TRAINING & RESOURCES FOR PROFESSIONALS/WORKPLACES
Professionals and Workplaces
The Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria provides epilepsy education and training workshops to a broad range of professionals, including:
· Disability and community care support workers, supervisors and assessors
· Nurses
· Aged Care workers
· Workplaces
· Government, such as Centrelink Job Capacity Assessors
· Employment Services, such as DESs
· School teachers, teacher aids, special development schools, Kindergartens, Creche
Our workshops have been designed after extensive consultation with organisations and people living with epilepsy and are based on current research. We always emphasis a person centred approach to supporting an individual living with epilepsy.
Participant feedback consistently rates our workshops as highly relevant, practical and engaging.
We work closely with organisations prior to booking workshops to ensure that the learning outcomes match the needs of the organisation. If an existing workshop requires adjusting, we can readily customise our workshops.
The Epilepsy Foundation’s facilitators come from varied professional backgrounds including teaching, nursing, welfare and social work, case management and disability sector programs. All facilitators hold a minimum Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment and continually invest in professional development to ensure our workshops and presentations are based on current research and targeted to adult learners.
Current Workshops
All workshops can be delivered at your site or ours. We can also tailor workshops to your needs. Please contact us to discuss your training needs - by email epilepsy@epilepsy.asn.au or by telephone (03) 9805-9111.
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Understanding and Managing Epilepsy for Disability Support Workers (3.5hrs) pdf
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Learn strategies to help you better understand and support the individual living with a disability and epilepsy using a person-centred approach.
This workshop is designed for disability support staff in residential/respite, day or recreation settings, community care staff (such as HACC workers or assessors) and special development school teachers or aides.
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Unique value of workshop:
• The workshop has been designed in consultation with people with a disability, carers, service providers, support workers and neurologists. Participants overwhelmingly rate this workshop as highly relevant, practical and comprehensive
• Support workers are actively involved in the workshop through case study exercises, DVDs and a comprehensive workbook
• A person-centred approach emphasises the importance of involving the person and their circle of support |
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All of our workshops can be delivered at your site.
Alternatively, individual bookings can be made for the following workshops by clicking on 'Book Now'
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VENUE & COST (incl. GST)
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Overview of workshop
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Monday 17 October 2011
12noon - 3.30pm
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Bendigo Community Services
171 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo
$120 per person
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Monday 14 November 2011
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818 Burke Road Camberwell
$120 per person
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Friday 25 November 2011
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Encompass, Barwon Design Park
400 Pakington St, Newtown (Geelong)
$120 per person
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Friday 9 December 2011
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818 Burke Road Camberwell
$120 per person
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Stay Tuned for our 2012 schedule of workshops.
Thank you to everyone who took part in our inaugural series of workshops we have had a fantastic start and it seems from your feedback so did you.
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Understanding and Managing Epilepsy for Registered Nurses (3.5hrs) pdf flyer
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Learn strategies to help you better understand and support the individual living with epilepsy in the primary care, school, disability and/or aged care setting.
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Unique value of this workshop:
• The workshop has been designed and piloted with Eastern Health Neuroscience Nurses, who overwhelmingly rated the session as highly relevant, practical and comprehensive
• Registered nurses will participate in a current, research-based workshop that is interactive and supported by excellent resources
• A person-centred approach emphasises the importance of involving the person and their circle of support
• This workshop has been endorsed by the Royal College of Nursing, Australia and attendance earns 3.5 RCNA Continuing Nurse Education (CNE) points as part of RCNA’s Life Long Learning Program (3LP)
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All of our workshops can be delivered at your site.
Alternatively, individual bookings can be made for the following workshops by clicking on 'Book Now'
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DATE
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VENUE & COST (incl. GST)
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Overview of workshop
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Friday 2 March 2012
9.30am - 1pm
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818 Burke Road, Camberwell
$120 per person
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Friday 18 May 2012
9.30am - 1pm
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818 Burke Road, Camberwell
$120 per person
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Friday 27 July 2012
9.30am - 1pm
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818 Burke Road, Camberwell
$120 per person
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Thank you to everyone who took part in our inaugural series of workshops we have had a fantastic start and it seems from your feedback so did you.
