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Brought to you by the Australian Association of Gerontology(AAG) in partnership with the University of Adelaide, the Eastern Collaborative Project, COTA and supported by Helping Hand.

You are invited to attend this most informative seminar presented by visiting international speaker Professor Anthea Tinker.

• When: 28 May 2013
• Time: 3 till 5pm followed by refreshments
• Where: Helping Hand Chapel Room, Cnr Fosters Road and East Parkway, NORTHGATE 5085

Costs:

Free for AAG Members
$30 for Non-Members
$10 for Students/Concession Non-Members

Led by the Institute for Gerontology at King’s College London, the large Grandparenting in Europe study highlights an emerging childcare crisis particularly in the UK, as grandparents pick up childcare duties whilst parents work. Yet the pressure on grandparents to stay in work themselves as the pension age rises beyond 65, coupled with patchy and expensive formal childcare means more working parents will be unable to make work pay says Grandparents Plus.

Professor Anthea Tinker will present findings from this international study which has striking similarities with the social and political fabric of Australia. This is an important presentation for all grandparents and service providers, and will suggest ways we can offer support and services to this growing group of informal carers.

Professor Anthea Tinker, Professor of Social Gerontology, King’s College, London, UK

Anthea Tinker has been Professor of Social Gerontology at King’s College London since 1988. She has been a Consultant to the WHO, EU and OECD. She has undertaken a wide range of research in the field of social policy specialising in gerontology. She is the author or co-author of 32 books and over 300 articles and book chapters.

She was awarded the CBE in 2000 in the Queen’s Birthday Honours and was one of the ‘Women of the Year’ in 2002. She was elected a fellow of the British Society of Gerontology in 2008 and awarded the Society’s Outstanding Achievement Award in 2010.

Registration is available in a number of ways via the AAG webpage. Click here to visit the page and register.

The AAG has recently undertaken some changes to its processes and we’d really like any feedback on the event registration and information process. You can do that by sending feedback directly to me and I will forward to the National Office.

Training and Evaluation for Change (TEC)

Towards a Better Life

An exploration of the Social Role Valorisation framework

with regard to people who are marginalised

Dates & Times

Thursday & Friday

June 27^th & 28^th  2013

Registration 8.15 am

8.30 am to 5.00 pm

Interested in learning about the theory of Social Role Valorisation?

The workshop examines how the acquisition of valued roles can contribute to changed societal perceptions and strengthen the likelihood that people with a devalued status will get a better life. The core themes and principles of SRV will be explored through presentations, exercises and discussion.

The two-day workshop is designed to assist participants to:

Understand social devaluation and the impact and consequences for people with disabilities, aged people and other marginalised groups;

Learn about SRV as a means of addressing those experiences of devaluation;

Gain clarity of personal values in regard to issues of devaluation and one’s personal service to people who are devalued; and

Strengthen, support and confirm one’s commitment, stand and purpose to individuals who are wounded by devaluation.

Who is this workshop for?

“Towards a Better Life” is designed for participants from a range of Government, non-Government and community or consumer sectors (disability, aged care, mental health, etc). This will include support workers, coordinators, managers, members of management committees, family members, people with disabilities, people with a mental illness, aged people and advocates.

Participants should be people who are looking for ways of meeting the real needs of marginalised people, resulting in a better life, and who are interested in understanding more about Social Role Valorisation.

Why this workshop is a good underpinning for person centred work and self direction/consumer directed care.

While these approaches have many positive features, their application will be enriched if they are underpinned by a consciousness-raising, values-engaging empirical theory such as SRV. In the absence of a solid theoretical and practice framework, the danger is that these approaches will be superficially adopted, leading to more struggles in the pursuit of better lives for vulnerable individuals.

Presenters

JANE SHERWIN

Jane Sherwin is a Senior Social Role Valorisation Trainer, having been involved in the teaching, learning and application of SRV since the early 1990s. She is a member of the Australian & New Zealand SRV Group. Based as a consultant in Queensland, Jane has been involved in the lives of people with disabilities and older people since the late 1970s, in government and community services as an occupational therapist, manager, lecturer, and organisational change manager. She now works as a teacher, mentor, evaluator, co-creator of better lives and writer.

Other guest presenters will co-present with Jane.

