Tuesday, March 8, 2011

WARRINGAH DISABILITY NEWSLETTER No 250 - 4/03/11

The newsletter starts with film-making and dance, then powerchair football and paralympic football, boccia day camps and Boccia State titles.  For carers, there are fine arts, cooking, memory loss of younger people, grandparent advisors, information regarding autism, support groups.

Financial matters concern the Better Start for Children with Disability (from 1 July), grants for education or for accessible communities or for safe communities.  Resources include the Disability stories, life story cards for men, mobility scooter safety, NCOSS election fact sheets, disability friendly apartments, the safely home program.  Your participation is invited to respond to the Disability Care and Support Scheme, social skills of people with brain injury, social work student placements, the criminal justice system and people with brain injury, and the need for accessible premises for an employer of people with high support needs.

Workshops and training address leadership, bush fire protection, aggression, Caring for Older Australians report, I-CAN facilitation, dementia, sensory processing, effect of conflict, child sexual abuse, teens’ back chat, functional assessment and behavioural intervention, assessing capacity.  Organisations are meeting regarding mental health support, HACC activities, interagency activities.  Training is offered by the AICPG, IFP, Northside, Paraquad, and there are calls for papers to two conferences.  There are also three job positions.

Your comments and suggestions are welcome, as always!  The next newsletter will be sent on 18 March.

Regards, Marjorie Janz, Disability Information Officer, Warringah Council.
Phone 9942 2686, fax 9942 2371.  Also janzm@warringah.nsw.gov.au.

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