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                                Here you will find a wide range of resources, research, and information to support your youth theatres and youth drama practice. If you can’t find what you’re looking for here, please email us at info@youththeatre.ie.

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                                Publications and Research

                                The Arts & Irish Education: Some Lessons from the USA

                                Drama in Education International Youth Theatre Practice
                                Marian McCarthy discusses the research findings of Shirley Brice Health.
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                                Publications and Research

                                The Arts & Irish Education

                                Drama in Education International Youth Theatre Practice
                                Learning more than you know in youth drama
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                                Child Protection / Welfare / Garda Vetting

                                Communications With Young People

                                Compliance & Governance
                                Safe usage of social media and mobile phones
                                Member only
                                Publications and Research

                                Garda Vetting

                                Staff & Volunteers YT Administration
                                The National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016
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                                Publications and Research

                                Youth Theatre Ireland, Strategic Plan 2021-2023

                                Youth Theatre Irelands latest strategic plan was launched in March 2021 by Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media, Catherine Martin TD. The strategic plan outlines the aims and vision of the organisation for the next 3 years.

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                                Supporting Young People on the Autism Spectrum

                                The resource ‘A Handbook for Youth Theatre Facilitators; Supporting Young People on the Autism Spectrum’ was created in 2020 through a partnership project between Youth Theatre Ireland and AsIAm (Ireland’s National Autism Charity), and with the collaboration of Anna Galligan from Kilkenny Youth Theatre.

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                                Youth Drama: The Youth Work Act

                                In this article from Issue 12 of Youth Drama Ireland, Maurice Devlin, Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Sciences, NUI Maynooth, reflects on the benefits of participation in youth theatre/drama for the development of the social being and how drama as an art form is dense with possibilities for exploring and expressing themes and issues that go right to the heart of "human being".

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                                The Arts and Irish Education

                                Learning More Than You Know in Youth Drama

                                Shirley Brice Heath on how youth theatre stretches thinking, language and ways of being.

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                                Essentially Youth Theatre

                                Professor Jonothan Neelands delivered a keynote address as part of NAYD's Starting The Debate seminar, May 2008. In this address he sought to identify the core qualities of youth theatre.

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                                Speaking Their Language: Articulating the Value of Youth Theatre

                                An address given by Ben Cameron, Director of Theatre Communications Group (USA) as part of the 'Inspiring Voices' series.

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                                Artistic Resources

                                Transforming Your Space

                                Training Workshops / Facilitation Youth Theatre Practice
                                For this workshop, Casey Hallahan asks you to convert your at-home workspace, into a theatrical space. Using the functionality of zoom, to create theatre at home.
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                                Youth Theatre Irelands Strategic Plan 2021 - 2023

                                A framework for empowering young people in Ireland through accessible and effectively resourced youth theatre.

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