BOOKS – Whats New? Title: Recreational Therapy: An Introduction, 4th ed.Authors: David R. Austin; Michael E. Crawford; Bryan P. McCormick andMarieke Van Puymbroeck Price: $74.00 (US)ISBN: 978-1-57167-738-9Sagamore Publishing The editors’ goal in preparing the fourth edition of this introductory textbook was to provide a book that would clearly define the essence of recreational therapy as a […]
When: Saturday 15th November 2014 Perth Where: Little Sisters of the Poor 2 Rawlins St, Glendalough, WA It will include a variety of informative and interactive education sessions including; Meaningful Engagement for those with dementia – Alzheimer’s WA Yoga for Seniors and those with a Disability Grief and Loss and how to Generate Positive Outcomes
6th February NSW-Sydney – Access to Leisure- Disability Focus 27th February SA- Regional -Mt Gambier 13th March QLD- Brisbane 27th March TAS- Hobart 17th April NSW –Regional -Coffs Harbour 1st May VIC- Regional-Bairnsdale 16th May WA- Perth 22nd May- Vic-Melbourne 29th May NSW – Regional -Orange 2nd June QLD-Regional- Far North Queensland 26th June SA-
When: Tuesday 18th November 2014 Sydney Where: Northern Sydney Education & Conference Centre In the grounds of Macquarie Hospital Building 14 – The Drive Wicks Road, North Ryde Brain Gym- movement-based programs to improve brain function and to empower all ages to reclaim the joy of living Parkinson’s Disease–a comprehensive and practical presentation to assist those
Hello everyone. While this year’s workshops are almost done (we still have the Perth workshop on the 15th of November –see you there- and the Sydney workshop on the 18th of November – the day of the AGM – see further information below), I am busily looking forward to next year and looking at an
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Friday October 17th saw Diversional Therapists, Diversional Therapy assistants, Recreational Officers and Leisure and Lifestyle students from far and wide gather at Shepparton for a great day of learning, networking and the sharing of information. Delegates travelled from Swan Hill, Albury, Melbourne and of course the Goulburn Valley to the beautiful surrounds of The Connections
Winner: Michelle Maslen Activities Assistant, Hamilton Planned Activity Group, Victoria.Program – Aqua Splash. The Program started out as an idea that came from members of the Hamilton Planned Activity Group chatting about what they used to do and how they would love to do it again. Members often spoke about swimming in the river and
with special guest Rachel Sanderson, MP. Member for Adelaide. It was a friendly and happy night with record attendance for our Cocktail Party event! Even though we were all pretty exhausted from workshops on Thursday and Conference Day 1, most delegates made the effort to support the event. 2014 saw our first DTA Award for
Submitted by Margie Kennard The Magnificent Seven Plus One we could call them! Handsome or what! Friday 19th saw another first – the first DTA Conference partners’ tour. A wonderful time was reported with most of those present vowing to return to the Conference in 2015 for another tour! The Adelaide Conference Committee organised a
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Hello Members, I am writing this after the fantastic 2014 DTA Conference held in Adelaide. What an amazing three days! The pre-conference workshops and conference time has been a wonderful and enlightening journey.I know that many of you developed new acquaintances or renewed old ones. This is part of the immense benefit of an annual
Submitted by Judith Brian Sandra and I arrived at 8am on the 25th of August to set up, with people so eager they arrived soon after. The usual fun with technology to begin with and we were ready to go by 9am. I welcomed everyone with a quick poll to discover that some ladies had
