Resources

Trusting Partnerships Conference

Labels Not Only Describe, They Also Judge

Presented by Colin Burgering & Asta Osborne

Advocates of JAG work to support people who have intellectual disability or other cognitive disabilities. They also work to support family members in their efforts to improve the lives of their family member. That work regularly brings them into contact, and sometimes conflict, with professionals from human services, mental health facilities, and clinicians of one sort or another.

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The Power of Sharing our Lives

Presented by Ana-Maria de Vos

People with intellectual disability / learning disability are amongst the most vulnerable in the disability sector. They often need closer connections with other members of the community to increase their participation and reduce their isolation and vulnerability. We are living in a busy society and we don't think that we have enough time to make a difference in a person's life.

In this workshop adults with an intellectual disability will share their stories. People from different walks of life will share their stories of how they made time to make a difference to one person as a volunteer advocate and how that has impacted their life. This workshop will show the difference it makes to life when people share and support one another.

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Listening to Your Heart and working well with your therapist

Presented by Laura Hurtado-Roberts

This presentation looks at building positive relationships between parents, teachers and therapists. Sometimes there are so few signs that something is wrong for your child that only the parent notices. In the process of child development, there comes a point when you realise your child doesn't behave like other children. There is something that seems to be odd but it is difficult to diagnose or even to identify it. What are the challenges with the so-called invisible disabilities? What sort of intervention is available for the developmental delays of children who have not completly reached the first seven years phase of development? How to cope and take positive action?

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Riding the Rollercoaster The challenges we universally face

Presented by Kelly Wood

A perspective on what might be universal best practice when it comes to supporting families from the perspective of families. For support to families to be authentic it must develop from the establishment of a "Trusting Relationship." This presentation will speak to the personal experiences of families seeking to survive within the system and offer alternative possibilities to improving people's situation.

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Right Relationships and Meaningful Outcomes cup of tea and a date scone

Presented by Debbie Davidson

For the past two years Community Living Trust has been involved in a pilot initiative in a small coastal region of New Zealand. In this time 'we' the professionals, have leant a great deal, the biggest learning has been the importance of not only developing relationship, but the right relationship a partnership with the people we serve.

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