The Solihull Approach is an early intervention model that focuses on the importance of infant brain development and its relevance to infant mental health and child development.
The approach provides practitioners with:
Welcome to Issue 171 of our newsletter, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).
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Summer has come and gone in the blink of an eye! Back to school and we hope we have been able to reflect the wide range of supports and opportunities available across the Southern Trust Area for children, young people and their families in this edition.
Our Locality Planning Groups have resumed meeting this morning in Armagh and will operate at full speed throughout the rest of the year. We welcome anyone working or volunteering to improve outcomes for children, young people & families and you will find our 2026 LPG Meetings Calendar on the page 3. We’ll be delighted to tell you more, if you are interested.
Stay connected!
Locality Development Team, Southern Area
Poster titled “Autism Awareness: Training for Practitioners”. The online training takes place on Thursday 8 October 2026, 10:00am to 12:30pm. Closing date for applications is Wednesday 23 September 2026. The session, delivered by the Autism Services team, is aimed at professionals working with a child or parent who has a confirmed autism diagnosis, is waiting for assessment, or may be on the autism spectrum. Topics include understanding how autistic children and young people perceive the world and learn, identifying strengths, understanding challenges in learning, social interaction and communication, and applying supportive strategies. Logos for the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, Autism Awareness, and the Promoting Wellbeing Division are displayed. An application link is provided: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/7jCHaVX7cm.
Join the Autism Services team online for an awareness session aimed at professionals working with a child or working with a parent of a child who has:
Thursday 8 October 2026, 10.00-12.30pm, Online
Welcome to Issue 170 of our newsletter, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).
Cover page for CYPSP Southern Area Locality Planning Groups FYI newsletter, Issue 170, dated 13 August 2026. The CYPSP (Children & Young People’s Strategic Partnership) logo appears at the top beside the title. An illustration shows hands holding and touching a tablet displaying the circular “FYI For Your Information” logo. On the right, a grid of coloured blue, green and purple squares contains icons representing email, telephone, website and user information.
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With summer coming towards a close, preparations for the next school year are under way and so there is lots of information on starting / back to school spread across this edition. As of today, it is also officially exam results season, so you will find details on various supports, resources & opportunities available to young people (and their families), as they look ahead to their next chapter.
We have a few weeks of summer left and there is still plenty going on across the Southern Trust Area for children, young people & families, so thank you to all those who submitted information on upcoming events, programmes and workshops for sharing.
See you in the next school year!
Locality Development Team, Southern Area
The PEACEPLUS Diversionary Sports Programme is now out for tender!
The Diversionary Sports Programme will span several weeks and will deliver a number of diversionary activities, combined with a sequence of workshops. The programme will run throughout the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough and will take place during weekend evenings, for both boys and girls between the ages of 13–17-year-olds. Closing date for applications is Tuesday 25th August 2026.
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do
https://www.etenders. gov.ie/epps/home.do
