The Disability Information and Resource Centre

Tony Doyle Visions has been running an annual event at LeFevre Community Centre for many years.

The 2012 “UmbrellaFest at LeFevre” will be different.

This year the UmbrellaFest will be held in Winter on Friday June 15TH from 10.45AM to 2PM.

What else is different?

This event will be held in the brand new LeFevre Community Stadium and will be a mainly indoor event.

This is still a FREE community event with a FREE BBQ lunch thanks to the Gilles Plains Lions Club and it will still feature a diverse selection of Adelaide’s best entertainers.

Do you or someone you care about live with Mental Illness including Aspergers/Autism and would like to learn more about healthy living?

The Anglicare SA Family and Carer Support team are presenting a series of fun and interesting 6 week programs. The first I Am… Program will be focusing on:

• Food safety
• Budgeting
• Being active
• Cooking
• Shopping
• Healthy body/Healthy mind

Come and join in some great activities and learn about what it means to be Healthy.

Upcoming programs include:

• I Am…Confident
• I Am…Part of My Community
• I Am…Knowledgeable

May 15th – June 19th 2012, Tuesday’s 10am – 2pm

St Christopher’s Hall
Cnr Way St and Brooklyn Tce, Kilburn

Bookings essential, call Anglicare SA on 8269 8708.

View the flyer.

Current estimates suggest that between 20% and 25% of Australian students experience learning difficulties and learning disabilities, affecting their potential to achieve academically. Students within this group include those with attentional disorders, such as ADHD, those with pervasive developmental disorders, such as Asperger’s Syndrome, and those with academic skill disorders, such as dyslexia and dysgraphia.

This workshop focuses on the knowledge and strategies required by mainstream teachers to ensure that students with learning difficulties are able to participate fully in classroom activities and successfully navigate the curriculum. The emphasis will be on providing teachers with a range of practical strategies that have been successfully implemented in multiple settings and across a range of age-groups. Initially designed to meet the needs of students with dyslexia, these strategies have been found to assist all students struggling with learning difficulties and learning disabilities.

Saturday 9th June, 2012 9.00am – 3.30pm

Sferas Park Suites Starlight Ballroom
191 Reservoir Rd, Modbury, SA

For further details please download the booking form.

Saturday April 28th 2012

Kidman Park Primary School Hall

11am – 3pm

Inviting young people and their families/carers, teachers, staff, SSO’s, Access Assistants, therapists, anyone who was and is involved with Conductive Education spanning from its inception until the present. Come and enjoy an afternoon of memories and festivity.

Full details are available in the flyer.

This event is sponsored by Conductive Education of South Australia.

Speaker

Dr Phillip Griffin
Plastics and Reconstructive Surgeon
Head of the Plastic Surgery Unit of Flinders Medical Centre

Time: 7.30pm to 9pm

Date: Tuesday 8th May 2012

Venue: Arthritis SA,118 Richmond Road, Marleston SA 5033

Cost: Gold coin donation

Bookings Recommended. Please contact Arthritis SA on 1800 011 041.

View this flyer as a PDF.

Download this flyer as a PDF.

Register at http://exporeg.dirc.webfactional.com/

For more information visit http://events.dircsa.org.au/

Relationships Australia South Australia (RASA) provides a service to support children, adolescents and adults with autism and their families.

Services provided include:

• information
• Education and skills training for parents
• Workforce training
• Student placements
• Family counselling and mediation.

Programs for children include the Living with Autism Home Program and the Living with Autism School Program.

For full details please visit the RASA website.

The next meeting of the Support Workers Support group, a support group for support workers, will take place on Friday April 27 2012.

Full details are available here.

The April 2012 edition of Diamond Reflections, the newsletter of Diamond House is now available to download.