Presentations
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Monday
0910 Geraldine Woods – No Power Point Presentation
0930 Philip Patson
1100 John Armstrong
1300 Patti Gwynne part one – Patti Gwynne part two
1300 Sue Primrose
1300 Karey Meisner & Margaret Morrison
1300 Denise Kilpatrick
1330 Retha Kleynhans & Gwyneth Scott
1400 Kaye Gilhooley
1430 Sneh Pratap & Sofia Khan
1400 Wendy Grammer and Emily Gooder
1400 Rob Gill
1400 Carolyn McPeak – No Power Point Presentation available
1430 Lucy Mackintosh
1530 Dr Peter Jansen – No Power Point Presentation available
Tuesday
0830 Karen Schmidt – No Power Point Presentation
0930 Bev Grammar
1100 Brigette Larkins
1130 Carole Kerr, Pat Curry & Susan Watson
1100 Roger Jolley
1100 Pamela Henry
1130 Adri Isbister
1100 Ria Byron
1130 Susie Kasza
1255 Eddie Bartnik
1400 Graeme Parish
1400 Karen Armstrong
1400 Rob Gill
1400 Jan Walker
1430 Carolyn McPeak
1530 Dr Maurice Curtis
Another successful NASCA Conference has now concluded. To see the delegate survey results, please click here
Programme / Theme
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Navigating the Challenges – Needs Assessment and Service Coordination
Disabled people, families, advocates, service providers, NASC staff and all key stakeholders understand that the NASC process which aims to support people to gain access to services and supports (natural and/or funded) for the purpose of making life easier, can also at times, potentially make life harder. There are many reasons for this and it is not a one issue dilemma.
Our theme wishes to open up some of the many threads of these issues for the benefit of all. Through a wide variety of presentations that look to identify and demystify some of the issues through to workshops which aim to provide day to day practical suggestions, this years event will provide you with an opportunity to develop personally and professionally.
Purpose
It will offer opportunities for the professionals in the field to be able to continue to identify (and make progress with) some of the challenges that create the day to day difficulties for individuals, families, NASC, providers and funders.
Ultimately the purpose of this event is to deepen our awareness of the challenges faced by disabled people and their loved ones as they navigate through the NASC processes.
The conference will seek to meet this purpose by:
• Providing a focus on leadership development
• Seek to investigate best practice
• Provide a forum for professional & skill development
• Offer practical day to day suggestions to day to day challenges
Who Should Attend
• Needs Assessment and Service Coordination facilitators
• NASC Managers
• Disabled people and their families
• Older people and their families
• DHB portfolio managers
• Ministry of Health Contract Relationship Managers
• Any interested parties.
Presenting at the Conference
Individuals and groups are invited to submit an abstract on any topic that is related to the theme “Navigating the Challenges”.
Deadlines
• Receipt of abstracts 15 August 2008
• Notification of acceptance 29 August 2008
• Receipt of final papers 30 September 2008
Click here to download information on how to apply to present at the conference.
Click here to download the abstract form.
Keynote Speakers
Philip Patston
Philip
Patston has been a social worker, a counsellor, a Winston Churchill
Fellow, a human rights activist, an award-winning comedian, a soap
opera actor on Shortland Street, a columnist, a trainer and even New
Zealand's inaugural Queer of the Year as voted by TV show Queer Nation.
These days he's also a consultant, mentor, coach, team facilitator
and motivational speaker for hire. He works with individuals, teams,
organisations and social groups to solve problems, set goals, realise
potential and facilitate personal and social change.
Philips presentation is Disability: The New Experience.
John Armstrong
John Armstrong helped establish one of the early regional disability teams in Victoria 
providing
family and service supports including arrangements for housing and
educational supports for people leaving the St Nicholas Hospital. He
has also held state-wide training roles – specifically associated with
matters of fundamental service practice.
Having been introduced to
Social Role Valorisation in the early 80’s, he went on to train and
receive recognition as a Senior SRV Trainer with Dr Wolfensberger and
the Training Institute in Syracuse NY.
John has a particular
interest and provides training and articles related to the factors that
promote the welfare of people and reduce the potential for neglect and
harm. Apart from a long involvement in Citizen Advocacy, he is the
inaugural chair of Citizen Advocacy Australia – a national fund raising
body for Citizen Advocacy programs in Australia.
