The NDIS in WA Conversation on 9 and 10 June 2017
Disability Services Commission and the Disability Coalition
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
Program
Day 1 - Friday 9 June
9:00am to 9:50amRegistration and tea/coffee on arrival
10:00amWelcome, housekeeping and orientation in the River Room
Samantha Jenkinson, Executive Director of People With disabilities, WA
10:15amWelcome to Country
Uncle Charlie Kickett, Noongar Elder
10:25amMinister for Disability Services
The Honourable Stephen Dawson,Member of Legislative Council
Minister for Environment; Disability Services; Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council
10:40amOpening remarks
Samantha Jenkinson, Executive Director of People With disabilities, WA
11:00amPreparing for the conversation
Andrew Horabin, The BullshiftCompany
11:30amMorning teain the Southern Foyer
12:00pmInformation session and workshops
Information and Q and A on NDIS: transitioning, access and eligibility in the River Room
This session provides an introduction to the National Disability Insurance Scheme. What it is and how you access it.This will be followed by a Question and Answer session.
Presenters: Tracy Foulds the Chief Executive Officer of Explorability and Helen Nys a Director in Policy and Planning at the Disability Services Commission will co-present.
Workshop on Planning in Room M1
In the NDIS, people who are eligible will go through a planning process. Everyone will need to have a plan. This means people need to think about what they want in their life, and what help they might need to get it. In this session we will share information about the NDIS planning process, what can help and what you might want to think about. In the session we will also ask you to share with us what you might want or need to prepare for planning, and what things you think could help in the NDIS system planning process.
Presenters:Leanne Pearmanthe Chief Executive Officer of WA individualised Services and Bronia Holyoake will co-present.
Workshop on Mental health in Room M6
Understand how mental health and psychosocial disability fits under the NDIS and what this might mean for getting the support you need.
Mental health advocates from Consumers of Mental Health WA, Carers WA, and Helping Minds invite you to a discussion on how well the NDIS is working for recovery and a good life, by and for people affected by mental health issues and/or psychosocial disability. In this session you will have the opportunity to:
- Get basic information about mental health, eligibility for the NDIS and reasonable and necessary supports.
- Learn and share with each other your views on supports that are reasonable and necessary if we are to experience choice, control and recovery at the heart of the NDIS.
- Design preferred ways of having an ongoing say in the NDIS.
Presenters: Rhianwen Beresford from Consumers of Mental Health WA, Stephanie Fewster from Carers WA, and Debbie Childs from Helping Minds will co-present.
Information and Q and A on Appeals, complaints and independent advocacy in Room M7
Advocacy is an important tool to help people exercise choice and control. To advocate means to speak up. You can advocate for yourself. Or you can have help from other people to help you speak up, or speak up for you. It’s important to speak up so your views are included in decisions about your supports. It’s also important to speak up if you think a wrong decision is made about your supports. Or if you don’t like the way you have been treated. In this workshop you will learn about the different kinds of advocacy and where to get help. You will also learn about how to appeal a decision if you think it’s wrong, or how to make a complaint.
Presenters:Taryn Harvey from Disability Advocacy Network Australia and Silvia Rosenstreichfrom theMidland Information Debt and Legal Advocacy Servicewill co-present.
Workshop on People with diverse backgrounds and abilities in Room M8
There are a number of reasons why you or the person you support will find it hard to link with the NDIS. These could be about where you live in WA, you don’t know who to talk to for help, you don’t understand how the system works, you’re not sure that you will be understood because you do not speak English very well, etcetera. This session is an opportunity to talk about the issues you have and as a group we will discuss ways the process can be made easier to make sure you feel safe, listened to and supported when you do link with the NDIS.
Presenters: Wendy Rose is the Chief Executive Officer of the Ethnic Disability Advocacy Centre.
