Tune in to Parent to Parent's podcast Family, Whanau and Disability. This podcast features interviews with parents, professionals and specialists on disability-related topics, and is a source of information and resources for families and whānau caring for people with disabilities in New Zealand. Discussion topics cover a range of subjects related to disability and special needs, such as inclusive education, supporting someone with special needs, and the challenges and triumphs of living with ...
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Ursula Christel has 3 sons. In 1998 her middle son was diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome, a rare condition that affects 1:15,000 people. As life got busy, so did Ursula. She co-founded The Angelman Network, a NZ based registered charity that shares up-to-date information about Angelman Syndrome and offers support to families in New Zealand. She atte…
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39. The Importance of Relationship Building with Whanau and the Wider Community
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Presenters: Jo Hannah Produced by Parent to Parent NZ Guests: Jo Ellis Jo Ellis is a single mum to Harvey, an enthusiastic, inquisitive teenage boy that was born with Cri Du Chat Syndrome. Prior to Harvey being born, Jo had lived overseas but returned to her hometown in New Zealand to set up a new life for her and Harvey not long after he was born.…
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38. Mainstream First in Education with Frian Wadia
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Presenters: Jo Hannah Produced by Parent to Parent NZ Guests: Frian Wadia Frian Wadia is a mother of 3 lovely boys 16yrs, 14yrs and 12yrs old, all with varying disabilities and learning needs. Through her experiences within the education and health systems, she has become a passionate advocate for creating systemic change to ensure inclusion and en…
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37. CareerMoves, Disability and Employment
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Research: Lisa Pirihi Presenters: Louise Ratcliffe Produced by: Parent to Parent Support and Information Team Guests Mark Smith Managing Director of CareerMoves Programme Synopsis Louise and Mark discuss how CareerMoves support people with disabilities and employers to work together to enable independent employment opportunities. Tune in to Parent …
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35. Powerchair Football with Peter van Vroonhoven
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi Presenters: Louise Ratcliffe and David Taylor Produced by Wintec Music and Performing Arts Guests Peter van Vroonhoven Peter’s connection to disability and para-sports is through his son who plays Powerchair Football. He coordinates the sport in the Waikato and is Vice President of New Zealand Powerchair Foot…
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi Presenters: Louise Ratcliffe and David Taylor Produced by Louise Ratcliffe with help from Wintec Music and Performing Arts Guests Steve Brown – ex chef, therapist with expertise in disability and autism Phil Brown – mental health nurse Programme Synopsis David and Louise talk to Steve and Phil about the work …
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34. Interview with Lorna Sullivan about EGL and Service Providers
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi Presenters: Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Louise Ratcliffe with help from Wintec Music and Performing Arts Programme Synopsis Louise ask the Minister about what is in this new “Wellness Budget” that is going to benefit disabled people and the people who support them. Tune in to Parent to Parent's podcast Conne…
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33. Budget Special 2019 with Minister Carmel Sepuloni
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi Presenters: Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Louise Ratcliffe with help from Wintec Music and Performing Arts Programme Synopsis Louise ask the Minister about what is in this new “Wellness Budget” that is going to benefit disabled people and the people who support them. Tune in to Parent to Parent's podcast Conne…
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32. Minimum Wage Exemption for Workers with Disabilities
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi Presenters: Louise Ratcliffe and David Taylor Produced by Louise Ratcliffe with help from Wintec Music and Performing Arts Programme Synopsis Louise and David interview the Parent to Parent Volunteer Co-ordinator Carol Armstrong about the recent SafeSquares campaign Tune in to Parent to Parent's podcast Conne…
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi Presenters: Louise Ratcliffe and David Taylor Produced by Louise Ratcliffe with help from Wintec Music and Performing Arts Programme Synopsis Louise and David interview the Parent to Parent Volunteer Co-ordinator Carol Armstrong about the recent SafeSquares campaign. Tune in to Parent to Parent's podcast Conn…
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30. Future Planning for Families of Children with Special Needs with Tiffany Wilkinson
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi Presenters: Louise Ratcliffe and David Taylor Produced by Louise Ratcliffe with help from Wintec Music and Performing Arts Guests: Tiffany Wilkinson Tiffany lives in Tauranga and works for Enrich + as a community facilitator, helping people with disabilities integrate into the community. She has a Bachelor’s …
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29. Back to School with Louise and a New Co-host!
