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Focus Week: Beyond Appearances: Invisible Disabilities and Learning

6 June 2024
Recording via Zoom Webinar

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This webinar is one of five available during Velg Training's dedicated Focus Week: Student Diversity & Wellbeing

Please note: This live event has now occurred. However, you can still purchase the recording of this webinar individually OR as part of the Student Diversity and Wellbeing Bundle.

About this webinar

Invisible disabilities and barriers to education can significantly impact a person’s ability to learn, yet they often go unnoticed or misunderstood.
 
This presentation will assist participants in gaining an understanding of the challenges faced by individuals with invisible disabilities in educational settings.
 
This will include a discussion of practical strategies and accommodations to support students with invisible disabilities and strategies to foster a supportive and inclusive learning environment so that every learner can succeed.
 
Ultimately, this presentation aims to enhance learning outcomes, promote diversity, equality and inclusion, and empower students to overcome challenges and thrive.



Key topics covered within the webinar

  • The impact of definitions of disability and invisible disability
  • Perspectives from lived experience as a student with an invisible disability
  • Strategies to empower and support students with disability within the VET training and assessment context
  • Practical strategies to support students with invisible disabilities, including implementing reasonable adjustments and services such as examination adjustments, assignment extensions, study assistance, and assistive technology and equipment

NB. Can't make the session?
We send out all electronic resources to registrants within 72 hours of the session closing. All Velg Training Webinars are scheduled in AEST (QLD time) - please check your timezone before logging on to the online training session.

Who should attend

Anyoneresponsible for the development/delivery of learning content, or assesment, to students with disabilities

  • Trainers/Assessors
  • Resource Developers
  • Training Managers
  • Consultants
  • Curriculum Developers/L&D Managers
  • RTO/Compliance Managers

What to expect

Presented by Natalie Oostergo & Sian Tooker, you will be provided with the following resources after the event:

  • PowerPoint (in PDF format)
  • Recording of the webinar (three months access)
  • Additional electronic resources

Presenters

Natalie Oostergo & Sian Tooker

Other

About Natalie Oostergo:

Natalie Oostergo (she/her/hers) is the Associate Director of Student Success at the University of Southern Queensland where she leads the implementation of strategies to support the diverse learning needs of domestic and international students.

Natalie is an innovative and strategic thinker with over twenty years of experience in tertiary and vocational education.

 Her career highlights include presenting at various conferences, receiving an Australian Award for University Teaching, becoming an IEAA Associate Fellow, and making lasting connections with students. Natalie lives and works on Jagera and Turrbal Country in Meanjin Brisbane and Giabal and Jarowair Country in Toowoomba.


About Sian Tooker:

 Siân Tooker (she/her/hers) is a human service professional based on Jagera and Turrbal Country in Magandjin Meanjin Brisbane. Siân has worked in social and community services for nearly twenty years in frontline and leadership roles in intersecting fields of practice, including family and domestic violence and reproductive justice. 

Siân has a Lived and Living Experience (LLE) of working and studying with an invisible disability, and she is looking forward to graduating with a Master of Social Work (Professional Qualifying) in June 2024 following the completion of 500 hours of workplace learning in the social work department of a major tertiary hospital in Queensland. Siân hopes that providing an insight into her individual experience of invisible disability will encourage authentic and collaborative conversations within educational settings about accessibility and inclusion.

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