Additional training

Training programs are suitable for anyone providing direct support for decision-making to people with disability, particularly family members and disability support workers.

Advocacy and Guardianship 

DARU – free online training targeted at disability advocates to provide skills, knowledge and resources that promote a human rights approach to working with people with disability
Courses – Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU) 


Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 

United Nations Human Rights Office of High Commissioner – Training package for groups/workplace (modifiable)  

MODULE 1: WHAT IS DISABILITY? 
MODULE 2: A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO THE CONVENTION
OHCHR Training Package on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | OHCHR


Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) 

Engaging in Positive Behaviour Support Practices – program suited to educators, disability support workers and allied health professionals.
Engaging in Positive Behaviour Support Practices – Monash Professional Development 

Foundations of Positive Behaviour Support films – free eLearning Positive Behaviour Support 5 part training course for support workers (5 courses, 25 mins per course – 5 courses, $11.00inclu GST)
Positive Behaviour Support eLearning Program (nds.org.au) 


Rights of people with disability 

DARU – free online training provides skills, knowledge and resources that promote a human rights approach to working with people with disability (targeted at disability advocates and those working with people with disability)
Courses – Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU) 

Human Rights and You eLearning Program – free 30 minute video-based eLearning program for disability support workers looks at why human rights matter when supporting people with disability. Four modules: 

  1. What are human rights? 
  1. Rights and responsibilities 
  1. When rights go wrong 
  1. Asking for help

Human Rights model of disability -course explains the concept of human rights for people with disability.
Human Rights model of disability – Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU) 


Supported decision-making  

Introduction to Supported Decision-Making – free training for people working in the mental health and human services sectors, people with lived experience, carers and family. Two free training modules:  
Module 1: Supported Decision-Making: What it is and why it’s important
Module 2: Supported Decision-Making and Psychosocial Recovery Coaches
Introduction to Supported Decision-Making – Mental Health Coordinating Council (mhcc.org.au) 

Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University – Resources and Publications – online learning programs and resources for people with a disability, their families, carers and associated services.  

Training resources on Support for Decision Making Practice Framework Learning Resource for front line workers, practitioners and family supporters.

My Rights Matter Workshops – Council for Intellectual Disability workshops online and face to face. Workshops provide information and help build skills in supported decision making for: 

Supported Decision Making eLearning – free module introduces the Supported Decision Making Practice Framework.
Supported Decision Making (nds.org.au) 

Supported Decision Making Seminars – ADACAS 1 hour free online practical sessions for community
Online SDM Seminars – ADACAS 

Supported Decision Making Workshops – ADACAS fee for service
Supported Decision Making Workshops – ADACAS  

Supporting Effective Communication – free eLearning module about effective communication and how it supports choice and control.
Supporting effective communication | NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (ndiscommission.gov.au) 


Trauma Informed practice  

Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU) – free online training to provide skills, knowledge and resources promoting a human rights approach to working with people with disability https://www.daru.org.au/courses 

Emerging Minds – Supporting children who disclose trauma – free eLearning course
Emerging Minds Learning 

National Disability Services trauma-informed support free short films 
https://www.nds.org.au/zero-toleranceframework/considering-additional-risk

Supported Decision Making Course – free online video modules provide general information to guide the process of supporting decision making for a person with an intellectual disability. 
Supported Decision Making Course • Developmental Disability WA – DDWA