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Tune in to Parent to Parent's podcast Connect, Inform, Support Connect, Inform, Support features interviews with professionals and specialists on disability-related topics, and is a source of information and resources for families and whānau caring for people with disabilities. Discussion topics cover a range of subjects related to disability and s…
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28. Back to School 2019 with Barbara Nelson
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi Presenters: Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Wintec Music and Performing Arts Guests: Barbara Nelson Director, Kauri Centre Barbara Nelson spent the last 5 years as a Liaison Teacher at Westbridge Residential School. She worked with families in their homes, helping parents to support their children getting back i…
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi Presenters: Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Louise Ratcliffe with Wintec Music and Performing Arts Programme Synopsis In the run-up to Christmas Louise talks through some practical ideas for managing Christmas with special-needs children, and how to minimise stress and maximise fun this holiday season Music “Chr…
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi and Louise Ratcliffe Presenter: Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and Wintec Music and Performing Arts Guests: Matthew Peppercorn TASK Mental Wellness Matthew has worked as a nurse for 25 years in mental health and intellectual disability. He has a IDCCR Act care manager diploma and has completed …
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25. System Transformation and Mana Whaikaha
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi Presenters: Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Wintec Music and Performing Arts Department Guests Janine Morrah Janine is Parent to Parent’s Manawatu Regional Coordinator. She is a Palmy local with strong connections to the community through sports and teaching. Janine’s prior work history has included teaching bot…
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24. Social vs Medical Model of Disability
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi Presenters: Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Wintec Music and Performing Arts Department Guests Rebecca Armstrong - Researcher Rebecca is a researcher for Altogether Autism and Parent to Parent. Rebecca researches complex requests and consults with the Professional Expert Group (PEG). She also writes for the Alto…
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23. Ali Beasley (part 2) and Farewell FreeFM
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi and Carolyn Jury Presenters: Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests: Ali Beasley Ali Beasley lives in Nelson with her husband Keith and their two teenage children, George and Emilia. Emilia was diagnosed with autism at the age of seven, which had a profound impact on the whole fam…
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22. Ali Beasley, ‘Emilias Colours’, Parenting and Family life with a Special Needs Child (part 1)
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi and Carolyn Jury Presenters: Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests: Ali Beasley Ali Beasley lives in Nelson with her husband Keith and their two teenage children, George and Emilia. Emilia was diagnosed with autism at the age of seven, which had a profound impact on the whole fam…
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21. Parenting: Self-care and Understanding Child Behaviour
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi and Carolyn Jury Presenters: Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests: Rebecca Armstrong MAppPsy, Researcher, Parent to Parent Rebecca researches complex requests and consults with the Professional Expert Group (PEG). She also writes for the Altogether Autism Journal and is involved…
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20. Parenting Siblings With and Without Special Needs
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Tune in to Parent to Parent's podcast Connect, Inform, Support Connect, Inform, Support features interviews with professionals and specialists on disability-related topics, and is a source of information and resources for families and whānau caring for people with disabilities. Discussion topics cover a range of subjects related to disability and s…
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19. Caring for Ken; David’s Story (part 2)
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi and Louise Ratcliffe Presenter: Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and Wintec Music and Performing Arts Tune in to Parent to Parent's podcast Connect, Inform, Support Connect, Inform, Support features interviews with professionals and specialists on disability-related topics, and is a source of inf…
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18. Caring for Ken; David’s Story (part 1)
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi and Carolyn Jury Presenter: Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests: David Taylor Dad, Husband, Carer, Builder, Inventor David grew up on Waiheke Island the youngest of 4 siblings. In the 1970s, his older brother, Ken, had a motorbike accident which left him an amputee and with sev…
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi and Carolyn Jury Presenter: Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests: Tyler Brummer Operations and Research Lad, MyCare Tyler co-founded WeVisit along with Sam Johnson which aimed to improve the lives of elderly and young people by matching them up in mutually beneficial relationshi…
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16. Care Matters Workshops and Support for Finding Support Workers
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi and Carolyn Jury Presenter: Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests: Tina Lincoln Family Member Facilitator (SAMS) Tina has 19 years’ experience in the disability sector and has been with SAMS for 11 years. Tina believes everyone should be treated equally and have opportunities in …
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15. Sex-education and Parenting, Teaching Inclusivity and Acceptance
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi and Carolyn Jury Presenter: Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Programme Synopsis Louise discussing teaching sex ed to her own children, and how that can include discussions on consent, sexuality and disability A short discussion on teaching non-disabled people how to become more inc…