In addition to
standard SRV and PASSING training, John conducts training and
consultancy for agencies on request that can be tailored to their
requirements. He also regularly conducts service reviews or will
organise and lead official evaluations of a program or service.
John will talk about maintaining clarity in a climate of increasing distractions.
Dr Peter Jansen
MB ChB, FRNZCGP (Dist), Grad Cert Clin Tchg 
Peter (Ngāti Raukawa) is a teacher and researcher for Mauri Ora Associates, and also works as a Medical Advisor for ACC. He has published a number of papers relating to cultural competence in health care [for example see: Jansen P and Sorenson D. Culturally Competent Health Care, NZFamPhys 2002 October; 27(3) Jansen, P, Bacal, K and Smith, K. Developing Cultural Competence in accordance with the Health Practitioner Assurance Act, NZFamPhys 2006 October 33(5).
Peter has significant experience as a GP in Papakura and Whangamata and was formerly Medical Director of Boehringer Ingelheim (NZ) Limited, a multi-national pharmaceutical company. Peter's previous appointments have included Deputy Chair of Counties Manukau DHB, Board Member of Mid-Central Health. Peter was also an inaugural director of ProCare IPA, director of Quality Health NZ (formerly the NZ Council of Healthcare Standards), and Clinical Director of Te Kupenga o Hoturoa PHO.
Peter will discuss the background to disparities and the use of these resources to address the particular needs of patients from priority populations - with a focus on Maori. He will also share insights from a research project into Māori Consumer Use of Health and Disability and ACC Services (funded by the Ministry of Health, Health Research Council and ACC).
Karen will talk about Managing a multi generational workplace.
Bev Grammar
Beverley is not only a service user but has been an advocate for other disabled people and their families and now owns and operates her own business Up2date providing proactive awareness education and services to the community.
Bev will share her experiences of the delays and patience needed in the NZ disability sector.
Bev’s title Hurry “Up and Wait - To prepare quickly for an activity that is then delayed.
Eddie Bartnik
Eddie Bartnik has had a key leadership role in major systems change efforts around direct 
and
individualised funding, new governance frameworks across disability and
a system of personalised support called “Local Area Coordination.”
During 2008 he has been leading the development of a “Community Living Plan” for people with disabilities in Western Australia, with a focus on innovation and family leadership. Eddie is a Fellow of the Australasian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability and has wide consultancy experience across Australia and internationally in 9 countries, including several visits to New Zealand.
Eddie will discuss making disability supports and services more personal, local and accountable – an international perspective on Local Area Coordination as a new "front end" of the disability service system.
Dr Maurice Curtis
moving to Auckland to study radiography. Continuing on from this Maurice completed a PhD in Anatomy and Pharmacology under the guidance of Prof. Richard Faull and investigated whether or not the human brain had the capacity to make new brain cells, which is a phenomenon thought not to exist in the brain.
The findings from his PhD were ground breaking since he discovered that in human brains affected by Huntington’s disease there is a massive increase in the amount of new brain cell production - as the brain attempts to repair itself.
Maurice maintains close ties with the researchers in Sweden and other parts of Europe and is currently employed as a Lecturer in the Department of Anatomy with Radiology at Auckland University where he continues to research brain stem cells, stem cell migration, neurodegenerative diseases and neurorehabilitation. His presentation is titled “New brain cells for the damaged brain”
Until very recently we thought that once the brain was damaged, due to injury or disease it had no capacity to repair itself. However in 1998 a groundbreaking study proved that new brain cells (neurons) could be made in adult humans. Recently, we have performed experiments that show that the adult human brain affected by Huntingtonís disease and stroke produce an increased number of stem cells that become neurons in an attempt to replace the cells that die in these diseases.
Our research has shown that as the severity of the brain damage increases so does the number of new stem cells and neurons. In addition, recent studies have shown that living in an enriched environment (rich in exercise, cognitive stimulus and interpersonal interaction) delays the onset of diseases such as Alzheimerís disease in humans and leads to improved outcomes in experimental animals that have strokes.
In this lecture I will show how the brain attempts to repair itself when it becomes damaged and how we are trying to help the brain to repair itself; in addition, I will discuss how environmental enrichment leads to improved brain health before and after brain diseases.