The process for getting assistive technology funded in plans is full of hidden frustrating challenges. This 4-part webinar series for Support Coordinators, Allied Health Practitioners and AT providers shows how to cut through the detail to get great outcomes. Each webinar works through a specific category of assistive technology, unpacking the need-to-know detail using real … Continued
Are the people you support prepared for an emergency? Every NDIS and aged care provider is required to develop an emergency plan with their clients. The Person-Centred Emergency Preparedness (P-CEP) planning tool was co-designed with people with disability, services that support them and emergency services. It helps to match emergency planning to the supports that … Continued
Are you looking for an opportunity to understand grief and loss? Have you ever wanted to know more about what to say and what to do when someone is experiencing grief and loss? You might have heard of the five stages of grief, but would you like to understand the latest theories about … Continued
About this session Respect for home and family is recognised as a right for people with disability under the United Nations Convention on the rights of Persons with Disability where state responsibilities are clearly articulated. Yet all too often, we see discrimination within our child protection system that separates rather than supports families where one … Continued
This two part webinar series is open to people living in the Bass Coast and Gippsland regions. You must attend part 1 to participate in part 2. Home is a vital part of our lives. It not only provides us with security, privacy, comfort and control but it reflects our identity, our deep sense of … Continued
Good governance is critical to the success of any not-for-profit organisation supporting people with disability. And having an understanding of what good governance entails is a key responsibility of any Board member. To help build capacity within Boards of not-for-profit organisations across Australia that provide supports for people with disability, Bendigo Bank is delighted to … Continued
About this session Attitudes are linked to disability-based discrimination and social exclusion, which in turn impact the health and wellbeing of people with disability. The Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health recently conducted the first national survey of community attitudes toward people with disability. The survey, co-designed with people with disability, examined how … Continued
An online train-the-trainer program for NDIS service providers aimed at fostering self-determination and mainstream connections for people who may be eligible to access, or are accessing, the NDIS under the psychosocial disability stream. advocating at each stage of the NDIS process. The training format consists of 3 hours prerequisite learning and 2 x 2:30 … Continued
About this session The way we think about housing has changed rapidly with the development of Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA), and in relation to supports, Supported Independent Living (SIL). Join Jamie-Lee Dwyer, Belinda Aitken and Cathy Bucolo, the Summer Foundation’s Lived Experience Team and Clinical Practice Lead to hear their experience of SDA and SIL … Continued
This training program applies a trauma informed lens when supporting people with a disability. People living with a disability often access multiple services frequently over time, may be institutionalised at different times, and may also experience and/ or witness high levels of abuse, violence and other traumas in their daily life. This training program fosters … Continued