SoSafe! Training Workshop

The SoSAFE! program is a set of visual and conceptual tools designed to promote social safety for people with moderate to severe intellectual disability (MSID) and/or autism spectrum disorder (ASD). SoSAFE! provides teachers, counsellors, and other professionals with simple visual tools to enhance the social, social-sexual and social safety training of these individuals.

The SoSAFE! program uses a standardised framework of concepts, symbols and visual lesson materials to teach the type and degree of communicative and physical intimacy appropriate with different groups of people in an individual’s life. The program also teaches strategies for moving into intimate relationships in a safe and measured manner. The standardised and integrated framework of SoSAFE! facilitates the consistency of instruction, terminology and materials; all of which are essential for the acquisition and maintenance of skills in people with a moderate to severe intellectual disability and/or autism spectrum disorder.

This one-day SoSAFE! workshop is an essential part of the program and introduces participants to the framework and rationale behind SoSAFE!, as well as equipping them with the skills necessary to implement this integrated framework for teaching relationships, sexuality and sexual health.

Developed by two special education teachers in reaction to their own challenges in the classroom, this new and innovative program is important for anyone working in the fields of MSID and/or ASD.

As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Describe social, linguistic and cognitive characteristics of clients with intellectual disability or ASD that expose them to increased risk of physical and sexual abuse
Identify key design features of SoSAFE! that enhance social skill, sexuality education and social safety outcomes for these clients
Explain the function of SoSAFE!’s principal tools (the Talk Touch Triangle, Steps to Relationship and People and Relationship Book)
Describe how these tools can be used to address a number of common issues related to socio-sexual behaviour and social safety
Discuss the potential of SoSAFE! as an inclusive early childhood social safety training program.

Agenda: 8:30 AM to 4:15 PM

Registration Time: 8:00 AM to 8:30 AM

Tuition includes: SoSAFE! Training Manual and CD ROM - Detailed Handouts with space for note taking - Certificate of Attendance - Lunch and refreshments on both days

Current Listings:

SoSafe! Training Workshop (Melbourne, Victoria) (26/10/2010 - 26/10/2010)
Workshop: SoSafe! Training Workshop
Dates: 26/10/2010 - 26/10/2010
Professional Cost: $405.00
Parent Cost: $200.00
Location City: Melbourne
Location State: Victoria
Venue: Hotel Ibis Little Bourke Street
Venue Street Address: 600 Little Bourke Street
Venue City: Melbourne
Venue State: Victoria
Venue Postcode: 3000
Venue Phone: 03 9672 0000
Venue Parking: Public car parking located at 263 Spencer St for a cost of approx $13.50 per day

SoSafe! Training Workshop (Melbourne, Victoria) (06/06/2011 - 06/06/2011)
Workshop: SoSafe! Training Workshop
Dates: 06/06/2011 - 06/06/2011
Professional Cost: $405.00
Parent Cost: $200.00
Location City: Melbourne
Location State: Victoria
Venue: Hotel Ibis Little Bourke Street
Venue Street Address: 600 Little Bourke Street
Venue City: Melbourne
Venue State: Victoria
Venue Postcode: 3000
Venue Phone: 03 96720000
Venue Parking: Car parking is available at 263 Spencer Street. Contact venue for pricing.

SoSafe! Training Workshop (Adelaide, South Australia) (13/08/2011 - 13/08/2011)
Workshop: SoSafe! Training Workshop
Dates: 13/08/2011 - 13/08/2011
Professional Cost: $405.00
Parent Cost: $200.00
Location City: Adelaide
Location State: South Australia
Venue: Mercure Grosvenor Hotel Adelaide
Venue Street Address: 125 North Terrace
Venue City: Adelaide
Venue State: South Australia
Venue Postcode: 5000
Venue Phone: 1800 888 222
Venue Parking: Public car parking available on Blythe Street. Please contact venue for pricing.

SoSafe! Training Workshop (Brisbane, Queensland) (15/08/2011 - 15/08/2011)
Workshop: SoSafe! Training Workshop
Dates: 15/08/2011 - 15/08/2011
Professional Cost: $405.00
Parent Cost: $200.00
Location City: Brisbane
Location State: Queensland
Venue: Hotel Ibis Brisbane
Venue Street Address: 27-35 Turbot Street
Venue City: Brisbane
Venue State: Queensland
Venue Postcode: 4000
Venue Phone: 07 32372310
Venue Parking: Secure Public Car Park located onsite. Access via North Quay. Contact venue for pricing

SoSafe! Training Workshop (Sydney, New South Wales) (19/10/2011 - 19/10/2011)
Workshop: SoSafe! Training Workshop
Dates: 19/10/2011 - 19/10/2011
Professional Cost: $405.00
Parent Cost: $200.00
Location City: Sydney
Location State: New South Wales
Venue: Mercure Hotel Sydney
Venue Street Address: 818-820 George Street
Venue City: Sydney
Venue State: New South Wales
Venue Postcode: 2000
Venue Phone: 02 92176675
Venue Parking: Car parking is available onsite via Little Regent Street subject to availability. Contact venue for