Supporter Autumn 2024
Taking time for self-care
AnglicareSA foster and kinship carers came together in February for a Rest and Relaxation Day hosted by our Carer Events Committee at the Fullarton Community Centre. The event returned after a five-year hiatus, providing an opportunity for our carers to have some time for themselves to rest, relax, and reenergise through engaging in activities that encouraged connection with their self and body. Activities included yoga, art workshops, massages, and mini manicures. A Nature Therapy session hosted by Deborah from Embody Nature was particularly popular among carers in attendance. Carers were taken through a series of mindful invitations, providing the group with a chance to slow down, relax, and connect deeply with nature.
information as a tool kit to support the practice of self-care in their everyday life. The AnglicareSA Carer Events Committee is now looking forward to planning similar events in the future.
It enabled them to connect with their inner selves, with the natural surrounds, and to connect with other carers and workers in a shared experience. Carers were given a gift bag at the end of the day with self-care items and
Healthy holiday fun at Food School
Helping children create healthy relationships with food and supporting parents in better understanding their children’s needs was the focus of AnglicareSA’s Food School during the January school holidays. Food School’s specially trained
Teams link to provide parents an insight into how the therapy is conducted and how their child is engaging.” Food School, held at the Daphne Street Early Learning Centre, is part of the Outreach AnglicareSA Therapeutic Services (OATS) which provides individualised therapy and support to children, young people, and adults living with disability. In January, the sessions saw two customers who had previously attended return for additional supports as well as customers new to AnglicareSA. “With the therapy itself, all participants demonstrated improvements in their interactions with foods across the six sessions,” Bec said.
occupational therapists and speech pathologists work with children with feeding difficulties to make mealtimes a fun and safe experience. Senior Training Coordinator Bec James said through parent education sessions families were supported to understand the top 10 myths around eating to better understand their child’s feeding habits and have enjoyable family meals. “Food School was a huge success with our participating children,” Bec said. “This, in turn, contributed strongly to the success of to the parent education portion of the program. “We run parent education alongside Food School with the children, with one therapist running each aspect and a
Food School helps to make mealtimes fun and safe
“We introduced some challenging foods and by the end of the six sessions, participants were able to employ sensory problem-solving strategies they had developed through the sessions. “Parents also reported their child engaging with different foods outside of the therapy times.”
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