NDIS Practice Standards Verification Module – Required Documentation January 2020 Purpose of this document: For NDIS providers who require verification, this document outlines the evidence that auditors must receive in order to assess conformity with the verification module of the NDIS Practice Standards. Application pack – NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators, January 2020 […]
Author: Jose Koppelman-Guthrie
DE Panel request for Orientation Day, Flinders University
It’s that time of the year again where the Disability and Community Inclusion Unit, Flinders Univeristy, is seeking your assistance to put together their annual panel of DE’s to talk to our new BDDE and post-grad disability students at their Orientation Day on Wednesday 26th February. The panel session would be around one hour and […]
Royal Commission – Criminal justice system issues paper
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (the Royal Commission) has released an issues paper on the criminal justice system. The paper is available in Easy Read, PDF and DOCX. The Criminal justice system issues paper states that people with disability, including young people and First Nations people, are […]
New innovative legal assistance videos to assist South Australian women and girls with a disability.
Two new innovative legal assistance videos have been made to assist South Australian women and girls with a disability. These films explain legal and other protections that are available to women and girls who are at risk of or experiencing abuse – in particular, domestic and family violence and elder abuse. These films use Auslan, […]
Families and Children Expert Panel Project (Mel, Bris, Perth)
The Centre for Evidence and Implementation (CEI) will deliver a three-hour practical workshop about how to optimise your implementation process based on the Implementation Practice Guide authored by CEI and published by AIFS in June 2019. For more information visit the Professional Development Workshops website. Through the workshop, service providers will have the opportunity to: […]
Select Committee on Autism – submissions to the inquiry
On 27 November 2019, the Senate resolved to establish a Select Committee on Autism to inquire into and report on the services, support and life outcomes for autistic people in Australia and the associated need for a National Autism Strategy. The committee is to present its final report on or before the first sitting day of […]
Free Online training for VET staff and educators
National Disability Co-ordination Officer (NDCO) Program and Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) have collaborated to develop 2 training programs to explore ‘disability’. Program 1: VET Staff – Supporting Students with Disability Designed for all staff who work in the VET sector and focuses on promoting awareness about the rights of students with […]
Season’s Greetings
The DEAI Committee wishes you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We will be closed for business from 20th Dec ’19 till 6th Jan ‘20. We look forward to another exciting year for the Developmental Education profession.
DSC – Video Recordings: Using the NDIS Commission Portal (Behaviour Support)
From the Disability Services Consulting’s website: Two webinars have been uploaded on the nuances of navigating the NDIS Commission Portal. The first webinar is directed at behaviour support practitioners: Behaviour support plans that contain a regulated restrictive practice must be lodged with the NDIS Commission. This webinar provides tips for ensuring successful lodgement of behaviour support […]
NDIS Workforce Capability Framework
From the NDIS Commission’s webpage: “The NDIS Commission is leading the development of a national NDIS Workforce Capability Framework to support consistency in practice and delivery of quality disability services across Australia. The Australian Government’s strategy to support the development the NDIS market, Growing the NDIS Market and Workforce Strategy, was released in early 2019. One […]