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Understanding and Managing Epilepsy for Community Support Workers (3hrs) pdf
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Learn strategies to help you better understand and support the individual living with a epilepsy using a person-centred approach. This workshop is targeted to HACC support workers and is essentially the same U&M Epilepsy for Disability Support Workers, with less emphasis on clients with intellectual disability.
Unique value of workshop:
* The workshop has been designed in consultation with people with a disability, carers, service providers, support workers and neurologists. Particpants overwhelmingly rate this workshop as highly relevant, practical and comprehensive
* Support workers are actively involved in the workshop through case study exercises, DVDs and a comprehensive workbook
* A person-centred approach emphasises the importance of involving the person and their circle of support
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Understanding Epilepsy in the workplace (1hr)
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This presentation is designed to raise awareness of epilepsy in the workplace and is prepared in consultation with the employee with epilepsy. Topics covered include :
· ‘Epilepsy in the Workplace: Understanding is the Difference” – short documentary showing five employees and their bosses/colleagues talking about strategies they use to maintain employment
· The facts about epilepsy
· What is epilepsy – what is a seizure
· The truths about epilepsy
· First Aid
· How can you support your fellow worker in the workplace?
· Q&A
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Employees and employers have rated this presentation highly -both employees and employers feel that it has reduced the 'unknown' and increased staff's understanding of the employee with epilepsy.
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NEW FOR 2012!
This training is targeted to all school staff such as teachers, integration aides and support staff.
The first part of the workshop we focus on what is epilepsy, the possible impact on students with epilepsy and how to support the student should a seizure occur at school. In the second half we focus more on the learning implications, development of Epilepsy Management Plans, and strategies to support students.
Unique value of session:
This training has been designed specifically for school settings. A simple, straightforward approach will increase staff confidence in supporting students.
Our new short documentary depicts three students, their parents and school staff discussing the impact of epilepsy. The session is highly relevant, practical and comprehensive.
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All of our workshops can be delivered at your site.
Alternatively, individual bookings can be made for the following workshops by clicking on 'Book Now'
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VENUE & COST (incl. GST)
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Overview of workshop
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Wednesday 7th March 2012
2 - 4pm
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818 Burke Road, Camberwell
$80 per person
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Monday 19th March
2012
2 - 4pm
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Frankston Arts Centre
Frankston Library, Community Room, Level 3B
Cnr Young and Davey St, Frankston
$80 per person
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Wedn 28th March 2012
2 - 4pm
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Bendigo TAFE
City Campus, Build P, P1.49 Library Seminar Room, Hargreaves Street Bendigo
$80 per person
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Understanding and Managing Epilepsy for Special Development School teachers (1.5hr)
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This presentation is designed to give an overview of epilepsy in the SDS environment and is typically prepared in consultation with the student and parent/guardian. Topics covered include :
· The facts about epilepsy
· What is epilepsy – what is a seizure
· Impact of epilepsy on the student
· Epilepsy and intellectual disability, including behaviour
· Epilepsy Management Plans
· First Aid
· How can you support the student with epilepsy?
· Q&A
This presentation is just one way we can help a school to better support a student with epilepsy. We also offer additional support uncluding help with Epilepsy Management Plans, Individual Learning Plans, counselling for students and family and epilepsy awareness presentations/talk to the students's peers.
SDS teachers and teacher aides who support numerous students with epilepsy are strongly encouraged to attend the Understanding and Managing Epilepsy for Disability Support Workers workshop. This workshop provides far greater detail and practical strategies to support students with a disability in an SDS environment.
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Referrals
Medical and Health Professionals are welcome to refer clients to the Epilepsy Foundation.
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Release of Information Form
Organisations, schools, health professionals and others who need to pass on a person's personal information regarding their epilepsy or their child's epilepsy, either to the Foundation or to another entity, can use the authority form below to do so.Complete electronicallyAuthority to Release Information form (Word document) - download and complete...
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