A Review of Best Practice in Individual Needs Planning,

This is a WA report published in 2009. Some of its findings are echoed in the other material  from overseas and across Australia.

AccessAbility Toolkit

This link accesses a site developed by a team of  James Cook University student services staff, and is a portal of information for staff working with students with a disability, injury, illness, and /or health condition.

Complaints; Guidelines for Community Services

This links to NSW Ombudsman website with publications that are relevant to agencies that provide community services.

Implementing Personalisation in Northcott Services

A Scoping paper developed by Northcott, a large Disability service provider in NSW

Inclusion

Useful website

Jack Pearpoint and Lynda Khan

Leadership and Emerging Developments in Disability Work

Michael Kendrick website

Making Life Good Project

This is a link to the research conducted by Tim Clement and Christine Bigby from La Trobe Uni.which looks at quality of life in Group Homes.

Marc Gold

All of the training videos developed by Marc Gold in the early eighties are available at this website. Old, but still a great training resource.

Person Centred Planning

Website for John and Connie Lyall O'Brien

Person Centred Planning

Useful toolkit from UK (2010)

Personal Care support in Disability Services

This is a link to the resource developed by Rocky Bay to assist in the training of new staff.

Personalised support for people with complex needs or challenging behaviour

From a UK website. Author: Julia Fitzpatrick with a foreword by Professor Jim Mansell, author of the Mansell Report. This is a report describing how to provide support to people with the most complex needs or challenging behaviour, whether from brain injury, mental illness, dementia or a significant learning difficulty.

Shaping the NDIS

This is a link to the event held on February 7th 2012.

Aimed at CEO’s and senior management, Shaping the NDIS policy forum provided an opportunity to hear about how the design of the NDIS is evolving and consider how the disability sector in Western Australia can contribute to shaping the NDIS.

Guest speakers included:

• Dr Ron Chalmers, Director General,Disability Services Commission
• Joan McKenna-Kerr, NDS WA State Chairperson and representative on the NDIS Advisory Council
• Marita Walker, CEO, Perth Home Care Services
• Tony Vis, CEO, Activ
• Andrew Jefferson, Executive Director, People With Disabilities WA

Speaking Out;Domestic Violence & People with Disabilities

Nulsen Haven Training Services has free copies, for relevant organisations. For ordering details and further information, please click the link!

Supporting people with disabilities who may have difficult behaviours

Website for David Pitonyak; "Imagine"