Family Advocacy – Let’s Get started: Getting Ready for School and Life
Wednesday 30 July @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm AEST
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This event is sponsored by MyTime. The questions are a requirement of MyTIme. The information you provide will be kept private and confidential and will be used to create your MyTime membership.
Explore the lifelong benefits of inclusive education for children with disability
Is your child starting school soon—or have they just started—and you’re thinking about what their future could look like in a mainstream setting?
Join us for this practical workshop presented by Family Advocacy.
Together, we’ll explore how to begin planning for an inclusive education in a mainstream school—an ordinary class with peers of the same age.
What we’ll cover:
- What inclusive education is and why it matters
- Choosing a school and transitioning with confidence
- Supports available in the NSW school system
- Building a strong relationship with your child’s school
- Practical strategies to support a positive school experience
- The lifelong benefits of inclusion
- How Family Advocacy can support you on this journey
This session is sponsored by MyTime.
MyTime offers free, supported groups where parents and carers of children with disability or additional needs can come together to feel understood, share ideas, and access quality information and resources.
This program is for
Parents, carers and family members of children with disability, developmental delay or who are neurodivergent aged 3–7 years.
When
Wednesday 30 July; 7.30pm to 9.30pm AEST/Sydney time
Please adjust for your time zone if necessary.
Where
Online via Zoom.
Instructions will be sent by email before the event.
If you need accessibility support, please let us know when you register.
Cost
Free
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Sessions are subject to cancellation due to low RSVP – Minimum of 4 RSVP
Your confirmation is required.
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Your host
This session will be hosted by Plumtree and Mandy Vandertouw, Advocacy and Leadership Development Coordinator. Mandy has 20 years’ experience in early childhood education as an educator, director, and mentor. She is passionate about empowering families and believes it takes a village to raise a child, bringing this belief to her role in Advocacy and Leadership.
Additional info
| Your privacy and participation matter | All our online sessions are interactive and are recorded for internal supervision purposes only. To respect everyone’s privacy and confidentiality, these recordings are not shared with families or outside our organisation. We encourage you to attend the live session so you can get the most out of the information and have the opportunity to ask questions. |
| Log in details | Once registered, we’ll send further details, including the link to join, closer to the date. A stable internet connection will be required to attend |
| Contact details | For more information, please feel free to contact Mana, Parent Learning Manager, at mana@plumtree.org.au |
| Professional development | At this time, we cannot accommodate professionals in this program. Please feel free to share our course details with the families you At this time, we aren’t able to accommodate professionals in this program. However, if you are a professional, please feel free to share our calendar information with the families you work with. |
| Funding | This session is sponsored by MyTime. MyTime organises free, supported groups where parents and carers of children with disability or other additional needs can feel understood, share ideas and access quality information and resources. |
Plumtree is a not-for-profit, community-based organisation that helps families thrive.
Trusted for over 30 years, we provide free centre-based playgroups and online parent education workshops. We also provide therapies and support for children aged birth to 8 years with a disability or developmental delay and their families. At Plumtree Preschool, children of all abilities and cultural backgrounds learn together and begin to understand the value of inclusive communities.
Our award-winning, evidence-based programs and resources help families take control of their own learning and achieve positive outcomes. Plumtree’s passionate, culturally diverse team of specialists work from the heart in a caring environment where families feel respected and informed.
