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Nuts and Bolts

The first Nuts and Bolts Day - Your Issues' was held on Tuesday 27th of November at the University of Technology, Sydney City Campus and was attended by over 26 University Disability Staff.

The aim of the day was to bring all disability practitioners/officers/workers and managers from NSW/ACT Universities together to -

Discuss and work issues;
Meet with other disability practitioners and network;
Work out ways of working better together; and
See what can be done.

The day consisted of seven informal workshops, an extended lunch and a "Plenary: where to from here" the original program can be found here.

Notes from the day are also available from the below links.

Strategies for working with students with particular disabilities
Assistive Technologies
Communication with Students
Exams requiring adjustments
Industrial Placements
Note-taking
Reasonable Adjustments
Plenery

The N&B day was facilitated by the Disability Coordination Officer (DCO) for Northern, Central and Southern Sydney.

The Second University Nuts and Bolts Day - Your Issues.

Was held on Wednesday 15th October at UTS, Broadway Campus.

The program

9.30am Registration and Networking
   
9.45 -10.00am Goal-Setting for the day
   
10.00 - 11.00am

Skill development for staff

A look at what skills are needed by all staff, academic and non-academic, to deal with students with a disability within the University Environment and how those skills can be best developed.

Facilitated by Trevor Allan

You can down Trevor's PowerPoint presentation here

 
11.00 -11.15am Morning Tea
   
11.15 -12.15pm

Mental Health Workshop

This workshop will help you to identify the indicators of stress, depression and other early signs of Mental illnesses in your colleagues and how you can help them.

A workshop by Catherine Fitzgerald.

You can down load the handouts from this session here.

Recognising Stress.doc

Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook.doc
   
12.15 - 1.15pm

Internal Advocacy for disability access and services

A panel will discuss methods of advocacy for disability access and services, with input and questions from the audience.

   
1.15 - 2.15pm Lunch and Networking.
   
2.15 - 3.10pm

Strategies to do the Job Better

A look at how we can all do our jobs better and more professionally and hopefully with less stress.

Facilitated by Geoffrey Maddox.

   
3.10 - 4.00pm

Students Documentation

What documentation should student have before they can access services? What are the inns and outs that you should be aware of surrounding student documentation?

Facilitated by Petria Mcgoldrick.
   
4.00 - 4.15pm Plenary: where to from here. .
   
4.15pm Cheese and Wine

 

If you have any questions or comments please direct them to me via e-mail thart@med.usyd.edu.au

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