As a mental health professional and an English as a Second Language teacher, Isabel Osuna- Gatty has worked in literacies programs in South America and, more recently, has been involved in the funding and implementation of work-based literacies programmes across Australia.
Isabel provides official statistics from Australia which show that almost 60% of Australian adults don't have sufficient functional literacy to understand and apply general information about their health and wellbeing. Isabel's work to address this issue focuses on culturally and
linguistically diverse communities across Western Sydney. Her projects include the deconstruction of text in mental health literature and offering workshops which seek to demystify mental health and address stigma associated with mental illness. The literacies and health workshops that she facilities provide opportunities for community members to share their knowledge, whilst learning about tools and resources in a non- judgmental and open environment.
Ros Bauer, an adult language, literacy and numeracy specialist, then talks through some Australian initiatives around the opportunities and challenges that exist in workplaces with regards to reading, writing, listening, speaking, using ICT and numeracy. She also provides us with an in-depth case study on the workplace literacies project she has been working on in a remote Aboriginal community, which led to her receiving the prestigious 'Excellence in Adult Language Literacy Numeracy Practice' at the Australian Training Awards in 2013
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