Hello!
The newsletter starts with two discobilities, weekend soccer for kids, boccia state titles, women’s wheelchair basketball festival, sailability, adult outdoor activities. Then there are several Auslan activities, drama, the Royal Easter Show, and three holiday programs. Activities for carers include meetings on transition to school, art for littlies, Cubby House’s birthday, several carer workshops and activities, vacancies in case management. Financial items comprise the Northern Harbour Relay for Life, a national youth self-portrait prize, and the NRMA insurance community grants.
You are invited to join the trip to Canberra regarding education, provide feedback on several agencies and a disability policy, participate in a study and artwork competition, or volunteer for Carers NSW. Resources include a an update on the National Disability Insurance, university students seeking placements, vacancies for lawn mowing, DVDs on engaging men and starting school, awareness days or week for Down Syndrome/ coeliac disease / arthritis, and the Carecareers website.
Workshops involve working with carers, active support, macular degeneration, the touching base workshop, abuse of older people, music therapy, fair work practices, advanced behavioural methods and person centred practice. Conferences are run on CJD, ADHD, the arts, coeliac disease, self-directed planning, genetic diseases, autism and orientation and mobility. A variety of professional development courses are being run the PWD, LGS, Northside Community Connect and IFP.
Your comments and suggestions are welcome, as always!
Regards, Marjorie Janz, Disability Information Officer, Warringah Council.
Phone 9942 2686, fax 9942 2371, email janzm@warringah.nsw.gov.au.
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