Acknowledgements

This Education to Employment Package is a collaborative project between the NSW and the Tasmanian Regional Disability Liaison Officers and has been adapted from the original Education to Employment Package (1998), written by Anna Mungovan, Hazel England, Trevor Allan and David Anderton, NSW Regional Disability Liaison Officers.

Sections of the 'Employer Education to Employment Package' have been adapted from the original draft WorkAble Professional Development package, developed by the NSW Department of Education and Training.

We acknowledge the excellent work of the original authors and thank them for use of their materials.  We are particularly appreciative of the assistance provided by Anna Mungovan, Western Sydney RDLO and author of the NSW 2006 “Education to Employment” package.

We wish to sincerely thank everyone who assisted in the 2007 updating of this ‘Education to Employment Package for Graduates with Disabilities' and development of specific content for Tasmania, especially the following people:

Ms Tracey Chaplin
Occupational Therapist, Communication Access, Calvary Health Care, Hobart

Ms Di Ferguson
Office of the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, Hobart

Ms Colleen Hooper
Regional Manager, Southern Tasmania, WISE Employment

Mr Paul Keogh
Senior Customer Service Advisor, Centrelink, Tasmania

Ms Lynn Lee
Senior Policy Officer (VET Equity), Skills Tasmania

Mr Doug McGinn
Disability Advisor, University of Tasmania

Ms June Mezger
Team Leader, Student Support Services, TAFE Tasmania

Ms Gaon Mitchell
Careers Adviser, University of Tasmania

Mr Kevin Murfitt
WAM Coordinator, Deakin University

Mr Tony Payne
Manager, Student Services, University of Tasmania

Ms Barb Ridgway
Student Counsellor, Student Support Services, TAFE Tasmania

Ms Jenny Stagg
Manager Contract Bus Services, Passenger Transport Services Branch
Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources – Roads and Public Transport Tasmania

Web development by:

Jane Hawkeswood
Project Officer, Student Services, University of Tasmania

Visualeyes Creative

Authors:

Ms Jane Barrett
Regional Disability Liaison Officer, Southern & Central Tasmania
Project Manager

Mr Ian Presland
Project Officer

The Tasmanian Regional Disability Liaison Officer Initiative is hosted by the University of Tasmania. The Initiative is funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST).  The Australian Government has not authored or approved the content or accuracy of the website and users should not rely on the information as an official Australian Government source.

October 2007

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