10th ASSID Disability Support Worker Conference 2010

"10 Years on: Looking Back but Moving Forward"

Univerisity of Melbourne

November 17 & 18, 2010

Further information and updates can be found at this site or contact

dswconference@rmit.edu.au   or telephone 61 (0)3 9925 7899

DSW09 Conference Opening Keynote Address:

The Hon Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Children's Services and Disability

 Conference Session Papers  

EMERGING RESEARCHERS' FORUM 

On the 10^th July 2008 Vic ASSID hosted the first “Emerging Researchers’ Forum” at the Centre for Developmental Disability Health, Monash University. A small but dynamic group of students and research supervisors met to discuss their research focusing on people with intellectual disabilities, and the issues faced when doing research in this area. Associate Professor Teresa Iacono also presented on issues of having people with ID consenting to participating in research and what to do when people can’t consent on their own behalf (see attached). Below is a list of some to the students currently working on research involving people with ID in Victoria.

Student	Research Topic	Email
Alex Phillips	Use of primary health services by support workers for adults with an intellectual disability	Alexandra.phillips@med.monash.edu.au
Amie O'Shea	Young women with intellectual disability	aloshea@students.latrobe.edu.au
Claire Quilliam	Exploring staff communication and its influences on accommodation breakdown of people with disabilities and behaviours of concern: a case study	ceq@deakin.edu.au
Hilary Johnson	Social networks of adults with intellectual disability	H.Johnson@latrobe.edu.au
Jo Hobbs	The Person Centered Planning journey: Philosophy practice & personal outcomes	johanna.hobbs@rmit.edu.au
Louise Phillips	Impact of Disability Act on Behaviour Support Plans	lphillips@people.net.au
Meredith Prain	Getting in touch - interactions between adults with congenital deafblindness and the staff who support them	merryprain@gmail.com
Sheridan Forster	Interactions between disability support workers and people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities	sheridan.forster@med.monash.edu.au
Stella Koritsas	Determinants of challenging behaviour in people with ID	stella.koritsas@med.monash.edu.au

Click here for a copy of the discussion paper that ASSID submitted to the Department of Human Services in response to the Victorian Disability Legislation Review.

Click here for the latest regional newsletter.

Click here for presentation given by Kathryn Lamb to ASSID Victoria AGM on 8 August 06 on the Disability Act 2006

For information on

43^rd ASSID CONFERENCE

Held 24-26 November 2008  University of Melbourne

Principles, Policies and Practices:   The Search for Evidence 

A selection of papers are available under "Conference Papers" page above

To view all Abstracts visit the Conference Website:  http://www.courses.as.rmit.edu.au/psychology/ASSID08/index.html

8^th Annual Disability Support Worker Conference  

Held 27-28 November 2008 University  of Melbourne

Working Well: On Paper AND in Practice   

A selection of papers are available under "Conference Papers" page above.

To view all Abstracts visit the Conference Website:  www.courses.as.rmit.edu.au/psychology/DSW08/abstracts.html

For more information contact: dswconference@rmit.edu.au or Telephone: 03 9925 7899