GROW YOUR OWN GOOD
ENGAGE IN A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY
Global Learning
International Experiences are rich in thinking and practices that can be applied almost anywhere ... We share this human experience, and the concepts of disability and citizenship are universal.
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Do be aware though, that the financial support systems in other countries won't be applicable in New Zealand.
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YES, IT'S WORTH YOUR TIME, because it is our knowing better and doing better that will elevate our lives, not the disability system itself.
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Go to the Restoring Capacity link at the top of the page to see the importance of investing in yourself, you might be able to get help through your personal budget to do this.
Open Future Learning
Train your staff, with help from the most engaging thinkers in the world of disability
We are an online learning provider 100% dedicated to the learning disability workforce. A multimedia approach to learning for support staff and the people you support. The power of stories, dedicated specialists, engaging content, learning on demand, action learning, blended learning, and value for your money.
MY HOME, MY WAY
Resources to assist people with a disability to thrive in their own home
This website contains many resources, often written or produced by people with a disability and their supporters. These resources will assist in holding a vision for each person, no matter what their needs, to live in their own home with a range of personally tailored supports.
LIFECOURSE ONLINE
Discover What It Takes, To Live Your Good Life.
LifeCourseOnline is a life-planning platform and community where you can articulate your needs, pursue your goals, coordinate practical care, and connect with your network of support on a regular basis.
VALUES IN ACTION
Bring Your Strengths to Life & Live More Fully
Get to Know Your Strengths ...
The VIA Survey of Character Strengths is a free self-assessment that takes less than 15 minutes and provides a wealth of information to help you understand your best qualities. Character strengths are different than your other personal strengths, such as your unique skills, talents, interests and resources, because they reflect the "real" you—who you are at your core.
IS THERE A BETTER WAY
Positive Behaviour Support
The 12-week family program is just one way you can join us to explore and add to our understanding of why people experience stress or dysregulation which can lead to them showing us that they need support. This program helps us in understanding people's needs and how we can support them and yourself to lead the best life possible.
BELONGING MATTERS
A Community Strengthened By The Inclusion Of All
Belonging Matters holds a number of events throughout the year to inspire, inform and build the capacity of people with a disability, families, allies, workers and professionals to enable people with disabilities to enjoy personally fulfilling and valued lives in the community.
EMPOWERING ABILITY
Families Helping Families
Empowering Ability creates free resources (guides, videos, podcasts & webinars) to pass on learned knowledge and wisdom from other families that have been there before. For families that want additional support, we offer the Independence Coaching Program, Life Plan Coaching Program Course and the Empowering Ability (EA) Club Membership.
POWER TO YOU
Create Your Version Of A Good Life
Power to You is an e-learning program and community for young adults with disability. We want to help you to dream, set goals, choose where you want to live, who you want to live with and what you want your life to look like.
THE INCLUSIVE LIVING NETWORK
In Conversation Series for Families
The In Conversation Series is a family-led initiative for parents, siblings, relatives, friends, advocates and allies who are seeking inclusive support options for their loved one with an intellectual disability. It includes a series of online sessions, peers support
webinars, reflective booklets and provides a safe space to learn, come
together, talk & listen and share knowledge and experiences.
THE CAREGIVING YEARS TRAINING ACADEMY
Empowering You to Care for Family Members
We empower you during your caregiving experience ... We also transform your experience into your next opportunities ... Certified Caregiving Advocate ... Certified Caregiving Facilitator ... Certified Caregiving Specialist ... Certified Caregiving Consultant ... Certified Caregiving Educator
WORKFORCE INNOVATION
Through Self-Managed Supports
The Workforce Innovation through Self-Managed Supports project documents the experiences of people across Australia who are in self-managed employment relationships. It considers self-management from both the perspectives of the employer (the person living with disability and/or their family) and their paid support workers. The goal is to identify and share the key factors for success (or difficulty) in these arrangements.
GOOD LIFE BUILDERS
Stop Dreaming, Start Building
Recruit Your Team Project ... Train Your Team Project ... Lead Your Team Project... Circle Of Support Project ... The Friendship Project... All our online learning courses are called projects for a reason. They are not just about learning. They are also about doing, taking action, building. They come with one on one mentoring to help you “do the doing” and get real outcomes and a peer support group where you can share your successes and get the support and encouragement of fellow families doing the projects alongside you.
HEALTHY MOTHERS, HEALTHY FAMILIES
Mothers are entitled and capable of feeling great and being healthy!
Healthy Mothers Healthy Families support, empower and encourage mothers of a child with a disability to learn about, and create a healthy lifestyle that fosters their own health and well-being, alongside a healthy, happy family life. We have developed a virtual course for mothers of children with a disability, or others who know or work with families raising a child with a disability.
MICROBOARDS AUSTRALIA
Safeguard Your Good Life
We support people with disability to gather friends and form an incorporated association called a "microboard" to build and safeguard a good life for the rest of their life
FAMILY NETWORK
Your Family Deserves To Thrive
Family Network NZ empowers families with loved ones with an intellectual disability to dream big and live life on their own terms. Family Network NZ’s strategies have been extensively researched and proven successful across the globe.
THE GROWING SPACE LEARNING
Sharing Our Lived Experience
Get the info you need to live your life, and at your own pace, online. We are disabled people and families supporting our peers to live a full inclusive life in the community with choice and control.
ALLIES AOTEAROA
Everyone Regardless Of Circumstances Deserves To Lead A Good Life
We offer practical assistance, advice and mentoring for individuals, family and whānau to ...
Imagine and create the future you would like to live ...
Secure the resources you need to achieve this ...
Support you to turn your vision and resources into tangible outcomes
OXYGEN FOR CAREGIVERS
Oxygen for Caregivers is an entire toolkit to guard against burnout, build resilience, and sustain compassion.
Oxygen for Caregivers is both evidence-based and a distillation of grassroots time-tested wisdom, gained through the long careers of experienced caregivers. Participants learn crucial new perspectives and the pivotal skills to move from burnout, compassion fatigue, moral distress, vicarious trauma, or even primary trauma—to well-being.
