Service, Support and Success: Direct Support Worker Newsletter

Vita Community Living Services in Toronto, Canada publishes the Service, Support and Success: the Direct Support Worker Newsletter, a monthly publication aimed at providing practical information / suggestions for direct support workers who work with people with intellectual disabilities (they have a lot of family subscribers as well). It is available online, or by email.

Readers of this blog and other Down Syndrome NSW publications will be familiar with the quality of the writing, thinking and advocacy of  Dave Hingsburger, who edits Service, Support and Success, with Angie Nethercott.

The latest issue is Volume 2: Issue 6:

Well worth the (free) subscription if you work with or are interested in supporting people with intellectual disability.

Puberty resources group purchase

Many at the puberty workshop expressed interest in buying some of the excellent resources put out by Secret Girls Business. We are making a group order so that we can receive a discount. If anyone is interested in purchasing Secret Girls' Business, Special Girls' Business, More Secret Girls' Business, Puberty and Special Girls, Special Boys' Business or Secret Boys' Business please call the library on 9841 4410 or email. Prices for the "Special..." books range from $30.00- $40.00 depending on how many we order. Prices for the "Secret..." books range from $11.25-$17.00.

To find out more about these books, go to our previous blogs here, here and the Secret Girls Business Website. Or you can just borrow them from the library (borrowing period is 4 weeks). Just call or email.