Topic 3: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 1 hour 40 mins 3.1. About the Disability Convention 3.2. Implementation and monitoring 3.3. Progressive realisation 1.1 Identify changes in the political and social frameworks within which the work is undertaken 1.2 Identify ways society can affect the level of impairment experienced by a person with disability 1.4 Develop and adjust own approaches to facilitate empowerment Topic 4: An overview of the disability service system 1 hour 45 mins 4.1. About disability services 4.2. The National Disability Insurance Scheme 4.3. My Aged Care 4.4. The National Standards for Disability Services 1.1 Identify changes in the political and social frameworks within which the work is undertaken 1.2 Identify ways society can affect the level of impairment experienced by a person with disability 1.4 Develop and adjust own approaches to facilitate empowerment 5: Communicating effectively with service 2 5.1. Augmentative and alternative communication 5.2. Easy English 5.3. Translation and interpreting services 5.4. Alternative accessible formats 1.4 Develop and adjust own approaches to facilitate empowerment Deliver services that ensure the rights and needs of the person are upheld in the context of 3.3 Provide assistance to the person with disability to facilitate communication of their personal goals 6: Achieving cultural awareness in your work 2 hours 40 mins 6.1. Culturally and linguistically diverse communities 6.2. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2.2 Deliver services that ensure the rights and needs of the person are upheld in the context of 2.3 Ensure the cultural needs of the person are identified, accepted and upheld
6.3. Unconscious bias and casual racism Topic 7: Person-centred practice in action 3 hours 20 mins 7.1. Assisting service users to understand their rights 7.2. Supported decision-making and the role of family, friends and carers 7.3. Dignity of risk 7.4. Advocacy and referral 7.5. Inclusive practices Develop and adjust own approaches to facilitate empowerment 2.1 Assist the person with disability to understand their rights 2.2 Deliver services that ensure the rights and of the person are upheld in the context of a person-centred approach work in a manner that acknowledges the person with disability as their own expert Facilitate person-centred options for action on relevant issues and discuss with the person and/or family and/or carer and/or relevant other Provide assistance to the person with disability to facilitate communication of their personal goals Provide person-centred support in a manner that encourages and empowers the person with disability to make their own choices Assist with strategies to ensure that the person is comfortable with any decisions that are being made on their behalf Assist with accessing advocacy services and other complaint mechanisms as required
a more politically correct term before revealing the preferred terms in the column. Make sure you create a safe space for students to make mistakes during this activity by explaining that all of these terms were considered acceptable at some point in time, so it is okay not to know the correct answer. When all of the have been covered, ask learners if they have any comments or questions before moving on. Outdated term Preferred terms Handicapped Has disability, person with disability Spastic Person with Cerebral Palsy, person with disability Insane, person Person with psycho-social disability, person with mental illness Dwarf, midget Person with Dwarfism, person of small stature Mongoloid Person with Down Syndrome Slow Has intellectual disability / person with intellectual disability, person with learning difficulties Wheelchair-bound Wheelchair-user Cripple Person with physical disability, wheelchair-user Fit, attack Seizure Disabled toilet Accessible toilet The word list for this activity has been adapted from the NSW Department of Family and Community Services’ . Trainer’s note: Conclude Topic 1 by asking learners to turn back to the definition of disability that they had written down on page 10 of their Learner Guide at the beginning of Topic 1, and ask them to provide feedback on whether or not they would change their definition, based on what they have learned throughout this topic. Further reading: Australian Network on Disability, (2015). People with Disability Australia, (2015). hand