Deirdre McCarthy

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Deirdre McCarthy

Deirdre McCarthy is a professionally qualified social worker with extensive experience working with children and families. She holds a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and a Master of Social Science (MSocSc). Her career includes five years in child protection services. Drawing from her professional background, Deirdre authored “It’s Not Fair: Bród’s Journey Through Their Parents’ Break-Up,” a book designed to help children understand and navigate...

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Books

Its Not Fair: Bród’s Journey through their Parents Break-up

Bród is having a difficult time, their parents are breaking up and this is very confusing. Bród doesn’t know what their family will look like now, what home will be like and how everything will will feel as they try to make sense of it all.
But Bród has help! Thanks to their family, friends and teacher, they learn how to cope when everything...

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It’s Not Fair Workbook: Supporting children through their parents break-up

This work book offers a range of tools to support parents and their children that are going through parental break-up, separation or divorce
This book accompanies the picture book
This book supports emotional regulation, safety friends, care planning and scheduling/comsistent parenting approaches

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Co-Parenting Handover Book: child-centred communication book

This book was developed and designed to help separated/divorced/ broken up parents, to communicate in the interest of their children.
The book was developed over time by Deirdre who worked as a Child Protection Social Worker in Ireland, and now works through the courts, to ascertain the voice of the child, during custody and access disputes.

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Contact

Please feel free to contact me for all things related to “it’s not fair”, all comments and suggestions as well as questions will be gratefully received.

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