Workshops, Seminars & Enquiries

Margie Payne reports that "Mark Clayton provides some information which should be of much interest to our members" - and it certainly is.

22-23 April: A seminar at Stamford Grand North Ryde called "Conversations, Connections, Communities" which is a shorter version of one attended recently by Neale Parnaby for 4 days in Lismore.
"If you are interested in knowing more about Person Centred Practices, then join Sunnyfield for the Person Centred conversation of a lifetime. This Seminar will give you the opportunity to hear four international leaders speak on Person Centred Practices".
Click here to download a copy of the flyer and registration form.

4 May: family ADVOCACY have Jeff Strully presenting "Creating the life you want" from 9.30 to 2.30 pm at the Epping Club. "What happens to people with developmental disability once their parents are very elderly or have died? Who will be in their life? Will extended family step in and take over? Can families count on the NSW State government? Will a service provider organisation be the answer?"
Jeff will share the story of Jay Nolan Community Services—a service organisation that supports people with autism and other developmental disability to live full, rich lives in the community. Eighteen years ago, the organisation changed the way services were provided from very traditional group living to personalised and customised supports.
The presentation will assist families and workers to think through their own planning and priorities, the relationship between families, people with disability and services, the role of services, and how people with disability could be better supported. In Jeff’s experience, the financial side of planning for the future is much easier than the quality of life side, so more focus and energy must be directed to the quality question as it is this that creates a life worth living.
Click here for the registration form.

June 2010: The Australian Government has asked the Productivity Commission to undertake a public enquiry into a long-term disability care and support scheme. There are many questions about how to improve current arrangements. The Commission welcomes the views of all people and organisations. There is an information paper here and you can see more here http://www.pc.gov.au/projects/inquiry/disability-support/terms-of-reference.
Do you want to make a personal submission? should the Auxiliary? should Sunnyfield? What should we say??

Thanks to Margie.