Settlement Services International (SSI), through its FutureAbility project, is offering specific training about culturally and linguistically responsive practices to increase the participation of CALD communities to the NDIS.

The training is divided in two half-day workshops designed to equip people already working in the disability sector with the tools to apply a complex understanding when working with people with disability from CALD backgrounds, as well as developing strategies to optimise the reach and quality of disability services under the NDIS for CALD participants.

Who can attend? LAC and NDIA personnel, Government / not-for profit Disability Service Providers

Cost: Free for LAC and NDIA personnel; $50pp (+booking fee) per half day workshop for others

Content:

Workshop 1 (1/2 day) Fundamentals of Culturally Responsive Practice in a disability setting:

A framework for understanding culturally responsive practice
The importance of self-reflection in identifying the impact of our own cultural beliefs, values, assumptions and unconscious bias
The role of intersectionality in person and family centred practice
Understanding alternative explanatory models and world views on disability by different groups

Workshop 2 (1/2 day) Engaging & maintaining relationships with CALD communities:

Planning for engagement with CALD communities
Models for community engagement
Practical strategies for community engagement
Maintaining engagement
Using the FutureAbility DataCube to locate people with disability from CALD background by geographical area
Accessing and using interpreters
Overview of the “Ethnic Affairs” field / structure in Australia
Overview of roles of different CALD organisations and how to reach them

Please select the workshop(s) you would like to attend by clicking the "Ticket" button.

If you have any questions, please contact Pascale Pias ppias@ssi.org.au .

Engaging Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Communities in the NDIS

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