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Workshops and Seminars
We deliver workshops on children’s rights to children and young people, and we give seminars for 3rd level students.
What are the workshops about?
Hundreds of children and young people interact with the OCO each year with their schools or youth groups to take part in our children’s rights education workshops. We help children and young people understand what their rights are and we listen to what they have to say. We try to make rights real for children and young people by making connections between rights and their daily lives. All of our workshops are age-appropriate, interactive and fun.
We are back open for workshops on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursday mornings in our newly refurbished child friendly office in Dublin City Centre.
We also have a newly designed sensory room here at the OCO. It is now fully equipped and ready for when young people come to visit our office!
A quiet and relaxing environment for whenever they may feel overstimulated .
Social story for visiting the Ombusdman for children’s office
What’s involved?
So that children and young people who learn with us can share their learning back in their school or youth project, we give visiting groups a resource pack to support them to take action to raise awareness among their peers of children’s rights. Ideas could include: creating a display board about children’s rights, writing about the visit in the school newsletter/on social media or doing a bigger project about children’s rights in Ireland.
You can also visit our website www.oco.ie/itsyourright which has up-to-date information and facts about children’s rights and resources for educators.
Book a workshop
To book a workshop, fill in our online workshop booking form, email education@oco.ie, or ring us on (01) 8656800.
If you’re a young person, a primary school teacher, a CSPE teacher, a Transition Year coordinator, a Politics and Society teacher, a Youthreach coordinator, a youth worker or a professional working with children and young people, contact us on education@oco.ie for more information.
For schools or youth groups travelling from outside Dublin, we can reimburse some or all transport costs if the school submits a paid invoice. If you want to avail of this support please talk to one of our staff when booking.
You can also find our online education resources here.
Children’s rights seminars for postgraduates
We also run seminars about children’s rights for postgraduate students in education, social work, social care and child protection. These workshops include a presentation on the work of the office, as well as activities based on children’s rights.
We hold the seminars in our offices or there is an option for online seimnars. Email education@oco.ie for more information.
