Home from home is a respite service, developed as a result of a huge respite need for parents of children with disabilities. It is managed by a voluntary management committee which is comprised of parents and friends. It is staffed by qualified social care staff. It is open to children anywhere in the Kerry area, aged between 5 to 18 years of age.
Hours of opening are as follows:
Monday – Friday 2.00pm – 6.00pm
During the school holiday breaks, hours of opening are Monday and Tuesday 10.00am – 4.00pm
Activity Programme
The Children all need Supervision and none of the Children can use the Facilities at the service independently.
- Socialisation
- Waiting
- Sitting
- Prompting
- Social Outings
- Community Integration
- Shopping
- Community Awareness/Acceptance
- Social Skills
- Independent Living Skills
- Turn Taking
- Hygiene/ Grooming Skills
- Toileting/Dependent/Independent
- Baking
- Feeding/Food Management
- Shopping
- Outings
- Cooking
- Cleaning
- Tidying Up
- Tasks Chores etc
- Music Therapy
- Brain Gym
- Holistic Music for Children
- Music for Autistic Children
- Relaxation Music for Underwater footage
- Story Time Songs
- Music to Dance
- I Pods
- Communication
- Pecs
- Lamh
- Photography
- I Pad
- Outdoor Play
- Bicycle
- Swings
- Workout
- Exercise
- Gardening
- Walking
- Exercise Bike
- Ball Games
- Water Play
- Playground
- Swimming Pool
- Beach
- Horse Riding
- Indoor Activity
- Jigsaws
- DVD
- TV
- Sensory Games
- Scrapbook Activities
- Photography/Albums
- Matching Games
- Colour Games
- Board Games
- Books
- Art & Crafts
- Creative Play
- Tac Pac
There is no longer a TV, we feel that most of the young people get more than enough access to TV at home, and we prefer to engage them in creative games and activities.
