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Disability at Work Conference 2024

Event start date: 23/07/2024

National Disability Services (NDS) calls on employment service providers and other professional employment specialists, to help shape and drive the program for NDS's Disability at Work Conference.

Right on Board – Practice Governance for Disability Service Providers: Governing and Managing for Human Rights, Quality and Safeguarding - Online Series

Event start date: 1/08/2024

Right on Board answers the need as highlighted by the Disability Royal Commission for greater awareness of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

National Children, Young People and their Families Community of Practice

Event start date: 7/08/2024

NDS invites members to join the National Children, Young People and their Families CoP, which seeks to promote the interests and wellbeing of children and young people with disability and...

Positive Behaviour Support eLearning Program

Location: eLearning

Date: 31/12/2099

Registration

Available now - secure your booking for 2024.

The Zero Tolerance Positive Behaviour Support eLearning Program is a national video-based self-paced online eLearning program for disability support workers, people with disability and families and allied health practitioners who are new to the sector.

Positive Behaviour Support eLearning outlines the important elements that are essential to the approach and explores values, strategies and examples relating to the five modules:

What is Positive Behaviour Support
Quality of Life
Listening and Communicating
Being Aware of Sensory Needs and Preferences
Upholding the Values of Positive Behaviour Support

Fee structure

A nominal fee of $11.00 via registration on the Learning Management System which includes a Completion Certificate.

NDS acknowledges the funding from the Victorian Government which allowed the original films to be developed and contributed to the eLearning program.

Contact information

For any enquiries, please contact Learn and Develop at submit enquiry/feedback.

For technical support with the eLearning training platform, please contact helpdesk@etrainu.com, 07 3114 2958 or access the online helpdesk