Psychology Tutor: Mentor (PSI) Psycho-Social Incarnation

Access extra study support outside of uni/college to enable learning with your own two hands~ Think, Write and Present as a Professional Practitioner-Researcher. Design research projects and analyse results competently. Proofread and Edit to APA style format. Access essential  Study Skills Workshops. Join online discussions, study and reading groups. Utilize Templates, Summaries & Outlines across [...]

  Chasing La Dole Vita on Facebook for a daily ritual of mindfulness.

Lovely morning in this part of the world; peaceful and very crisp~ Today I am busy being busy sharing on my social networks links to views and resources for learning and community development. Cairns residents~ make contact to source recyclable items for the upcoming workshops and celebrations in our Festival Season (Char, Reuse Recycle, Cairns [...]

Interesting reading as I explore the rich deep sapphire seas of what is Tumblr. My tag on the site is psitutor ~ come Friend me there too ~:-) Am really! enjoying my discovery time here at Tumblr~ I don’t know quite what, but I like its blend of FB and Twitter~ and something else. Happy [...]

Everything is Going to be OK! is my free pdf download~ a study support handbook for undergraduates of the psycho-social student tribe (PSST!). Get your free copy by signing up to the enewsletter on the homepage www.psitutor.org (scroll up ~:-) Feedback on this valuable resource is appreciated~

Looking for a way to give-back…? A 3-Day Resilience Leadership Workshop to be held in Cairns, 2011. Relevant and critical skills to aid community resilience prior to, during and post natural disaster. Hosted by Volunteer Queensland~ Contact Tal Fitzpatrick Leadership Program Coordinator Natural Disasters Resilience Project Volunteering Queensland Inc. Tel: 07 3002 7600 Mob: 0410 [...]

A Force for South Cairns presents a solid argument for maintenance on eroding drainage channels. Part of the post is a set of local area maps providing percentage break ups for demographics, Drainage upgrades and maps that tell us more about ourselves. This is a great way to map information. It is also an interesting [...]

  One for the younger people~ The Sustainable Living Expo, Cairns 2011 is hosting a recycled sculpture art comp. However, methinks I will create a set of garden signs from my trash. Hot glue gun and some paint~ will be fun!!! More information on the Expo here.  

Continuing on today with my series on tutor:mentor programs for social science students and the potential to influence funding decisions by the Australia Government. Below are my posts to the symposium that my colleague and I are facilitating online for our course at USQ. Basically, the argument that successful tutor:mentor learning support programs jeopardize School/university [...]

This is a critical reflective piece of writing to do with an assignment I am putting together for my tertiary teaching course. I will split it up across a series of posts, otherwise it will be a lengthy read for just one ~:-) My colleague and I who have partnered for the online symposium that [...]

Myself and fellow Cairns-ites were extremely lucky in that Yasi chose not to cross our city. However, tragedy did strike elsewhere, in the townships south of us; Cardwell, Mission Beach and Tully. My heart goes out to those who have experienced incredible loss at this time. I was fortunate to be evacuated to a home [...]

Image: Harleys Education Tropical cyclone Yasi (category 4 atm) is bearing down on Cairns and other Far North Queensland regions. Students and other members of the community can access Harleys Education, Tropical Cyclone Yasi: Community Information Hub for links to the latest news, useful resources, check twitter stream updates and to comment on the community [...]

Along with everything else that I do, I am the principal of The Junk Wave (previously Reuse and Recycle, Cairns): a new business that collects junk from industry, manufacturers, corporate and private households. We cleanse and categorise the junk to resell as collage and construction material to Early Childhood centres (day care centres, Kindergartens, Outside [...]