Hello!
Many programs have begun now so the newsletter starts with another discobility, Abba in Mona Vale, sports for kids, cooking and craft and drama, as well as sailing and powerchair football. There are also activity programs for adults with Aspergers / autism or mental health issues, and a dating seminar for anyone. Youth with cerebral palsy can have mentoring, and male carers can enjoy cooking. Families are invited to attend parenting sessions, family support courses, information session on the Supported Living Fund. Carer programs exist in many places, and range from parent-to-parent support to regular groups to one-off educative sessions. There is a group for people experiencing anxiety and depression, and a consultation with carers about the Mental Health Commission’s priorities.
Financial matters include a reminder for HACC services to reply regarding transition arrangements between state and Commonwealth, and a number of vacancies in disability services. Resources include a recent publication on probity in employment, a website with publications in many languages, and a virtual clinic offering help regarding depression. Your participation is invited in the “Walk around the World Challenge” in Lane Cove, helping at a Christian camp for adults with disabilities, participating in a schizophrenia drug trial, or submitting entries to an art exhibition for International Women’s Day.
Workshops address rent (affordable housing), preventing falls, family violence, advocacy training, young carers, mediation and conflict, facilitation, challenging behaviour by Years 5 to 10 students, improving access to sex, drugs and crime, self-abuse, community gardens, school inclusion. The inaugural Trevor Parmenter lecture focuses on risk and intellectual disability. Forums address mental health services on the Northern Beaches
Your comments and suggestions are welcome, as always! The next newsletter will be sent on 23 February 2012.
Regards, Marjorie Janz
No comments:
Post a Comment