Workshop onHearing the voices of people with Intellectual Disability in Room M11
Who speaks for people with Intellectual Disability in WA? Do people with Intellectual Disability feel that the community understands how they feel about their lives and what they want for themselves? This workshop looks at the best ways for us to all hear what matters to people with Intellectual Disability. This workshop is for young people who want to tell the world how they feel about things and what they think needs to change. This is also for older people with Intellectual Disability who want to share how they have found ways to get their voice heard in the community and how they think things could work better.
Presenters:Maxine Drake is an Advocacy Consultant at Development Disability, WA. Justin Storen will present alongside Maxine.
1:00pmLunch in the Southern Foyer
2:00pmInformation session and workshops
Workshop on Self-management in the River Room
In the NDIS, people with a plan can choose how they want to manage their funding and supports. One option is to choose to self-manage. This session will provide an overview of what self-management is, how it can maximise your choice and control, and some of the responsibilities that go with it.We will also ask you what information and support you need to (1) choose to self-manage; and (2) be able to self-manage confidently. There will also be the opportunity for you to ask any questions you have and make any comments you want.
Presenters:Su-Hsien Lee and Maggie Visser from WA individualised Services will co-present.
Workshop on Supported decision-making in Room M1
The NDIS wants to enable participants to have choice and control in their lives. Some participants have difficulty making decisions by themselves. The NDIS wants them to have support to make their own decisions. This is different to another person making decisions FOR them, which is what often happens now. A decision supporter should be an informal or unpaid person (or people) who know the person well, has learnt how to be a good decision supporter and helps the person make their decision. In this session, you will be able to:
- help the NDIS know which participants will need support for decision-making
- learn what issues get in the way of this happening well
- find out what resources and tools exist to help people learn about and do support decision-making.
Presenters: Leighton Jay from Sotica andTracy Foulds from Explorability will co-present.
Workshop on Peer support and self-advocacy in Room M6
Standing Up for ourselves and Standing Up for other people in our lives are two ways that we can make sure our Human Rights are respected. Peer Support is where people who share something in common meet together to share information, wisdom and fun to make their lives better. Self-Advocacy is about learning the skills to speak up for ourselves. When Peer Support and Self-Advocacy are put together it can make a community of people with shared experiences who stand up for each other. This workshop gives some examples of ways that people have become stronger through being a part of groups of people with shared experiences.
Presenters:Maxine Drake an Advocacy Consultant at Development Disability, WA and Rhianwen Beresford from Consumers of Mental Health WA will co-present.
Presentations and Q and A on Housing and accommodation in Room M7
Where you live and the support you get to live are both very important for having a good life. This session will provide some basic information on what types of housing and accommodation related support are likely to be funded under NDIS and the shift away from larger group models. There are new opportunities to think differently about how housing and support work together and we will provide examples of innovation in housing and accommodation support. We want to hear from people with disabilities and their families on what support and information are needed to make choices about housing and get access to housing.
Presenters: Samantha Jenkinson from People With disability WA and Leanne Pearman from WAindividualised Services will co-present.
Information and Open Café Workshop on Family and carer support in Room M8
In this session we will discuss what supports you would like to see for yourself as a carer or what has worked well for you in relation to NDIS or in general. We will explore what unmet needs you have as a carer of someone who is accessing or may be able to access NDIS. We will also ask what meaningful engagement with the NDIS would look like for you in your caring role.
Presenters: Stephanie Fewster from Carers WA and Debbie Childs from Helping Minds will co-present.
Yarning space in Room M11
EldersUncle Charlie and Aunty Helen Kickett along withSandra Collardfrom theEthnic Disability Advocacy Centre.
3:00pmAfternoon tea in the Southern Foyer
3:30pmPlenaryin the River Room
Andrew Horabin, The BullshiftCompany
Reflectionsof the day and next steps
4:30pmDay 1 finishes
Available all day
Q and A session in Room M9
Advocates and Disability Services Commission staff available to answer more specific questions.
Wellbeing and support space in Room M10
Counsellors available all day and a place to relax.
Quiet space in Room M12
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