10AM—1.00PM TOM PRICE 18 MAY 2018 FUTURE SESSIONS IN: BRIDGETOWN 3 MAY | MANDURAH 6 JUNE | BUNBURY 13 JUNE Venue: Nintirri Centre Address: Central Road, Tom Price Time: 10am — 1pm Online Registration: https://ddwa.org.au/events/ Info: mary.butterworth@ddwa.org.au or 9420 7230 (Mon, Wed, Fri) Cost: (including GST) DDWA members—$10 Non members—$15 Registration includes morning tea DDWA Membership: FREE for People with Disability, Family, Friends & Individuals. Go to https://ddwa.org.au/membership/ About the presenters: Jaquie Mills — Jaquie is the parent of four children, two with disability. Her eldest son Eli has complex communication needs and Jaquie has worked extensively to find and promote good practice around communication, including the development of the Graduate Certificate of Education in Complex Communication Needs, at Edith Cowan University. Jaquie is a Project Manager at DDWA and was a West Australian finalist in the 2018 Australian of the Year Awards for her work developing Microboards and supporting people with complex communication needs and challenging behaviour. Bronwyn Pike — Bronwyn has worked for over 20 years within a variety of human services with her focus on supporting individuals and families to plan, develop and self-direct their supports. Her current role as Side by Side Coordinator at Developmental Disability WA has seen her working closely with families to co-design a family partnership model of support specifically targeted towards families who are living with challenging behavior. NDIS PLANNING for people who have difficulty communicating and have developmental disability A Workshop for Families, Teachers and Disability Support Staff PAGE 1 of 2 PAGE 2 The National Disability Insurance Scheme is all about having choice and control. However, you might be wondering how a person who has difficulty communicating can be included in the planning process. DDWA would like to invite you to come along to this workshop which will look at ways in which to do this. We’ve developed some resources to share with you which explore: why we now believe that everyone can communicate, regardless of their disability how people with complex communication needs can understand and prepare to plan for the NDIS how to explore concepts relating to the NDIS with people who appear to be disinterested or have limited ability to pay attention what supporters can do to help people to understand the NDIS what supporters can do to help people with complex communication needs prepare for their NDIS plan how people with complex communication needs can explore having language relating to the NDIS in their communication systems and devices how to think about setting communication goals The resources, which will be available online, have been co-designed and trialed successfully with a group of people with complex communication needs. PLEASE REGISTER EARLY These workshops have been supported by :