MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ARE NOT UNCOMMON AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES. And yet, when we encounter a DISABLED PERSON
EXPERIENCING POOR MENTAL HEALTH, our understanding and response is
still limited by assumptions such as their disability is the root
cause of the MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE RATHER THAN LOOKING DEEPER. Using
up-to-date statistics, evidence-based support strategies and lived
experience, this presentation aims to arm educators and support staff
with the tools to help them become a changing force in the lives of
the young people they work with.
PRESENTED BY KELLY VINCENT
Kelly Vincent was the Dignity Party representative in South Australian
Parliament from 2010-2018. She was elected to the Legislative Council
in 2010 in an event that made history. She is the youngest woman ever
elected to an Australian parliament and the first Australian to be
elected on the platform of disability rights.
Since her election in 2010, Kelly has championed many issues including
access to justice, education and public transport, mental health and
homelessness. She is an outspoken and respected advocate for people
with disabilities and their family carers. Kelly is contacted by
people in crisis on a daily basis. This is often due in part to the
disproportionate chunk of their lives people with disabilities have to
spend battling bureaucracy simply to gain fair access to the world.
Kelly's goal is to make herself redundant. She says her goal will be
realised when having a disability in Australia no longer constitutes a
full-time job.Kelly is passionate about the rights and needs of people
with disabilities, and is also a keen human rights advocate. Around
her political career she likes to pursue some of her other interests
which include theatre and an endless crusade to fix grammar mistakes.
INTENDED AUDIENCE:
Teachers/ educators / assistants and anyone interested in the
wellbeing of children/ students with disability.
PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE:
* A certificate of attendance referenced to the Australian
Professional Standards for Teachers.
* Afternoon tea is available.
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