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Day Services	Las Granadas, Exchange Hall, Tallaght Dublin 24
Early Services	Le Cheile Nurturing Centre, Sophia Housing, 25 Cork Street Dublin 8
Home Support Services
Sports Department


This programme focus at day services in Islandbridge and Exchange Hall, Tallaght is on dignity, choice, security and opportunity. The programme options are flexible with concentration being on individual abilities. A wide range of programme options are available for children and adults. These include:
• Therapeutic developmental interventions • Aqua Therapy • Recreational and Leisure Activities • Art & Crafts • Drama • Personal Development • Food and Cookery • Communication • Rehabilitative Training • Community and Social Inclusion

Menni Early Services Programme provides home and centre-based early intervention for children from birth to five years who present with developmental delay. The programme is available in our Le Cheile Nurturing Centre Sophia Housing 25 Cork Street Dublin 8 and also at the Exchange Hall in Tallaght.

Early Services is delivered in partnership with families and is supported by a multi- disciplinary team. The programme offers:

• Screening and Assessment
• Parent Support and Training
• Counseling
• Home-based Programmes
• Support to children in Community Playgroups
• Centre-based Programmes
o Early Starters Group(children from birth to 3 yrs)
o Playgroup (children from 3-5yrs)
o Pre-school (children from 4-6yrs)

Download Early Services Parent Information Booklet

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Home Support Services was initiated to provide a short break/respite to parents/primary carers. Home Support provision of service may take the form of:

a. In Home Support: Whereby a Home Support Worker is assigned to an individual in their own home for specified duties.
b. Out of Home Support: Whereby the Home Support Worker facilitates community based social outings/activities for the individual (thereby providing respite for parents/primary carers).

The role of the Home Support Worker is:

A. to provide support and to introduce a short break/respite to the individual/parents/primary carers.
B. to support the individual’s needs.
C. to support each individual’s programme plan.
D. to provide a link to day centers and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.


Menni Services provide a range of sporting activities for all our children and adults who attend the service. These include:
• Basketball • Swimming • Hockey • Football • Table Tennis • Bocce • Ten Pin Bowling • Ramp Bowling • Athletics • Fine Motor Skills Programmes such as bean bag throwing, ball lifting, kicking, and pushing, jumping, wheelchair push, forward roll on gym mat.
In our Gym we have multi-sensory equipment, a wheelchair swing for adults and children and a wheelchair rocker for adults and kids. Each individual is given the opportunity to attend PE once a week if they wish. In PE class we cater for all abilities from fine motor skills to team sports.
Special Olympics play a huge role in our Sports Department. Each individual has the opportunity to participant if they wish to do so. Activities include Swimming, Athletics, Basketball Skills and Team, Table Tennis, Bocce, Football, Bowling and Motor Activities.

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