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Working internationally to share information, help build knowledge and support teamwork around babies, children and young people who are disabled, marginalised or vulnerable

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Children with Disability Australia needs your views on education

As part of our commitment to improve education for students with disability, Children with Disability Australia (CDA) is preparing a paper for the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) on the essential elements of a quality education program.
The aim of the paper is to inform the government about what schools can do to provide the best possible teaching, learning and personal development for students with disability. 

CDA wants to capture the contributions that students and parents make to a quality education experience. We are interested in hearing about experiences in primary, secondary, special, government or non-government schools. It is crucial that the experience of children and young people with disability informs this paper. CDA seeks your feedback on valuable experiences in education and the challenges encountered. 

CDA invites you to contribute your experience, focusing particularly on those things that have made a positive difference. Whether it is a couple of strong paragraphs or a longer piece, we welcome your contribution. What you tell us is up to you. Topics to cover could include: using an advocate, talking about the Disability Standards for Education, communication tips, school practices or even finding a good school. 

Please send your contribution by 16 August, 2013.

Phone: (03) 9482 1130
1800 222 660 (Regional or Interstate Calls)
Fax: (03) 9481 7833
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National Inigenous Women's Health Forum - free of charge

25–26 October 2013, Melbourne. Aims: Identify national key priorities in Indigenous women's health; Establish a national alliance as a single, collective voice, to drive the national agenda in Indigenous women's health in alignment with federal priorities/ policies; Facilitate cross sector, multidisciplinary engagement and networking among consumers, health care providers, policy makers, NGOs, media, industry and funders from across Australia; Facilitate collaboration and enable leveraging of funding from other sources including joint funding applications to government, philanthropic groups and industry; Facilitate partnerships and networks for implementation and translation of research into practice and policy to deliver better health; Build capacity in Indigenous women's health.

For leaders, program managers, researchers, relevant community professional, philanthropic, industry and government organisational representatives and health care professionals working in Indigenous women's healthcare. Information here - http://www.inwpcp.org.au/sites/default/files/files/Flyer_Indigenous%20women's%20health%20forum.pdf

 

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Partyline invites you to write about health in rural and remote Australia

Oartyline is looking for contributions from you and those in your networks about successful local programs, leadership and empowerment, local government, reflections on reform initiatives in your local area, opportunities for improved health, personal stories of commitment and resilience. 

Partyline No. 47 carries a six-page feature on hearing services in rural areas, including for children. Also focusing on children is a piece on the new dental health scheme, Grow Up Smiling. Several contributions recount personal experiences in remote communities in the Pacific region. Other articles look at eHealth and telehealth, Aboriginal health, disability services, women's health, workplace safety for professionals in rural areas, and several perspectives on allied health.

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