Online Training
We have developed several free online training resources. The resources use videos to explain or demonstrate practices to support people with intellectual disabilities.
Evidence-based Online Training Resources
ACTIVE SUPPORT - ‘EVERY MOMENT HAS POTENTIAL’
Every Moment Has Potential teaches frontline staff what is Active Support and how to do it. Active Support is an evidence-informed staff practice designed to improve a person with intellectual disabilities’ quality of life by increasing their engagement in purposeful activities and social interactions. The training resource has videos that demonstrate good support and how to apply the 4 essentials of Active Support.
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FRONTLINE PRACTICE LEADERSHIP
This training resource teaches frontline managers how to do Practice Leadership and its five tasks. Good Frontline Practice Leadership is associated with better quality staff support. This training resource has videos that demonstrate the tasks of Practice Leadership, which include team meetings, observing and giving staff feedback, supervision, allocating and organising staff support, and focusing staff attention on quality of life.
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SUPPORT FOR DECISION-MAKING PRACTICE FRAMEWORK
The Support for Decision-Making learning resource teaches how to support a person with intellectual disabilities to make decisions. It introduces and explains an evidence-informed framework to that can be used to support people with intellectual disabilities to exercise choice and control in their own lives. The training resource includes videos and exercises to explain Support for Decision Making and the seven steps of the framework.
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QUALITY HOSPITAL CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
This set of resources depicts good practices across the hospital system. It has been designed for staff in health and disability services, family members and people with intellectual disabilities. There are separate training pathways for hospital staff, disability support workers and family members to apply the knowledge they need to collaborate with each other in optimising the quality of hospital care for people with intellectual disabilities.
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DESIGNING REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS TO SUPPORT SCHOOL INCLUSION FOR CHILDREN WITH A DISABILITY
This resource was developed to help individuals design and apply reasonable adjustments to support mainstream school inclusion of children with a disability. It can be used by parents, educators, education support staff and allied health professionals.
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ENABLING RISK: PUTTING POSITIVES FIRST
This resource has been created for disability support workers for enabling people to take risks, which is an integral part of disability support work.
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‘SUPPORTING INCLUSION’: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO A PERSON WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES?
This resource is designed to help disability support workers think about what social inclusion means for people with intellectual disability. It contains tools and strategies to support people with intellectual disability in ways that will promote their social inclusion.
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MAKING SERVICES INCLUSIVE FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
This resource provides guidance about making services more inclusive for people with intellectual disabilities. It is for staff in mainstream services that are open to all members of the public - not specialist disability services.
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