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Information sessions: Webcasts

 

The Spastic Centre has recorded webcasts or online seminars on topics of interest to people with cerebral palsy, their families and carers and other service providers. These webcasts have been recorded in a virtual classroom called Elluminate and can be viewed by clicking on the links below.
Find out how to set up your computer to view a webcast.

 

Topics:

• Building Resilience in Children with Special Needs
  Description: A seminar for early childhood staff working with children with special needs. Learn how to strengthen emotional resilience, including:
  - helping children learn more about their feelings and how to talk about them
  - helping children learn new coping skills and behaviours
  - fostering life skills to help children confidently manage stressful situations.
  Presenter: Jenny Waites
  Duration: 1 hour
  Associated documents:
  - Presentation - Building resiliance in children with special needs (PDF -204 KB)
  - Social Skills for Children with a Disabiltiy: Topic Guide (PDF - 764 KB)
  - Brothers and Sisters (PDF - 768 KB)
  
  
• Managing Challenging Behaviour
  Description: A seminar for early childhood staff working with children with special needs. Learn how to manage challenging behaviour, including:
  - understanding the common triggers and causes of the behaviour
  - planning ahead to prevent difficulties from occurring
  - helping children to learn new skills and behaviour
  - strategies for managing problem behaviours when they occur.
  Presenter: Heidi Jarvis
  Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes
  Associated documents:
  - Presentation - Behaviour management for children with special needs (PDF - 237KB)
  - Blank ABC Chart (PDF - 89 KB)
  - Dinosaur Token Board (PDF - 81 KB)
  - 'First-Then' Board with Cards (PDF - 2.2 MB)
  - 'I am working for' Board (PDF - 330 KB)
  - Softpic Pictures - Choices (PDF- 1.5 MB)
  - Visual Supports for Behaviour Management (PDF - 654 KB)
  
  
• Transition to Work: Life After School
  Description: A seminar for school leavers with a disability and their parents. Find out about the options that are available after you leave school - further education, training, employment or community participation. The presentation also covers financial assistance, employer incentives and much more.
  Presenter: Audrey Housby and Sue Werner
  Duration: 58 minutes
  
  

How to set up your computer to view a webcast:

The webcast is recorded in our Elluminate virtual classroom. Elluminate requires a small application called Java webstart to be loaded on your computer for it to run.

1. To check whether your computer is set up to access Elluminate go to: http://www.elluminate.com/support/
   
   
2. If it tells you that you need to have Java webstart loaded, you will need ask your IT department to do this, or follow the links to do it yourself.
   
   
3. You will need headphones or speakers on your computer to hear the presentation.
   
   
4. Each time you click on the link to open up a webcast, your browser will need to download and open a file called meeting.jlnp. Some web browsers may open a message window or a bar at the top of your browser window asking you if you would like to download and open the file. You will need to allow this download in order to view the webcast.

If you experience any difficulty accessing these webcasts, please contact Maria at mgreenwood@tscnsw.org.au