Asia Pacific

Autism Conference

Perth Australia

8-10 September 2011

http://www.apac11.org/


"Creating and Inspiring the Future"

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS COUNTDOWN

ONLY 2 WEEKS TO GO!

There are four broad streams to the Conference:


Stream 1: Aetiology, Diagnosis Epidemiology and other research


Stream 2: Early Childhood and Education


Stream 3: Adolescents and Adults


Stream 4: Families and Community

The Conference Committee encourages papers within the Conference themes. There will also be opportunities for Poster Displays.

To submit your abstract and contribute to a robust exchange of ideas and experience, please visit our website at www.apac11.org and click on “Call for Abstracts” before the 11 February 2011.


P: +618 9389 1488

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Upcoming Professional Development Workshops – February , 2011

Writing Policies and Procedures PERTH 1st February 2011

‘An essential workshop for management groups of Western Australian community organisations. Join us to identify a broad range of policy areas that your organisation may need to consider’

How to Write Effective Case Notes PERTH 10th February 2011


‘This workshop provides participants with easy to remember information and simple models that will assist with producing short, objectively written and easy to read case notes, in line with a set of national standards’

Managing Aggressive Clients PERTH 15th February 2011


‘Develop skills and strategies for dealing with potentially violent and challenging situations in the workplace’

Train your Mind to be Focused, Calm and Clear PERTH 23th February 2011


‘This one day course provides participants with both a theoretical framework and practical skills and strategies to increase self-awareness of both their mind and emotions, so that they are more likely to be productive, happier and engaged in their working and personal life’



For more information call the WACOSS SERVICES team on (08) 9420 7222.

Designing Environments to Inspire Social Success

PSC WA is pleased to present Caroline Fewster to deliver two fabulous new professional development sessions over a full day.

Be ‘wowed’ by Caroline as she explores practical and enriching possibilities for early childhood environments that inspire, teach and excite.

Session One:     
Presentation may be everything ... Creating the Wow Factor in Children’s Services

This workshop explores imaginative possibilities for creating early childhood environments.... that look and feel amazing. Participants in this workshop will be encouraged to:

• Consider possibilities for linking the principles, practices and learning outcomes of the EYLF to the intentional design of a learning environment.

• Challenge some long held assumptions of a ‘room arrangement’ and presenting a particular place especially designed for young children and their families.

• Expand our vision of what is possible in embracing the environment as a significant educator in our early childhood settings.
The WOW Factor always exceeds the expectations of the children and their families in Children’s Services.

Session Two:
Designing and Creating Environments that Nurture Children’s Social Learning and Behaviour

A workshop to explore the possibilities of the physical environments of each children’s service, including Long Day Care, Family Day Care, In Home Care and Occasional Care, and OSHC within the framework of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF, 2009) and the OSHC My Time Our Place framework.

Helping younger children to learn social skills is an essential part of early development. In this workshop, participants will look at teaching strategies to:

• Encourage children’s individual responsibility so that children can learn a sense of competence by engaging in meaningful social learning experiences

• Support and model pro-social behaviours with children.

• Shape positive behaviours by planning for individual children within a group setting

Many practical social learning materials and ideas will be demonstrated in this workshop.

Date: Saturday 26th February 2011


Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm
12.30pm – 1.30pm – Lunch
Venue: Wollaston Conference Centre
Wollaston Road, Mount Claremont

Cost: $80.00 per person


RSVP: Monday 14th February 2

Educators - Belonging, Being and Becoming

Educator's Guide to the "Early Years Learning Framework for Australia"

The Educators' Guide to the Early Years Framework for Australia is intended "to support curriculum decision making to extend and enrich children's learning from birth to five years and through the transition to school".
The Guide is designed to be used in interactive ways to promote in-depth conversations and thinking

over a sustained period about the concepts which build the Framework. It is not intended to be read in

one sitting. Rather, individuals and teams of educators may find it helpful to ‘dip’ into the Guide at different

points, to focus on one section at a time, and to begin with the section of most interest to them.


Most readers will find it helpful to read the Framework before turning to the Guide.


The following concepts of the Framework are explored in the Guide:

• belonging, being and becoming and their links to learning


• principles, practices and pedagogy, including play and partnerships with families, to support learning


• reflective practice


• curriculum decision making to foster children’s learning in areas identified by five broad


Learning Outcomes


• facilitating children’s transitions in the early years


• developing cultural competence


• Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural competence


• using theoretical perspectives.


