School Leaver Traineeships

CLOSES MONDAY!!!!

Applications for the 2013 School Leaver Traineeships open on Thursday 30 August and close on Monday 24 September 2012. There are up to 10 positions available. and students who are currently in Year 12 or who completed Year 12 in 2011 are eligible to apply.

If you are an Indigenous Australian, a person with disability or are from a culturally or linguistically diverse background we also encourage you to apply for our Traineeship Program.

http://www.environment.gov.au/about/jobs/traineeship/recruitment-2013.html

Sue Larkey workshop in Canberra!

TEACHING STRATEGIES & BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT WORKSHOP with Sue Larkey: The workshop will cover:
Teaching Strategies: 
What is ASD? 
Autism learning style. 
Visual strategies. 
Social skills. 
Teaching play. 
Classroom strategies. 
Transitions. 
How to motivate and use special interests.

Behaviour Support: 
What are ASD behaviours? 
Preparing child and staff. 
Common playground issues. 
Meltdowns and anxiety. 
Transition for school and home. 
Repetitive and obsessive behaviours.
 
When: Tuesday 28th August 2012, 9.30am - 3.00pm. Doors open at 9.00am 
Where: Ainslie Football Club, 52 Wakefield Avenue, Ainslie ACT 

Includes morning tea & lunch 
Cost: $125 (A special rate is available for parents of children with ASD. Please email Dearne to see if you qualify) | Please note: $125 for payment on actual day only. Any payments after the day of session will be $150 | 

Payment Instructions: payment on the day, do not send payment |

Information & registration form click this link creatingsuccess.co.nz/Sue_Larkey.php 

Limited places available please register ASAP | To reserve your place or have a registration form sent to you call Dearne on 0433 660 379 or go to www.suelarkey.com | For more workshop dates and locations visit www.suelarkey.com

DPLN seminar reminder AND change of date

Please note, the first session has been pushed back one week due to an unavoidable clash and afternoon sessions will now run from 1-3 pm, rather than 2-4 pm.

ACT Disability Professionals Learning Network (DPLN)

Seminar Series 2012

“Supporting people with intellectual disability to better manage their health”

The DPLN seminar series is designed to provide accessible training and education for direct support staff in the ACT Disability Sector. This year’s theme is “health and intellectual disability”, and aims to build upon the 2011 seminar series on Positive Behaviour Support.

Research indicates that people with intellectual disability have poorer health than the general community, and are at particular risk with regards to certain conditions. Research also indicates that disability support staff have an important role to play in helping individuals with intellectual disability to better manage their health. This series and these topics have been chosen in response to this research.

Each seminar is a stand-alone module, so you can attend the entire series or only those sessions of particular interest to you. Seminars will include a presentation, interactive exercises and an opportunity to ask questions of the presenter. Slides and handouts will be available to those people who cannot make a session but have an interest in the topic. Further details regarding each seminar will be forwarded closer to the day.

The seminars will be held on the first Thursday of each month (except for the first seminar!) at Nature Conservation House - on the corner of Emu Bank and Benjamin Way Belconnen. You can choose from one of two sessions – either 10 am to 12 noon OR 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm. The seminars are free of charge.

To register your interest please e-mail david.addison@act.gov.au

Date	Topic
5 July Tues 10 July	Meeting the health needs of people with intellectual disability (Agnes Sarlay and David Addison – Disability ACT)
Thursday 2 August	Mental health (David Addison – Disability ACT)
Thursday 6 September	Diabetes (Terri Berenguer – Diabetes ACT)
Thursday 4 October	Epilepsy (Janelle Walker – ACT Health Directorate)
Thursday 1 November	Footsure (Sarah Marshall – ACT Health Directorate)
Thursday 6 December	Dementia and intellectual disability (To be advised)

SoSAFE Training - Free to Carers

SoSAFE! Tools & Training

Visual & Conceptual Tools to promote Social Safety SoSAFE! is a set of visual and conceptual tools designed to promote social safety to clients with an Intellectual Disability (moderate to severe range) and Autism Spectrum Disorder. SoSAFE! tools promote social safety through the provision of a simplified and rule-governed model of social reality that teaches the type and degree of verbal and physical intimacy appropriate with different categories of people. This training group is specifically for unpaid primary caregivers, for example, parents, siblings, grandparents. May 8th and 15th, 6-00pm to 9.30pm, inclusive Cost: Free This training has been made possible through an ACE Grant, an ACT Government initiative. For further information and enrolment forms please visit our website on www.shfpact.org.au, or phone 61633420.