Dates & Times

Thursday & Friday

June 27^th & 28^th  2013

Registration 8.15 am

8.30 am to 5.00 pm

Registration Fee

(includes morning and afternoon tea & lunch)

$295   full fee registration (GST exempt)

$130 for people with a disability, older people and parents (if not supported by an organisation to attend) and full-time students. (GST exempt)

Venue

Somerton Surf Life Saving Club

Crn Repton Road & the Esplanade

Somerton Park

Event Organiser:  Jayne.Barrett@clp-sa.org.au

0408 550 123

Here is a link to the flyer, with the registration form.

Towards A Better Life Flyer June 2013

My Choice, My Control, My Future: DisabilityCare Australia

In the lead-up to the DisabilityCare Australia launch in July, the Australian Government will be hosting a national conference to help people with disability, their families and carers as well as service providers to transition to the new arrangements.

The conference will bring people together to discuss the scheme, how it will work and how we will help people and service providers in this new system of support.

DisabilityCare Australia will fundamentally change the way we support people with disability, their families and carers. This year it will become a reality for thousands of people with disability, their families and carers in select locations across the country.

The conference will be held on Sunday 23 and Monday 24 June 2013, at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Register your interest in attending by emailing conference@conlog.com.au

This is a site where young people, with and without, disabilities, can find information and join in forums, on a range of issues including, disability, study, work, sexuality, mental illness and socializing.

http://au.reachout.com/

YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING ABOUT
WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS TO PREPARE FOR EMPLOYMENT

“UNDERSTANDING AUTISM WORKSHOP”

Presented by Malcolm Mayfield of Autism STAR Pty Ltd

Malcolm has an inherent experience of Aspergers and and is a certified practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming, a qualified presenter and trainer, and co-author and Australian distributor of the AAPC book “The Hidden Curriculum of Getting and Keeping a Job: Navigating the Social Landscape of Employment’.

In this newly developed interactive workshop Malcolm will explore:

• Aspects of Autistic communication including:
  • The Hidden Curriculum
  • Sensory Sensitivity
  • Meltdowns
  • Key Attributes for Employment
  • Strategies for bridging communication between autism and the support sector

This practical workshop is ideal for teachers / lecturers, student services officers, disability officers and advisers, career advisors and consultants and people supporting people on the spectrum to achieve vocational outcomes and employment.

Places are limited, so registrations will be on a first come, first serve basis.
Please register as soon as practical by emailing jennifer.cousins@tafesa.edu.au
These free workshops are sponsored by the National Disability Coordination Officer Program-R23.

Addressing Community Care Common Standard 3: Service User Rights and Responsibilities.

Participants will examine:

• What is an advocate?
• Service users’ right to use an advocate
• Assisting service users to access an advocate
• Working with advocates

The seminar will have a practical focus and will demonstrate how your service can uphold Standard 3 and the HACC Service Principles.

3rd June, 10am – 12pm at Dom Care, Hampstead Centre, Northfield
Phone Lui DiVenuto for information about this session on 8304 6153

27th June, 2 – 4pm at Dom Care, Woodville
Phone Chris Materne for information about this session on 8440 6737

24th July, 10am – 12pm at City of Onkaparinga Civic Area, Noarlunga
Phone Sally-Ann Warnes for information about this session on 8384 0758

Click here to download the flyer for more information.

Mental health difficulties in one partner inevitably impacts both the relationship and life of the other. There is also significant evidence that problems in a couple relationship can lead to mental health problems. Whilst the recovery approach talks about the inclusion of relationships and networks, the restraints of workloads, confidentiality, the centrality of the client and availability and/or interest of the partner often result in the individual becoming the focus of treatment. In this participatory workshop, we will consider the benefits of working with the partners of people with mental health diagnoses; discuss and contrast different approaches, and the processes engaged in to select and apply them. We will explore the potential and hazards in enlisting the partner as your assistant in intervention, couple therapy where one of the couple is in significant distress, and working exclusively with those aspects of the relationship that appear connected to the person’s symptoms. We will consider the role of parenting, as a key aspect of the couple relationship, although the impact of parental illness on parenting and child development will not be a major focus of this workshop.

A Good Practice Forum is an opportunity to network, share with peers and showcase your good practice. The focus for this forum is young carers.

Who should come?

- service providers offering programs with and for young carers

- educators supporting young carers with their learning

- employers supporting young carers in the workplace

- youth workers

- young carers

Off street parking is available near by and Tram Stop 1 is a five minute walk away.

Carers SA
66 Greenhill Rd
Wayville, SA 5034
Australia

Tuesday, 21 May 2013 from 8:45 AM to 12:30 PM (CST)

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW.