NDIS Psycho-Social Community Awareness Forum St Lawrence

NDIS Psycho-Social Community Awareness Forum

Connections Inc. is working with the NDIA to deliver the NDIS in your local community. We are delivering free community awareness forums to support local communities to learn more about the NDIS and how to engage with the Scheme. The forums are are for service providers, mainstream services and any other organizations and businesses who wish to know more about the NDIS, and how to get NDIS ready.

Topics include:

• When the NDIS is coming
• What the NDIS is
• Disability requirements
• NDIS pathway
• Accessing the NDIA
• Accessing the NDIS - age, residency, disability
• Access requests
• Gathering information, what reports are needed, hints and tips
• What the NDIS can support
• What the NDIS can't be used for
• My first NDIS plan
• Individual plans and budget
• Reasonable and necesary supports
• Plan development
• Interface with mainstream health services
• Psycho-social disability in the context of the NDIS
• Early childhood early intervention
• Starting my plan
• Choosing support providers
• Information, linkage and capacity building
• Local Area Coordinators
• Reviewing my plan
• How to get NDIS ready
• Materials and resources for providers

Of note:

We have endeavoured to ensure disability access and toilets for each venue, but some may not have both facilities. Please contact us for details.