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14. Disability, Dating and Inclusive Sex-education
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi and Carolyn Jury Presenters: Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests: Sue Pairaudeau Director, MyKind MyKind director Sue Pairaudeau spent 23 years in the media as a newspaper journalist, sub-editor, and editor, and trained as a volunteer LifeLine counsellor. That was followed by h…
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13. Sex-education for Young People with Learning Difficulties
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi and Carolyn Jury Presenters: Val Ockenden and Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests: Continued conversation with Julia Drury from last week Programme Synopsis Excerpts From One In Five December 2014 Teaching children about the birds and the bees is often challenging. But it can b…
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12. Sex-education and Disability Family Planning Services
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi and Carolyn Jury Presenters: Val Ockenden and Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests: Julia Drury Julia Drury is a Health Promoter for Family Planning, based in the Hamilton Office, covering the Midland region. She supports schools, professionals, community groups and agencies wit…
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Research: Rebecca Armstrong Presenters: Val Ockenden & Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests: Denise Ives Denise Ives has a background in teaching adults to use computers and IT project management. She has a diploma in Breastfeeding Counselling and took a certificate in teacher aiding shortly after arriving in NZ, work…
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10. Sexuality and Gender Identity (part 2)
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Research and co-ordination: Lisa Pirihi and Carolyn Jury Presenters: Val Ockenden & Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests: Mike Pulman Mike Pulman is a 26 year old advocate, public speaker and content creator based in Hamilton. He was a 2016 Youth with Disability Award winner and has been the Guest Speaker for several …
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09. Sexuality and Gender Identity (part 1)
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Research: Rebecca Armstrong Presenters: Val Ockenden and Louise Ratcliffe Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Programme Synopsis Edited excerpt from One in Five programme (link below) with Wellington panel discussing disability and sexuality back in June 2008 Introduction to Sexuality and Gender Identity discussion with Val and Louise Music…
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Research: Rebecca Armstrong Presenter: Val Ockenden Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests: Rachel Wiltshire Rachael Wiltshire found out she was an Aspie when she was 12, and graduated Dux of Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in 2012. Rachael has completed four years of study at university majoring in History and Earth Sciences, and is c…
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Research: Rebecca Armstrong Presenter: Val Ockenden Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests: Paula Jessop and Jason Edgecombe Paula Jessop is an autistic woman who advocates for ‘radical acceptance’ of autism as a valid type of neurological difference and supporting autistic people through strengths-based methods. She has been a member o…
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Research: Rebecca Armstrong Presenter: Val Ockenden Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests: Catherine Trezona M.A. Psychology (1st Hons) National manager at Altogether Autism Catherine joined Altogether Autism as a researcher in 2014, and moved into a managerial role in 2015. She is one of the programme developers and lead facilitators …
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Research: Rebecca Armstrong Presenter: Val Ockenden Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests: Joanne Dacombe Joanne Dacombe has spent 21 years working at the Reserve Bank in the area of monetary policy. She was diagnosed with autism later in life and has a son on the Autism Spectrum. Joanne currently serves on the Board of Autism New Zeal…
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04. Inclusivity in Education with MoE Director of Learning Support Dr David Wales, and Accredited Facilitator with Vision Education Justine Brock
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Research: Rebecca Armstrong Presenter: Val Ockenden Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests: Justine Brock Accredited Facilitator for Vision Education and parent of five boys on the Autism Spectrum From Vision Education website: I have been working as a literacy facilitator for Vision Education since the beginning of 2013 and as a team l…
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03. Disability Transformation with Minister for Disability Carmel Sepuloni, and Disability Rights Commissioner Paula Tesoriero
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Research: Rebecca Armstrong Presenter: Val Ockenden Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests: Paula Tesoriero, MNZM Disability Rights Commissioner Disability advocate, former Paralympian and Human Rights Commission’s Disability Rights Commissioner. Working for the rights of disabled New Zealanders, she is an amputee and a mum to a five-ye…
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Research: Rebecca Armstrong Presenter: Val Ockenden Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests Carolyn Jury Support and Information Co-ordinator I have been involved with Parent to Parent for 10 years, first as a requester looking for support and information, then as a volunteer support parent and now as the Support and Information Coordina…
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Research: Rebecca Armstrong Presenter: Val Ockenden Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0 Guests Anne Wilkinson ONZM Enabling Good Lives (EGL) Anne’s involvement in the sector began over 30 years ago as a parent. She has a background of working with families and for 25 years worked for and held a number of roles within Parent to Parent New Ze…
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