Events: Sat 8 Aug 2015 - Future Planning

Parent action in local communities: Cairns regional parent network

This paper contains valuable information for families interested in parent networks and support groups. It describes the Cairns Regional Parent Network, how they formed, and the outcome of a Forum they planned for bringing parents together.

Taking on the World: Empowering Strategies for Parents of Children with Disabilities

The author provides "practical advice on how to take on and overcome the stresses of the family, medical, school, church, work and bureaucratic worlds. She advises parents on such things as stabilising their emotions, organising parent groups to get needed services from government agencies, schools, and the medical establishment.

A Stitch in Time: A study into the respite care needs of families with disabled children in Victoria

This study on respite care by the Children's Bureau of Australia (a non government agency that pursues three main activities nation wide - research, advocacy and information services relating to children) "examines its use for disabled children, providing a comprehensive overview of the characteristics of the population studies and parents'...

Parent Access Handbook: A Summary of Lectures Given at the Parent Access Workshop, Brisbane

This handbook is a compilation of presentations given at a Parent Access Workshop. The general theme of the workshop focused on strategies and skills for affecting positive change in the lives of family members with disabilities.

Friends: A manual for connecting persons with disabilities and community members

"This manual is for anyone who is interested in supporting a person with disabilities to widen his or her circle of relationships and develop deeper friendships.

The Disabled Child and the Family: An Exceptional Parent Reader

This book is a compilation of the "best" (as the editors see them) articles published in the journal, The Exceptional Parent , in the fifteen years to 1985.

From me...to you: Advice for parents of children with special needs

At the time this was published, Anne Whaite was a consultant for the NSW Department of Health and Judy Ellis was the Director of the Commonwealth Office on Disability. Judy is also the parent of a young man with an intellectual disability and the Coordinator of this organisation.

Service delivery issues in working with fathers of children with special needs

This brief paper advises services to involve fathers of children with disabilities (and other men- staff, volunteers etc. ) so that they can participate in the care and treatment of their child.

In the community or of the community?

DRAFT - NOT TO BE REPRODUCED OR QUOTED Ethnic people who have disabilities are increasingly recognised as being doubly handicapped through, for example, labelling and having less access to appropriate and meaningful information.

Substitute consent- a guardianship dilemma

This paper argues that Guardianship Boards need to target the kinds of cases in which guardianship is most likely to achieve something for the people with disabilities involved. It is argued that this need arises especially in the context of substitute consent to medical treatment, restraints etc.

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