Advokit Update #5 - independent advocacy & information (for realising participation, aspirations, self-direction, inclusion...) in the NDIS

14 July 2014 Advokit Update #5 Hello subscriber, We hope you find the Advokit by DANA a useful online tool to discover relevant information and resources and to navigate the NDIS. We intend the website to address the needs of its users so please use the online functions to provide feedback, suggest improvements or submit case studies.  This Advokit Update focuses on events happening around Australia during the coming months. EVENTS Webinars 29 July – field webinar: Self-Development and Goal Setting for People with Disabilities    Australian Capital Territory Canberra: 23 July – Stand Up Speak Up workshops at Advocacy for Inclusion (4 week course) 23 July – Creating Innovative Housing Choices symposium  24 July – Mental health consumers self advocacy training (5 week course) 29 July – Supporting Self-advocacy workshop at Advocacy for Inclusion 30 July – Planning Future Pathways expo for students with disability 3 August – Workshop on NDIS planning for families (Imagine More) 10 August – Everyone can communicate workshop  on alternative communication methods 12 August – Self-advocacy workshops at Advocacy for Inclusion (7 week course) 27 August – Creating Innovative Housing Choices symposium  28 August – Mental health consumer representation course (5 week course) New South Wales Sydney: 18 July – My Choice Matters Skills workshop (for people with mental illness & family) 23 July – Workshop on building connections and relationships (Family Advocacy NSW) 24 July – Understanding Person Centredness - Centre for Disability Studies workshop 29 July – My Choice Matters Skills workshop (for parents of people with disability) 31 July – Values & beliefs training (for those who work with people with disability, MDAA) 16 August – Launch of Living a Good Life DVD and podcast 20 August – Resourcing Families workshops on developing community connections Newcastle: 24 July – School leavers expo for students with disability 7 August – NDIS Community forum 28-29 August – Making the NDIS work for people with Intellectual Disability NSWCID event Lismore:   7-8 August – Vocational Options and Community Living - CDS workshop 27 August – Resourcing Families workshops on developing community connections Wollongong: 6 August –  Illawarra Disability Options expo  22 August – My Choice Matters Skills workshop Illawarra: 17 July – My Choice Matters Skills workshop (Aboriginal Community) 21 August – My Choice Matters Skills workshop (Aboriginal Community) Orange: 30 July – Resourcing Families workshops on developing community connections 18 August – My Choice Matters Skills workshop Penrith: 20 August – My Choice Matters Skills workshop 12-13 September – Nepean disAbility expo   Broken Hill:  16 July – Resourcing Families workshops on planning and network building Batemans Bay: 29 July - iPads and More workshop from Ability Technology and IDEAS Bomaderry: 30 July - iPads and More workshop from Ability Technology and IDEAS Belmont: 5 August – NDIS Community forum Maitland: 6 August – NDIS Community forum Wagga Wagga: 14 August – My Choice Matters Skills workshop Young: 15 August – My Choice Matters Skills workshop Bathurst: 19 August – My Choice Matters Skills workshop Queensland Brisbane: 4-8 & 25-29 August – Optimal Individual Service Design training with Michael Kendrick 8 August – Continuing the deinstitutionalisation of people with disability seminar (QAI)   Gold Coast: 6-8 August – Disability Employment Conference Victoria Melbourne: 28 July – How self advocacy inspires ideas in academia seminar (SARU and RMIT) 11 August – Equal Opportunity, human rights and disability workshop at VEOHRC 14-15 August – States of Inclusion conference (VALID and IA-NCID) 15 August –NDIS readiness seminar: Service quality & personalisation (Inclusion Melbourne) 26 August – Understanding substitute decision making seminar - Office of Public Advocate   Geelong: 11-12 August – The NDIS One Year On conference Warrnambool: 14 August – Violence against Women with Disabilities panel Mornington: 31 August – Disability and Mental Health forum Tasmania Hobart: 17 July – Rhonda Galbally on Disability in Australia 2014- TasCOSS speech                                Email            Website               Twitter          Facebook