded within the fabric of the school. The City Connects Coordinator collaborates with teachers in every classroom to review the strengths and needs of every student, every year.
Systemic Support
The City Connects Coordinator creates a tailored support plan for every student –connecting pupils to a comprehensive range of prevention, intervention, and enrichment services that already exist in the school and surrounding community
Students who are most at risk receive an in-depth review and a broader level of support.
At City Connects schools, the City Connects Coordinator becomes the hub of student support — a single point of contact in an otherwise crowded maze of service providers. We help to ease the burden on principals and teachers, and we create an organized referral process for community-based partners.
City Connects is a high-impact, cost-effective system that addresses the out-of-school factors that limit learning. The support City Connects offer makes a significant impact on students — now, and years from now.
To find out more about City Connects, click on the link below to watch a short video on how City Connects is working in Ireland.
Our City Connects Coordinator – Evelyn Byrne
Our City Connects Coordinator is Evelyn Byrne. Evelyn works in two schools in the NEIC:
- St Vincent’s Boys School
- O’Connell Boys School
Evelyn’s contact details are as follows:
Mobile: 0870574299
Email: evelyn.byrne@tusla.ie
Please give Evelyn a call or text if you have any questions about supports, clubs or activities that you would like your child to join either in the school or the wider community.
The North East Inner City Multi-Disciplinary Team (NEIC MDT), established in September 2020, is an interagency collaboration between the Health Service Executive (HSE) and Department of Education (DE). The NEIC MDT works with ten primary schools in Dublin’s North East Inner City. The NEIC MDT comprises of Educational Psychologists from the DE National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS), and HSE Primary Care Speech and Language Therapists (SLT), Occupational Therapists (OT) and Psychologist.
The NEIC MDT provide an on-site, wraparound and timely service to children, their families and school staff and includes both support and development and direct casework within a tiered model framework. The NEIC MDT deliver a range of supports that include: advice and training, preventative work, early intervention, assessment and therapeutic intervention, to all children, their families and school staff.
