Autism Friendly Learning - The New DEECD Website

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Worktrainers - Community Businesses Taking Pride In Supporting Workers With Disabilities

Contact Details:

Worktrainers Ltd

Cnr Ovens & King Street

Wangaratta 3677

Ph:       03 57 200 300

www.worktrainers.com.au

Overview of Services

Worktrainers has over 20 years experience in delivering Employment Services across North East Victoria.  We are a community business with a proven track record of placing and supporting people with disabilities into ongoing work.  We are local people supporting local people into local jobs!

Worktrainers delivers a quality personalised service that ensures our jobseekers specific employment goals and needs are met. 

Worktrainers provides assistance with:

·         Setting attainable career goals

·         Employment preparation training

·         Resume preparation and application letter writing

·         Personal coaching to enhance job prospects

·         Promoting jobseekers directly to potential employers

·         Interview preparation

·         Negotiating employment placements

·         Providing ongoing work based support once employment has commenced.

What are you doing?

What are you doing? Trailer from Autism Awareness on Vimeo.

Check out this  trailer for the film, ' What are you doing?'
It was created by the team at Autism Awareness, to teach primary students about the acceptance and understanding of their peers, with an autism spectrum disorder.
It will be screened in primary schools across Australia later this year.
To find out more about this project, click here.

Proposed National Disability Insurance Scheme

Click here to read the full report in your choice of 3 formats, including an 'Easy Read' version with visual supports. 

Positive Partnerships - Online Training & Information for Parents and School Staff

If you are looking for quality, evidence based training and resources, to support a family member or student on the autism spectrum; the Positive Partnerships Online Training Portal, is the place to start.


The user friendly site, is packed with fact sheets, readings and videos on a range of topics and hosts a sensational collection of online training modules, that you can complete at your own pace.

Click here to log on now!

FACT SHEET: HANDLING THE SHOCK OF A DIAGNOSIS

Click here to read the fact sheet at  the Autism Help website.

ADVICE FOR PARENTS OF NEWLY DIAGNOSED CHILDREN WITH AUTISM

Here Professor Anthony Bailey, Head of the Autism Research Group, University of Oxford, provides advice for parents of newly diagnosed children.

COME TO OUR NEXT MEETING

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Our next meeting is on Friday,18 November between 1:00 and 3:00pm in the Appin Park Primary School library.

We hope to see you there. 

For more detailed information check out our minutes in the right margin or contact us  at:

contactwangasdcop@yahoo.com.au

Are you looking for funding to buy an iPad for your child?

The Adam Scott Foundation Autism Grants Program is now open!!!

Please note that the application process is a little different this time and involves completing a form.

Please also note the criteria to apply “The Adam Scott Foundation Autism Grants Program is available to young people, aged 6-16 as of 16 November 2010, with an Autism Diagnosis across Australia. To be eligible you must be a permanent Australian resident.”

Good luck to all those that apply and please forward this information on to anyone you feel might be interested.

Click here to go straight to the information page.