Grainne Hickey

Biographic Data

ID6246810
NAMEGrainne Hickey
GIVEN NAMESGrainne
FAMILY NAMEHickey
SIGNATUREHICKEY G
AFFILIATIONSNational University of Ireland, Maynooth
ORCID0000-0002-3192-7859
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS10
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Strengthening wellbeing in schools after Covid-19

    Grainne Hickey, Hannah StynesARTICLEIrish Educational Studies2024

    A National Wellbeing Project was developed following Covid-19 to promote wellbeing in children and young people (CYP). Two 8-week, awareness-based interventions, Breath-Body–Mind (BBM) and Creative Mindfulness (CM), were delivered by external facilitators over an 8-week period in primary and post-primary schools across 5 sites in the Republic of Ireland. A convergent mixed methods evaluation was conducted. Teachers completed the Emotional Regulat…

  • Exploring participation and engagement in a multi-component, universal early parenting programme

    Open AccessGrainne Hickey, Yvonne Leckey et al.ARTICLEJournal of Children s Services2024References: 2

    Purpose Parenting programmes are increasingly a feature of services and policies aimed at improving outcomes for children and families and tackling inequality, yet they remain underused. This study aims to assess parent engagement and retention in the parent and infant (PIN) programme – a universal, multi-component intervention designed to support parents from birth to when their children reach two years of age. The programme can be tailored to p…

  • Understanding the theoretical underpinnings of preventative early parenting interventions

    Open AccessGrainne Hickey, Sinead McGilloway et al.ARTICLEEvaluation2023Cited by: 1References: 4

    Early parenting programmes which promote nurturing care for children aged 0–3 years are popular in community-based primary health care settings. However, little research has explored the causal and theoretical assumptions underpinning these programmes. This paper outlines a programme theory evaluation which was conducted to explore the change principles inherent in a complex early parenting intervention, the parent and infant programme, which aim…

  • Teachers’ use of technology and the impact of Covid-19

    Open AccessEileen Winter, Aisling Costello et al.ARTICLEIrish Educational Studies2021

    Teaching online poses challenges for teachers trained primarily to work face to face. The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown of schools has forced teachers to move online to ensure students continue their studies. This is not an easy transition and success depends on educators having the skills, knowledge, and competencies for online teaching. As part of the Adaptive and Inclusive Learning Environment (AILE) project, this study surveyed 38…

  • Disseminating early years research

    Open AccessO’connor, Sinead McGilloway et al.ARTICLEJournal of Children s Services2021References: 4

    Purpose This paper aims to outline a knowledge translation (KT) case study undertaken as part of a multi-component research programme aimed at evaluating new parenting supports in the earliest years. The study aimed to: explore the influencing factors relating to research use in an early years context; and to use the findings, at least in part, to execute an integrated KT plan – to promote stakeholder engagement, greater research visibility and t…

  • The challenges of assessing sample representativeness within community‐based evaluations of parenting programmes delivered in England and Ireland

    Open AccessNicole Gridley, Grainne Hickey et al.ARTICLEHealth & Social Care in the…2021References: 2

    The findings from evaluations of parenting programmes can help inform policy and practice decisions, including how best to allocate scarce resources designed to support families. However, studies often fail to consider the extent to which the findings can be generalised to other settings or populations. One, yet unexplored solution, is to compare study findings and large-scale data sets including publicly available population data. The aims of th…

  • Exploring the potential utility and impact of a universal, multi-component early parenting intervention through a community-based, controlled trial

    Open AccessGrainne Hickey, Sinead McGilloway et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2020References: 57

    This paper describes the first phase of a community-based, controlled trial conducted to investigate the potential utility of a new, complex group-based early parenting intervention. In total, 106 parent-infant dyads were recruited to an interagency Parent and Infant (PIN) intervention which combines a range of supports, including the Incredible Years Parent and Baby Programme, baby massage, weaning workshops and paediatric first aid training. A …

  • Adverse childhood experiences and trauma informed practices in second chance education settings in the Republic of Ireland

    Open AccessGrainne Hickey, Stephen Smith et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2020Cited by: 2References: 21

  • Strengthening stakeholder buy-in and engagement for successful exploration and installation

    Open AccessGrainne Hickey, Sinead McGilloway et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2018Cited by: 3References: 41

  • Exploring the effects of a universal classroom management training programme on teacher and child behaviour

    Open AccessGrainne Hickey, Sinead McGilloway et al.ARTICLEJournal of Early Childhood Research2015Cited by: 4References: 2

    Teachers frequently struggle to cope with conduct problems in the classroom. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management Training Programme for improving teacher competencies and child adjustment. The study involved a group randomised controlled trial which included 22 teachers and 217 children (102 boys and 115 girls). The average age of children included in the study was 5.3 years (…