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DEAI Social gathering and networking evening
Join members of the DEAI Committee and other Developmental Educators and students for a dinner and chat at the Hilton Hotel MyBar, South Rd, Hilton. This is a great opportunity to catch up, reconnect and develop new networks with other DE's. You will support the profession and each other by fostering our identity and profile as Developmental Educators. You can check out the menu HERE. We look forward to seeing you there. Please rsvp: contact@deai.com.au by 16th Oct.
Find out more »Using NDIS funding to create bigger and better lives
It’s not about the money, but how you spend it that counts! It’s also about the kind of relationship you have with the service and/or workers. Join JFA Purple Orange for a workshop to explore how self-direction can contribute to positive relationships and the control needed to live a rich and meaningful life What you will learn How to maximise choice and control using NDIS funding Using NDIS funding to focus on goals and meaningful outcomes Negotiating the right level…
Find out more »6th National Brain Injury Conference
Now in its sixth year, Brain Injury Australia’s National Brain Injury Conference has become one of the premier learning and development events on the disability calendar – driving improvements in services and supports for the over 700,000 Australians living with brain injury.
Find out more »asid 2018
This year’s Conference theme is Let’s Shake it up, human rights for everyone. The theme was chosen by a group of self-advocates and reflects their vision of a world in which human rights are truly extended to ALL people. This theme extends a challenge and an invitation to come together as researchers, practitioners, service providers, governments, families and people with a lived experience of intellectual disability to debate, discuss and collaborate on better ways to make inclusion and equal rights…
Find out more »DEAI Annual General Meeting
Advanced notice of the DEAI's 9th Annual General Meeting, to be held at the Tonsley Hotel, South Rd, Tonsley. 6.00 registration. Further details to follow. At this AGM, we will launch the 2nd National Developmental Education Week. Stay tuned!
Find out more »One-day Positive Behaviour Support Introductory Workshop for Direct Support Staff (ADL)
For successful PBS to occur, everyday support people require the skills to implement strategies outlined in individually designed PBS plans. Training outline: • An introduction to PBS • Basic PBS strategies to support a person’s communication and choice • Defining behaviours of concern • Collecting data to assist with monitoring the progress of PBS interventions • Understanding PBS plans • Understanding the PBS process as a team approach • Collaborating with key stakeholders PBS_PD_Flyer
Find out more »Pathways14 Conference, Sydney
The Pathways14 Conference is a biennial event organised by the Australian Tertiary Education Network on Disability (ATEND). The conference brings together disability practitioners, NDCOs and a range of other professional, academic staff and students with disability to identify and remove barriers for people with disability participating in post-secondary education and training. Pathways provides a unique opportunity to improve our knowledge and plays a pivotal role in supporting practitioners and the sector in general with an opportunity for professional development. It…
Find out more »inaugural Our Lives, Our Say Conference
There is much information still to be shared about this event, as it becomes available from JFA Purple Orange. But for now, save the date for the inaugural Our Lives, Our Say Conference. This event is for people living with disability 18+
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