Flow Perth 3!

Hi all

Great news! Flow Perth is back again! We've had such a success that we are all go for 2015 with continued sponsorship!

We are so excited to get the opportunity to share our skills with local charities and really change the face of skilled volunteering within the Perth community.

In this weekend event, we will be helping out http://www.autismwest.org.au/ with their aim to provide families with the practical and emotional support and tools they need to help their child reach their full potential and integrate effectively within their community.

To find out more about what we were able to achieve with The Miracle Babies Foundation and The Fathering Project search for #Go2Flow and #Go2Flow2 on Twitter.

The 3 main problem areas for us to help with are as follows:

1. Toby Playpad – Our iPad app

2. Manual Resource - Off iPad activity

3. Pricing and Packaging Strategy of our products

If you think you can help with the above 3 main problem areas - please sign up! We need you!

If you haven’t been involved before – get yourself signed up as it’s an incredible way to give back to the community sector and everyone who volunteers enjoys themselves!

The finer details of the Flow Perth event are as follows: Friday 17th April: 5.30pm– 7.30pm Agile Meetup – Autism West CEO and TOBY Playpad Product Manager kick off the event & pitch problem areas. Drinks, nibbles and team forming.

Saturday 18th April: 08:00am Kickoff – We get started on solving the problem areas.

Sunday 19th April: 08:00am – 1.00pm (Showcase is over lunch from 12pm – 1pm!!!)

Food, coffee, juice supplied all weekend thanks to Uncles Joes Mess cafe on Kings Street.

To find out more about Flow Perth please follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

A little bit more about Autism West and Toby Playpad

Autism West is a local charity that provides innovative and unique autism services. In addition to its ground-breaking work on TOBY, an autism therapy app, its wide range of services include social and life skills programs, sensory activity days, carers’ retreats, an information service, access to the Argonaut autism resource centre and an annual conference. It also supports a pilot mentoring project at Curtin University for students with autism.
Autism is a lifelong neurobiological disorder that affects the development of social interaction, communication and play. In Australia today, approximately one in 61 school‐aged children in Australia has autism. Autism West’s aim is to help kids with autism reach their potential, and it continues to raise community understanding of autism through its many community events.

TOBY Playpad is a unique and revolutionary early intervention app for parents/carers of children with autism. TOBY initially provides information on basic teaching and learning principles required to help a child with autism. TOBY then offers a range of on iPad and an extensive list of off iPad tasks to help a child learn skills in their real world.

TOBY has been designed by a highly qualified team, including clinical psychologists, speech and occupational pathologists, along with specialist computer technicians. Dr Svetha Venkatesh from Curtin/Deakin Universities and Nedlands based charity Autism West have partnered this wonderful project.