Healthy Start

Healthy Start is a national capacity building strategy which aims to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for children whose parents have learning difficulties

[Catherine Wade @WadeCath]

Connections are important, even when face-to-face can’t take place

[Healthy Start @healthystart_au]

Happy International Day for People with Disability!! Let's celebrate diversity :-)

[Parenting Research Centre @Parentingrc]

Today marks International Day for People with Disability. By researching effective, accessible parenting support, we are building the capacity of parents with intellectual disability as they navigate the milestones of parenthood: https://t.co/xLNtJsJi38

#IDPW #IDPW2020

[Catherine Wade @WadeCath]

Important thread from a contribution to the Disability Royal Commission on Aboriginal parents with intellectual disability #disabilityrc @SNAICC @HealingOurWay @healthystart_au

[Healthy Start @healthystart_au]

Read the @Parentingrc submission to Australia's #DisabilityRC regarding parents with intellectual disability https://t.co/JJzTr2oWhi @DRC_AU

[Healthy Start @healthystart_au]

A short read on how to best support parents with intellectual disability - great practice tips inside @susan_collings & Marg Spencer https://t.co/FJFQ6cnQsO

[Healthy Start @healthystart_au]

A recent story about the difficulties parents with an intellectual disability face with the child protection system
https://t.co/dCVoScZngD

[Healthy Start @healthystart_au]

New article supports value of the Parenting Young Children parenting program for parents with intellectual disability, but challenges to program fidelity mean parents are not receiving the model as intended https://t.co/wWRQT9zmYE

[Catherine Wade @WadeCath]

What Doctors need to know about parents with intellectual disability... https://t.co/ypUhF8g8MJ

[Healthy Start @healthystart_au]

Another very recent publication, this one about domestic and family violence and mothers with intellectual disability - vitally important topic. Thanks @susan_collings & @IvaStrnadova
https://t.co/UhCueODfhG

[Healthy Start @healthystart_au]

New pub https://t.co/zDyKS3D6wx identifies a range of modifiable antenatal risk factors among Australian women with intellectual disability. Implication: we can reduce health risks associated with antenatal smoking, pre-eclampsia, UTIs etc with the right supports in pregnancy

[Healthy Start @healthystart_au]

More on that Oregon story...good outcome for these parents, and for other parents in that state of the US...

[Robyn Powell @RobynMPowell]

An Oregon Couple Can Get Their Kids Back From Foster Care. But Many Disabled Parents Don’t Get That Chance. https://t.co/m4I4JqXuE0

[Healthy Start @healthystart_au]

Getting parents with intellectual disability into Vic Gov's Disability Action Plan... winning!

[Catherine Wade @WadeCath]

Thrilled to see the work @Parentingrc did with the Postive Powerful Parents self-advocacy group influencing policy https://t.co/Nffcexfcts

[The Association For Successful Parenting @TASP2009]

Annie-Claude Villeneuve: Exploring Innovative Practices to Support Parents with Intellectual Disabilities: What About Using Technological Devices?

[The Association For Successful Parenting @TASP2009]

Coalition Building Workshops: Make Change Happen-Moderated by Traci Laliberte and Molly Burgdorf. Bringing the conference to a close, Molly and Traci are helping conf. goers form an interdisciplinary perspective for activism and advocacy as we return to hour homes

[Robyn Powell @RobynMPowell]

New article: "Role of family caregivers regarding sexual and reproductive health for women and girls with intellectual disability: A scoping review" with @monika_mitra @susanparish and Eliana Rosenthal https://t.co/1Wf5gDNfqH

[Healthy Start @healthystart_au]

In Oregon (USA) child welfare agencies are changing their approach to parenting with intellectual disability... https://t.co/MqAdINaRVs

[Healthy Start @healthystart_au]

It's International Day 4 Persons with Disabilities! We're thinking about how we can better engage with parents with intellectual disability in leadership roles, given this year's theme 'Promoting participation of persons with disabilities &their leadership' Share your ideas w us!

[Healthy Start @healthystart_au]

The Positive Powerful Parents self-advocacy group is having a morning tea for parents with intellectual disability in Melbourne on Thursday 17th October 2019 at Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, between 10am - 12pm. All welcome. https://t.co/luWyMHyW4Y

[Healthy Start @healthystart_au]

Check out this article on the involvement of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal parents with intellectual disability in the New South Wales child protection system, led by work of Dr Susan Collings @susan_collings
https://t.co/cq4apnYdtS

[Parenting Research Centre @Parentingrc]

Do you work with families? Research shows that way we talk about parenting determines how parents engage with our services. This new evidence-based resource provides guidance and tools for practitioners https://t.co/kOXthmuBG5