Both the Framework and the Guide are designed to engage educators in critical thinking, reflection and inquiry. As such they are not prescriptive or 'recipe' books, but rather intended to provoke, inspire and challenge. They recognise that there is not one 'right way to provide for children's learning.

For more information and to access your copy of the the Educators - Belonging, Being and Becoming Guide, click this link

Asia Pacific Autism Conference Perth Australia 8-10 September 2011

"Creating and Inspiring the Future"
The Autism Association of Western Australia invites you to join them for the international Asia Pacific Autism Conference (APAC11) to be held 8-10 September 2011 in Perth, Western Australia.

Register here for pre-Early Bird savings.
http://www.apac11.org/

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

  Professor David G. Amaral, Ph.D. (USA)


Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences Research Director and Beneto Foundation Chair


The M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California, Davis


Professor Catherine Lord, Ph.D. (USA)


Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Pediatrics


Director of the Autism and Communications Disorders Centre, University of Michigan
Professor Patricia Howlin (UK)


Professor of Clinical Child Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry


Kings College London
Professor Gary Mesibov, Ph.D. (USA)


Professor of Psychology, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology


Former Director of TEACCH, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Theo Peeters (Belgium)


International Specialist and Founder of the Opleidingscentrum Autisme (Centre for Training in Autism), Antwerp, Belgium
Professor Tony Attwood (Australia)


Adjunct Professor, Griffith University, Queensland
Hilde DeClercq (Belgium)


Director of the Centre for Training in Autism, Antwerp, Belgium


Lecturer, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands


Kind regards,

Emily Chee

Event Manager

EECW Pty Ltd

P: +618 9389 1488

F: +618 9389 1499

E: eecw@eecw.com.au

W: http://www.apac11.org/

WA 2011 Early Childhood, Education & Care Conference

"WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY"

Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 June 2011, Perth Convention Centre

Child Australia is pleased to announce the 2011 Western Australian Early Childhood Education and Care Conference “Windows of Opportunity” to be held over the weekend of June 18 & 19 2011.

“Windows of Opportunity” reflects a significant period in time in which early childhood leaders, educators (in childcare and school settings), academics, researchers and policy makers can come together to work collaboratively to ensure our children have the best start in life.

The conference will provide participants a wide range of international and national key note speakers who will present on the most current research findings and provide a variety of workshops based on Leadership, Learning Environments and Relationships.


The areas of Advocacy, Curriculum and Assessment, Reflective Practice, Play, Early Childhood Education for Aboriginal Children and Inclusion will also be in focus.

To register your interest or find out more visit http://www.waecec.com/

National Quality Framework Information Forums, 2012 and Beyond

DEEWR, together with state and territory governments and the National Out of School Hours Services Association (NOSHSA) and Early Childhood Australia (ECA), will be running National Quality Framework forums across Australia in November and December 2010.
Information forums on the (NQF) and consultations on the proposed National Framework for School Age Care "My Time Our Place" will be held in major cities and some regional areas commencing in November, 2010.

Who Are They For?

People working or using services in Long Day Care, Family Day Care, Outside School Hours Care and Preschool are particularly encouraged to attend the NQF Information forums. Those families or services with school age children in any service type are also encouraged to attend the consultations on the school age care framework. To assist this, sessions have been scheduled to ensure that participants can access more than one session in each of the areas visited.

How Do I Register?

Pre-registration to attend a forum is not required, however it is essential that all attendees sign in at the sessions and you are encouraged to arrive half an hour earlier to enjoy some refreshments, meet with your colleagues and register.

What Are the Sessions About?


• Updated information on the NQF being implemented on January 1, 2012;

• Draft assessment and ratings process;

• The National Legislation and regulations; and

• General update on the implementation of the NQF.
• Presentations by Government representatives;

• Presentation on the draft Framework.


For additional information on these forums, including dates, times and venues, please click on attached link:

 NQF Information Forums

DEEWR has now released the Draft National Quality Framework Assessment and Rating Documentation.

For more information visit

http://www.deewr.gov.au/Earlychildhood/Policy_Agenda/Pages/NationalQualityFrameworkAssessment.aspx


For any queries in relation to the Draft National Quality Framework Assessment and Rating Documentation, please contact DEEWR on 1300 363 079.