School-Link at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead
@CHWSchoolLink
CHW School-Link focuses on the Mental Health needs of Children and Adolescents with an Intellectual Disability and the professionals that work with them.
Call for papers!! We have a special issue to be published in 2021: 'Transitions in the lives of people with intellectual disability'. We especially want to give space to the voice of people with intellectual (learning) disabilities. See https://t.co/9iZhOclwHo @m_nind @wehmeyer
Missed our first webinar on #teleautism or want to catch it again? Videos on demand ▶️: https://t.co/8ghMlxzxfz
• Tele-assessments during #COVID19
• Tele-therapy for PBS
• @AutismSpectAust Distance Education program
• Telehealth delivery of mental health support
Second Brief Report from the COVID-19 Special Section is Open Access:
"The use of online support by people with intellectual disabilities living independently during COVID‐19" #intelletualdisability#covid19
https://t.co/FDGbUcLdIQ @AlicePSchippers
Listen to Professor Trollor on @abcnews radio on the high rate of psychotropic medicine use in people with disabilities. There is often a lack of adequate monitoring of the safety and necessity of psychotropic medicine. https://t.co/8N5J41xLQD #DRC_AU
Relationships Australia are offering counselling if you are effected by the disability royal commission. Seek help if you need it. https://t.co/g8rrowRplM
Counselling and Support for people affected by the Disability Royal Commission by @RelationshipsA2. Great initiative #DisabilityRC https://t.co/Bb8UKEzXbz
At the @DRC_AU today, the current speaker says though her autistic son is largely non-verbal, he understands simple language and can make decisions given time. It is key that health professionals make reasonable adjustments for people with disability. #DisabilityRC
Children with intellectual disability deserve the best, effective interagency and interprofessional collaboration #intellectual disability @CHWSchoolLink
Great to see our paper on loneliness in #autism freely available, please take the opportunity to download and share. More work on this important topic to come. #ALSAA @AutismCRC
UCT has just launched a MOOC, the first of its kind, about caring for and educating children with severe to profound intellectual disability. Learn more at https://t.co/cWNtXOQLpR