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Curtin Specialist Mentoring Program

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

Address: Kent Street 6102 Perth, WA, Australia

Website: life.curtin.edu.au/health-and-wellbeing/autism-related-conditions-peer-mentoring.htm

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24.01.2022 One of our graduate mentees, Jacinta Reynolds, presenting at the Telethon Kids Institute Autism Awareness Day Morning Tea at Ascot Racecourse

23.01.2022 Have a look at our 2017 program update! 2018 newsletter to come...

22.01.2022 Have a look at two published program evaluations that were completed for CSMP! Evaluation of Mentors Experiences with the CSMP: "The mentors described how their overall experience had been positive and reported that the training and support provided to them was pivotal to their ability to succeed in as peer mentors to students with ASD."... https://espace.curtin.edu.au//20./31117/240309_240309.pdf Evaluation of the Mentees experiences with the CSMP: "The current study provides preliminary evidence that a specialised peer mentoring program can improve the well-being of students with ASD" http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article

19.01.2022 Have a look at our 2018 Semester 1 Newsletter!

03.01.2022 We are honoured to announce that former West Australian of the Year, Professor Lyn Beazley AO FTSE, graciously accepted to be the Patron of CSMP at the end of 2017! After graduating from Oxford and Edinburgh Universities, Professor Lyn Beazley built an internationally renowned research team in Neuroscience that focused on recovery from brain damage, as Winthrop Professor at The University of Western Australia. Currently Lyn is the Sir Walter Murdoch Professor of Science at Mu...rdoch University. As Chief Scientist of Western Australia from 2006 to 2013, Lyn advised the Western Australian Government on science, innovation and technology as well as fulfilling the role of science ambassador locally, nationally and internationally. Lyn was inducted into the inaugural Western Australian Womens Hall of Fame and was elected as a Fellow of the College of Educators. In 2012, Lyn became the second recipient of the Governors Award for Giving, in recognition of her enthusiastic philanthropy through her outreach activities promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in the Western Australian community. More recently, in 2013, Lyn was honoured to be inducted into the Western Australian Science Hall of Fame and to become a Companion of the Institute of Engineers. Lyn was amazed and delighted to be named the WA Australian of the Year for 2015. Follow Lyn's Twitter account to get all the latest updates! https://twitter.com/LynBeazley Professor Lyn Beazley, Chief Scientist of WA, Tribute and Thank You

01.01.2022 Please see article showcasing one of our very successful graduate mentees, Jacinta Reynolds. We are very proud of her accomplishments.