OurTime for peer support

Around 100 professionals from across Australia attended OurTime - the first ever national MyTime Forum in Melbourne recently.

The forum gave MyTime professionals an opportunity to share ideas, support one another and contribute to further development of the successful facilitated peer support model.
In officially opening the forum, then Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities, the Hon. Bill Shorten, thanked participants for their hard work and commitment to supporting families of children with disabilities and chronic medical conditions.

“You are part of 250 peer groups scattered across Australia. Four thousand parents and carers have been assisted through the life of the MyTime program.

“When I look at all of you I don't see people just working in MyTime. I see you all as making an individual contribution to try and improve the situation for parents and children with disabilities.”

MyTime has been funded for a further three years and is now available to parents of children up to 16 years of age.

Read Mr Shorten’s speech.

Managing Difficult Behaviour in the Early Days

Early Days workshops have supported around 2500 Australian parents and carers of young children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, with over 23 different workshop topics developed since February 2009.

A new Early Days workshop on Managing Difficult Behaviour is now available. It focuses on helping parents and carers deal with challenging behaviour, including temper tantrums, rule-breaking and aggression.

Visit the Early Days website or call 1800 334 155 for information about the Managing Difficult Behaviour workshop and all the Early Days workshops.

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Working Together for a Healthy Start

After its national forum in May, the Healthy Start Practice Network began a series of eight collaborative projects.

Working groups are exploring a range of issues, including young women leaving child protection, children of parents with learning difficulties, healthy relationships for women with learning difficulties, and supporting families experiencing the removal of a child.

This shared work is a powerful way for professionals to share information, increase expertise and promote enhanced community support for parents with learning difficulties and their children.

See video of the Advocacy Collaboration reporting back to the national forum.

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Raising Teens on RCN

The award-winning Raising Children Network will expand with two new sections: Raising Pre-Teens and Raising Early Teens. These are the first non-commercial information hubs dedicated to providing tools and resources for parents of children aged 9-15 and for professionals working with teens.

The information provided is written by Australian professionals and, like all Raising Children Network content, is evidence-based and quality assured. Topics were informed by parents and youth health experts from across the country and include bullying, body image, behaviour, technology and communication.

The first phase of Raising Pre-Teens and Raising Early Teens will be available online from 4 October 2010.

Content will be added over the next six months with completion expected in May 2011.

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