NDCO Region 15

"Across the Desk" newsletter, 2nd edition (December 2018)

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NDCO Region 15 newsletter, "Across the Desk" now available.

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NDCO 'Perspective Matters' Podcast - back for 2020 with a special interview with Glenn Mercer from Wangaratta. 

I first met Glenn late last year at a special information session for business and employing people with disability. 

To access the interview please CLICK HERE. 

Capability Albury Wodonga Network - information and details.

For details please follow this accessible document link: CLICK HERE 

TO access the Champions of Business accessibility guide featuring links to resources and websites designed for businesses and employers...

... please ACCESS VIA THIS LINK. 

Summary document linking various Career/pathways and other reports - CLICK HERE to access. 

NDCO resources collective - CLICK HERE to access. 

To access the NDIS Economic Participation grant recipients 2019 - click here

Every two years the Pathways conference comes an goes. This year it was held at Manly as NSW had their chance to host. 

The conference brings together disability practitioners, NDCOs and a range of other professional, academic staff and students with disability to identify and remove barriers for people with disability participating in post-secondary education and training.  

Normally I would provide notes on those sessions attended and post as a blog but this year I thought I would go with the audio version as part of the podcast series. Given the large amount of audio collected I actually think that this episode is more like a part one, noting that the theme of this years event was, "Progressive Partnerships - Inclusive, Innovative, Ingenuity".

Big thanks to the following who have made this episode possible;

Eliza Ault-Connell, Alastair McEwin, Jax 'Jackie' Brown, Dr Louise Smith, Greg O'Connor and Tony Burrett.

I look forward to including some further audio captured in part II early next year. 

To access the MP3 audio file PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Podcast # 6 African work expo, Albury Wodonga 17th October 2018

For this months edition of the NDCO perspective matters podcast series I managed to catch up with a range of attendees at a recent forum specially targeting the African community recently settled in the border region of Albury Wodonga. Number three in a series of workshops run by the locally support agency 'Gateway health', this particular event focused on introducing the local African community to a range of employment and transport support services. 

I went along to find out more about some of these supports and also the main issues from both sides of the equation. 

Big thanks to the organisers, support services and African community for allowing me access to hear about the challenges of being a new arrival in a foreign country. 

To access the audio - please click here

Podcast # 5 Pathway Options for students with a disability for career advisers. 

On the 27th August my colleague Tracy Hetherton from region 10 and myself had the chance to present to a room full of school career advisers as part of a professional development day hosted by Charles Sturt University (CSU). Whilst the presentation focused on the transitional pathway options for students with disability we also touched on the impacts of NDIS, School Leaver Employment Supports and options when it comes to work experience.

A big thanks to both CSU and the Albury Wodonga Careers Advisers Association (AWCAA) for giving us the opportunity to present. As part of this podcast episode I have taking my audio from the day which has been matched to the Power Point used. You can easily follow along to the corresponding slide number on the Powerpoint downloadable below. 

To access the audio - please click here. 

To access the Power point, click here.

To access the SLES resource document mentioned in this episode, click here.

To access the reports overview document also mentioned in this episode,  click here.  

Podcast # 4 Literacy Learnings, Steve Capp, Principal from West Bentleigh Primary School.

On the 26th July over fifty school literacy leaders came together on the border to hear from Steve Capp, Principal Bentleigh West Primary School to discuss a considered approach to improving literacy levels across all grades. This talk outlines the role of evidence based reading instruction, it's relevance to improving results for students with dyslexia, and the importance of considering a suite tools such as phonetic awareness and multi sensory learning.

To listen to this episode of the NDCO Perspective Matters podcast - CLICK HERE

Also note the following resource links that accompany this episode:

• Powerpoint used during the discussion. Includes additional resource links: CLICK HERE
• Dyslexia in the Classroom, support document: CLICK HERE