Events: Sat 8 Aug 2015 - Future Planning

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.

Draft policy on HIV/AIDS and people with an intellectual disability

THIS IS A DRAFT AND IS NOT TO BE REPRODUCED OR QUOTED This draft policy is based on the principles enunciated in the Commonwealth Disability Services Act 1986. The contents cover education, discrimination, confidentiality, testing, services for people, and infection control guidelines. Keyword: Health

The Homecoming Model

The homecoming model has enabled 26 participating Vermont (USA) school districts to provide inclusive education to students who have presented some of the most intensive educational challenges within regular classrooms.

Whole of life planning for students with multiple disabilities in Australian schools

Inclusive schooling demands creativity on the part of the school and its staff in designing effective teaching strategies to meet the needs of all students. Steer argues that curriculum decisions for children with multiple disabilities should be based on shared understanding of the individual student's needs, strengths and abilities.

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