The Disability Information and Resource Centre

AUSTSWIM are excited to announce the launch of their new training workshop Making Aquatics a Terrific Experience “MATE” in South Australia.

Who can attend? Disability support organisations, support carers, support staff, AUSTSWIM teachers, swim school coordinators or anyone interested. Be one of the first to attend this exciting new program!

MATE is an innovative and interactive community seminar aimed at optimising health and wellness opportunities for people with medical conditions and/or disabilities. This seminar promotes aquatic accessibility for all population groups.

This seminar has been designed to provide participants with the information, skills and confidence to take a person with a medical condition and/or disability to the pool for recreation activities. Aquatic activities are a valued and significant aspect of the Australian lifestyle. Often what prevents participation for community members is not lack of ability but lack of opportunity. The MATE seminar is not about swimming strokes; it is a guide to encouraging and facilitating physical activity in an aquatic environment for people who do not always have the opportunity to participate in aquatic activity.

State Aquatic and Leisure Centre, Saturday February 4th 9.00am-1.00pm. Enrolment fee $70.00.

View a promotional film clip for MATE.

For full details, have a look at the flyer.

The Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils Australia is organising a workshop for people with disability from the multicultural community.

The aims of the workshop are:

• To meet up and network
• To gain strength from our diversity, experiences and knowledge
• To discuss ways we can support each other
• To discuss the meaning of self advocacy
• To open up opportunities to a happy life
• To discuss how we can promote and implement human rights for people with disability in the multicultural community in Adelaide and South Australia

A support worker and lunch is provided, and a small pool of interpreters is available.

Wednesday 16 November, 11.30am to 3.30pm.

Bookings required by 9 November.

Contact

FECCA Disability Chair, Christian Astourian

0419 567 655 (text only)

dnd@mrcnorthwest.org.au

Download the flyer here.

There will be a day workshop for parents about DIR(R) Floortime(TM) on Saturday November 19th 2011 run by Georgina Ahrens (DIR(R) Floortime(TM) certified Occupational Therapist from Sydney) and Adelaide’s own Dana Baltutis (DIR(R) Floortime(TM) certified Speech Pathologist), at St Andrews school in Adelaide.

Cost per day is $80.00 per parent and $150 for 2 parents/ same family members. Parents are able to use Fachsia funding for this.

More information is available in the flyer.

Download the registration form.

If you are interested and/or have any questions, please contact Kathy Sampson on kathleen.sampson@bigpond.com.

A meeting with and for people with disability from the multicultural community

WHO should join the workshop

• People who are born in a non English speaking country with disability
• People born in Australia but who identify as culturally, ethnically or linguistically diverse and who live with disability

AIM of the workshop

• To meet up and network
• To gain strength from our diversity, experiences and knowledge
• To discuss ways we can support each other
• To discuss the meaning of self advocacy
• To open up opportunities to a happy life
• To discuss how we can promote and implement human rights for people with disability in the multicultural community in Adelaide and South Australia

Wednesday 16 November 2011, 11.30am to 3.30pm

Multicultural Communities Council of SA, 113 Gilbert Street, Adelaide

Please book attendance by 9 November 2011 with FECCA Disability Chair, Christian Astourian 0419 567 655 (text only) or dnd@mrcnorthwest.org.au.

Support worker and lunch provided.

Children and adolescents have varying ability to recover from difficult events or challenging life situations. Many factors are involved in creating the circumstances which foster resilient approaches to life problems, and they operate and inter-operate at the levels of the individual, the family, the school and the wider community. This workshop looks at current understandings of resilience from a systemic viewpoint, and reviews current research to provide direction to practitioners in supporting clients to develop more resilient attitudes to life’s problems.

To register for the upcoming Resilience workshop on 21st October from 2pm-5pm, contact Bower Place:

Address: Level 2, 55 Gawler Place, Adelaide SA 5000

Postal Address: PO BOX 379, Rundle Mall SA 5000

Email: info@bowerplace.com.au

T: (08) 8221 6066

F: (08) 8221 6061

The Positive Partnerships online learning courses are fully funded by DEEWR (Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations). They cover topics such as ‘using evidence to guide decision making,’ ‘positive behaviour support,’ ‘transitions’, ‘communication,’ and ‘bullying.’

