The Australian Lions Mobility Foundation has kindly invited families registered for services with Autism SA to attend Circus Quirkus.
Suitable for all ages, this spectacular family entertainment is in Adelaide for three shows only on Sunday 21 August 2011 at the Thebarton Theatre.
A limited number of free tickets to the 90 minute show are available by ringing the Autism SA Infoline on 1300 288 476 before Monday 8 August 2011.
Australian Animals Theme
24th – 26th June
@ Woodhouse
Nominations close Monday 6th June
Christmas in July Theme
Priority single parents
14th – 17th July (1st week of school holidays)
@ Woodhouse
Nominations close Monday 27th June
For more info call 8234 2973.
The Every Australian Counts campaign has a story on Jane and her 12 year old daughter who was born with cerebral palsy:
Jane and her 12 year old daughter Jessica are like many of us, busy running between appointments, juggling commitments and always short of time.
Sound familiar to you?
But for Jane and Jessica the NDIS could give them more time.
Jessica was born with cerebral palsy. She uses a wheelchair, cannot speak and needs round-the-clock care. And on top of everything else this family has to do, her mum Jane spends hours and hours filling out forms for support and respite care.
The NDIS could make a huge difference to a family like Jane and Jessica, with a tailored individual program for Jess to make sure she has what she needs and funding from one source.
Fill out a form to support the Every Australian Counts campaign.
There are two exciting events coming up in the July School Holidays hosted by Novita Children’s Services’ TeenZone program.
16th July at 1.30pm
Download the event flyer.
22nd July from 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Download the event flyer.
171 Days Road, Regency Park
Tickets $5 (adults free)
Contact Monique on 8243 8282
Presents
Sunday June 26th @ 2pm
@ Event Cinemas, Marion
Adults $20, ERC Members $18, Children U/15 $16 (includes small drink and popcorn)
Tickets must be purchased by Friday June 10 at 12pm and are limited so get in early!
Doors open at 1:40pm with a lucky prize drawn prior to the session.
All proceeds will go towards services provided by Edmund Rice Camps to children and families in need.
For more information call Edmund Rice Camps on 8234 2937.
High Tea at the Crystal Room at the Stamford Plaza.
This event is run by Edmund Rice Camps. Proceeds will go towards their services for children and families in need.
Sunday 22 May, 2pm to 4.30pm
For more information call Edmund Rice Camps on 8234 2937.
Tuesday 17 May 2011
Morning Session:
Time: 10.00am – 12.00pm
Facilitated by staff from MISFA WellWays
Afternoon Session:
Time: 12.45pm – 2.30pm
Facilitated by staff from Shine SA
Carers are welcome to attend one or both sessions.
For more information have a look at the flyer.
The VSA is currently seeking a more comprehensive picture of international organizations and initiatives that include a focus on arts & disability. In some countries, there are specialist organisations to ensure accessibility to the arts and culture for children and young people with disabilities. In other countries, general programmes include a substantial focus on an integrated approach to ensure the arts are accessible to all.
This detailed mapping will gather evidence in order to inform future decision making and policy for arts education for children with disabilities and will give insight into key issues and opportunities and highlight quality practice and innovations. The survey and research is being conducted by Professor James Catterall of UCLA and Professor Anne Bamford of the University of the Arts, London, both of whom have long standing commitments to the vital place of the arts in the lives of children with disabilities.
The survey is available, in English, French and Spanish and takes about 15 minutes to complete.
For more info visit www.ifacca.org/announcements/2011/03/09/survey-arts-and-children-disability.
The survey can be found here surveys.internationalresearchagency.org/vsa/index.php?lang=en&sid=88297.
The Raising Children Network is looking for Australian parents of children with special needs aged 3-9 years to take part in the evaluation of a new online program. This online tool, called the Behaviour Skills Builder, will help parents manage their child’s difficult behaviour.
Parents can complete the program in their own time. The program guides parents through a step-by-step process that helps them understand why the difficult behaviour occurs. It also helps them tailor plans and strategies to suit their child.
There are sets of questionnaires to fill in before and after the program – each set will take about 20 minutes to complete.
For further information contact info@parentingrc.org.au or freecall 1800 334 155.
New content is being created for the sa.gov.au website and volunteers are sought to be part of a reference group to evaluate the new content:
Seeking parent, carer and guardians to participate in a reference group and to provide feedback about education and early childhood
The sa.gov.au website is a whole-of-government initiative to create a single website for the public to access government information and services. The main objective of the website is to give the public accurate, up to date, easy to find and easy to understand information.
New web pages are being developed for parents, carers and guardians to provide information about:
- Early childhood services (child care, playgroups, etc)
- Preschools and kindergartens
- Schools (junior primary, primary, secondary/high)
- Skills based training / vocational education and training (eg. TAFE)
- University
- Community education
To assist the team in developing a ‘user friendly’ website, I am looking for a group of parents to ‘road test’ the structure of the website and provide feedback on the new web content.
Each of our major topics (listed above) will have its own reference group of 8-12 people. We are asking for volunteers. This may involve providing feedback via the web, email, over the phone or in person. Ideally members of the reference group will not work in education as they may have prior knowledge that may not be representative of the general public.
We expect that the majority of activities will be web based and will take between 5 and 15 minutes. There may be some face-to-face meetings, however, we recognise that some people may not be able to travel into Adelaide. If this is the case we will look at alternatives such as telephone or web conferences.
If you would like to provide feedback and have an influence on the new information that will replace the existing Education, skills and learning content on the sa.gov.au website, please complete the form at http://bit.ly/refgroup. Alternatively, you can contact myself or Kristen Morgan on telephone 8204 1438 or email sagovau@sa.gov.au.
Please feel free to share this request with your friends and relatives.
Regards,
Christine Irmler
FRANCHISE MANAGER, LEARNING FRANCHISE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND CHILDREN’S SERVICES
sa.gov.au
A PDF of the above content is also available.
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