ENGAGE™ in the Media
December 2024
Help children, help the world | He Kitenga University of Otago research highlights
Professor Dione Healey’s transformative approach to early childhood education: while conversations around youth crime often focus on policing & punishment, Dione is championing a path that nurtures self-regulation & resilience in young minds.
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10 December 2024
Otago announces 33 new professors
The University has announced its new Professors: Congratulations to ENGAGE’s founder and developer, who is now Professor Dione Healey! She has been recognised for her “real world” achievements and hard work, particularly in changing children’s developmental trajectories with her work on ENGAGE.
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2 October 2024
How to stop a tantrum before it starts
ENGAGE – a series of games and activities designed to help kids self-regulate – is rolling out across the nation’s early learning services, to be in more than 2,000 centres by June 2027.
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June 2024
MiNDFOOD Magazine
In the article, Dione shares how her experiences as a clinical psychologist conducting ADHD assessments revealed a significant gap in support for parents. Driven by their question, “What can I do to help?” she focused her PhD research on ADHD and early intervention. That’s how ENGAGE was born”
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22 April 2023
Self-regulation programme receives $19.7m Government funding
A Dunedin education programme which can significantly reduce hyperactivity, aggression and peer problems in children has received $19.7 million in Government funding for a nationwide roll out to early childhood education centres.
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20 April 2023
The Government is investing in our littlest learners by making sure they start off their lives with the skills they need to help them succeed in their schooling and adult lives, Under-Secretary for Education Jo Luxton said today.
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