You can register and access the workshops at http://www.autismtraining.com.au

This session will introduce some of the social difficulties that children experience and will discuss strategies that can assist them.

When: Wednesday 19th October from 9:30am-12:30pm

Venue: Autism SA, 262 Marion Rd, Netley

Price: $10 (payable at door)

Contact: call info line on 1300 288 47 to book or for more info

Website: www.autismsa.org.au

Autism SA are presenting a workshop by author Rudy Simone, on two topics related to Asperger syndrome.

The topics are:

• Asperger’s and Employment
• Asperger’s and Relationships

Date and Time

Thursday 17 November 2011

• 8.30am – 9.00am: Workshop Registration
• 9.00am – 12.00pm: Asperger’s and Employment
• 1.00pm – 5.00pm: Asperger’s and Relationships

Venue

Minda Incorporated (King George Avenue, North Brighton)

Registration Cost

Autism SA Client/Family: $75 per person

Autism SA Financial Membership: $85 per person

Standard: $90 per person

Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea provided.

For more information and to book, click here.

DON’T MISS OUT! Less than 10 places remaining for Bruce Uditsky’s Self-Directed Funding Workshop

International practitioner Bruce Uditisky will visit Adelaide this month to deliver his Self-Directed Funding workshop – Practical Lessons from Canada.

Purple Orange (the shopfront of the Julia Farr Association) invites individuals, families, support staff, service agencies and government agencies to attend this full-day workshop on August 15, which will be enriched by the lived experience of families from Canada.

The workshop will be held at Our Space, 104 Greenhill Road, Unley, South Australia, but places are limited and there are less than 10 left.

Bruce is the Chief Executive Officer of Alberta Association for Community Living, and will highlight what is needed by way of individual and family vision, community resources, government policy, funding, service provision, and other related features if self-directed funding is to be of value and benefit.

Supported by Anne Hughson, Lori Adamchick, and Jim and Diane Reid, the presenters have 30 years experience with self-directed funding, from its utilisation in their own family members’ lives to developing policies, legislation, resources, providing training and evaluating self-directed funding.

Further information and registration details.

For enquiries call (08) 8373 8333 or freecall 1300 857 327.

SAFE in Oz in partnership with GROW SA will be presenting ‘An Introduction To Working With Individuals Who Self-Abuse’ a 2 day training workshop in

Hove-SA on 3rd & 4th August 2011

SAFE in Oz will also be presenting the same 2 day training workshop, in partnership with UnitingCare Wesley – Reconnect in

Port Augusta-SA on 19th & 20th October 2011

SAFE in Oz aim to give workshop participants an insight into the headspace of one who self-abuses in order to better understand their ‘real’ world and experiences; focussing specifically on their thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

Throughout the workshop participants are encouraged to employ strength based practice, in collaboration with their clients, as a means to discovering a myriad of healthier alternative behaviours to use in response to their inner trauma.

As self-abuse does not impact solely on the physical aspect of an individual’s life, self-abuse is linked to its impact on the, mind, spirit and social aspects of life and explore the related long term effects.

SAFE in Oz also discuss the connection between self-abuse and suicide, BPD [Borderline Personality Disorder], mental illness, sexual assault, domestic violence and adolescence.

The presentation mode for the workshop is both interactive and activity based and includes ‘real’ case studies, PowerPoint presentation and DVD.

Each workshop participant is provided with a SAFE in Oz brochure, pen and presentation folder. The folder includes a workbook for each day which contains a copy of the PowerPoint presentation, activity pages and additional subject related reference and resource materials. The activity sheets include strategies and tools for use with clients, while the reference material acts to enhance understanding and give insight into related topics.

There are limited places for the workshops.

Hove Workshop Flyer

Port Augusta Workshop Flyer

Registration Form.