Free Dance Performance and Workshop to Celebrate International Day for People with Disability

 ‘In transit’ performance and workshop with DirtyFeet

'In transit' is a free and accessible dance performance and workshop at Riverside Parramatta, as part of STARE FEST - an inclusive arts event coordinated by Riverside Theatres’ Beyond the Square for International Day for People with Disability.

Four young professional dancers with and without disability will perform excerpts from the dance theatre work ‘In transit’, followed by a free public workshop. ‘In transit’ is choreographed by Sarah-Vyne Vassallo and will take audiences on a journey exploring life’s transitions - the constant changes, choices, and directions that we face everyday.

‘In transit’ is a creative participatory activity celebrating the diversity of young artists with and without disability. Open the flyer here.

Art form:       Dance
Event date:    Tuesday 2 December
Time:            11am – 11.30am performance
                    11.45am – 1pm workshop
Venue:          Lennox Theatre, Riverside Parramatta.
                    Church Street, Parramatta. Access Information.
Cost:             FREE
Bookings:      Riverside box office (02) 8839 3399
                    http://riversideparramatta.com.au/show/in-transit/
Further info: Sarah Fiddaman sarah@dirtyfeet.com.au 0438 325 943

DirtyFeet is a Sydney-based not for profit contemporary dance organisation supporting independent dance artists and promoting community engagement in the arts.

Have you completed the NSW My Say Survey?

If you work with kids with a disability first hand, you know, the parenting challenges families face. That's why you and the families you work with need the best in evidence-based parenting support. Stepping Stones Triple P can provide that help but they need your help.

They are asking professionals, like you, to tell them about the work you do, the support you need and how they can help the families you work with. Your views will help them deliver Stepping Stones Triple P in ways that suit the needs of professionals and parents across NSW.

Stepping Stones Triple P training  is also being offered free of charge. Register your interest on the My Say website. To have your say and find out more about the program visit www.mysay.org.au

All parents and caregivers of children with a disability are also invited to visit the website and complete the My Say Survey to register for free training. Download the parent flyer here.

Latest edition of our Journal now available!

The latest October/November edition of the Journal of mental Health for Children and Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: An educational resource is now available here.

Highlights include:

Adolescent Strugglers and Copers: How cognitive stress and anxiety precipitate or protect psychosis in the developmental brain vulnerabilities of 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome or Velo Car-dio Facial Syndrome (VCFS) by DAVID DOSSETOR pg 4

Parent Training to Reduce Behavioural and Emotional Problems in Children with Developmental Disabilities by KRISTINA CLARKE pg 8

Conference Review: The 15th Congress of European Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Dublin July 6-12th 2013 by DAVID DOSSETOR pg 10

The Physical Punishment of Children: Creating social change by TERRY SARTEN pg 12,

The Medicine Cabinet: Aripiprazole by JUDY LONGWORTH pg 16

Book Review of A Clinical Handbook in Adolescent Medicine: A Guide for Health Professionals who work with Adolescents and Young Adults by Steinbeck, K. and Kohn, M. Eds. (2013) by HEBAH SALEH pg 19

Unfogging the Future: Update on the National Disability Insurance Scheme by JODIE CARUANA pg 20

Team Westmead Autism by MICHELLE WONG pg 23

Through the Looking Glass: An insight into the future of ADHC as we know it. Interview with David Coyne by HEBAH SALEH pg 24

Bandaged Bear Visits the Grounds

Join the Bandaged Bear for a coffee as he visits the Grounds of Alexandria on Thursday 25th September 11-2pm.

The Children's Hospital at Westmead's Bandaged Bear will make an appearance amongst face painting and craft acitivities as part of the Ground's of Alexandria's school holiday program. Money raised will support the School-Link Project, Department of Psychological Medicine Children's Hospital at Westmead.

Building 7A, 2 Hunteley St Alexandria NSW 2015 www.groundroasters.com

Emotion Based Social Skills Training

Facilitator Training for Children with High Functioning Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome will be held on 9^th and 10^th October 2014. See this webpage for more information.

"Emotion-based Social Skills Training" (EBSST) is an innovative mental health promotion program developed at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead for children with High Functioning Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome, aged 8 to 12 years, their parents and teachers.

EBSST has been researched since 2004 and evaluated in over 300 Department of Education and Communities NSW public schools. Findings indicate improvements in children’s social and emotional skills up to 6 months after intervention, compared with children not receiving EBSST.