Category Archives: intellectual disability

jobs, employment, careers, support

Disability Employment Framework Enquiry

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Peter Smith

I’ve uploaded a copy of my submission to my Google Plus page for anyone who is interested to read. You’ll find it under the posts page at; https://plus.google.com/106868512081012855375/posts/p/pub Enjoy. Peter

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Dying to Talk.

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Peter Smith

Professor Roger Stancliffe from the University’s Centre for Disability Research and Policy is leading a new research program, the Dying to Talk project which aims to develop a research-based toolkit to support staff and caregivers to deliver individual information to … Continue reading →

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Critical Disability Studies Forum.

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Peter Smith

If you have an interest in the future of disability, then this forum my be of interest to you. https://www.tasa.org.au/events/symposium-disability-support/

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Australian Cross Disability Alliance.

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Peter Smith

The decision fund the alliance is a timely one and is one that steps back from the workfare policies initiated by the Howard government and perpetuated by Rudd and Gillard. Under the previous governments, adherence to competitive funding has reduced … Continue reading →

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Ethics and Morality in Disability Practice.

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Peter Smith

I sometimes wonder about ethics and morality in our workspace. Often I witness an ends justify the means approach to practice ( a bastardisation and misinterpretation of the original quote) and whilst it’s not possible to prescribe ethics and morality … Continue reading →

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Disability Employment Forum

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Peter Smith

As many will be aware the Melbourne Eastern region councils are holding a disability Employment forum in August, 2014. Aimed at business owners and manager, the breakfast meeting will dispel some often myths surrounding employing people with a disability. Keynote … Continue reading →

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Disability Training Resources

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Peter Smith

One of the irritations of my life is the paucity of good quality training resources for use when training the certificate and diploma courses in disability. Sure there are a few organisations that have been producing resources for sometime, but … Continue reading →

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ASID conference

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Peter Smith

Currently in NZ at the conference. Some interesting stuff. Everyone talks about employment but only two DES topics out of 120. Hoping my new framework talk goes well today

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Staff Training and Development

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Peter Smith

One of the joys of modern technology is the capacity to reduce the tyranny of distance and allow anyone anywhere to access training. I’m introducing remote training as part of my programs to reduce per head costs and improve staff … Continue reading →

The Disability Employment Professional

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Peter Smith

Another fine study from Transgen in to the attitudes and beliefs of job Development professionals has implications for your business and staff training and development. They found that attitudes and values varied according to how long someone had been in … Continue reading →