Community Education
Find out more about how we work with the community to help develop great understanding of your legal rights and financial wellbeing.
Our Community Education Calendar is coming soon.
You will be able to see our yearly events and how to get involved.
For now, feel free to take a look at some of the education resources below.
About this course
Disability advocacy empowers people with disability to exercise their human rights and avoid discrimination. Disability advocates ensure that the voice of the person with a disability is heard and is involved in the decision-making in all areas of their life.
In this program you will learn
How disability advocacy fits into a human rights framework
The basics of discrimination law
How people with little or no decision-making capacity are protected by law
How advocates use the complaints bodies operating in Victoria to ensure the rights of people with disability are upheld
What skills and knowledge an effective disability advocate uses
How to identify and respond to incidents of abuse and neglect
How to apply advocacy practice
An Introduction to Disability Advocacy – Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU)
This course is part of a series provided by the Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU).
DARU is pleased to provide free online training. Their courses are primarily targeted to disability advocates, however everyone is welcome to learn from them. The main aim of their training is to provide skills, knowledge and resources that promote a human rights approach to people working with people with disability.
About this course
This short course provides an overview of restrictive practices in Australia. The course covers what restrictive practices are, the effect and harm it has on people with disability and some tips on how to advocate to protect the rights for people with disability. The content is based on an Advocacy Sector Conversation forum session on restrictive practices presented by Disability Advocate Julie Phillips in 2021.
Restrictive Practices and Advocacy – Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU)
This course is part of a series provided by the Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU).
DARU is pleased to provide free online training. Their courses are primarily targeted to disability advocates, however everyone is welcome to learn from them. The main aim of their training is to provide skills, knowledge and resources that promote a human rights approach to people working with people with disability.
About this course
In this short course you will learn about how the role of disability advocacy intersects with a Participants NDIS journey, and how this role differs from those of Local Area Coordinators and Support Coordinators.
After completing this course, you will have a better understanding of:
The different roles in the NDIS and what they are responsible for.
How the roles are funded.
What areas of the NDIS are putting extra pressure and stress on Disability Advocates.
How to pushback and manage scenarios where advocates are asked to do things that are not their responsibility.
What disability advocates do and do not do with regards to the NDIS.
Disability Advocacy and the NDIS – Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU)
This course is part of a series provided by the Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU).
DARU is pleased to provide free online training. Their courses are primarily targeted to disability advocates, however everyone is welcome to learn from them. The main aim of their training is to provide skills, knowledge and resources that promote a human rights approach to people working with people with disability.
About this course
Systemic advocacy is all about creating positive change for many people.
This course is all about ways that we can create this positive change for people with disability. Not just one on one individual change but change to systems and processes that can have a profound and positive effect for many people.
On completing this course, learners will know:
What is systemic advocacy and why do we do it.
How to break down systemic problems, and developing tangible asks to solve that problem.
Understanding who “targets” are, who are the people that influence them, and how to reach them.
An understanding of parliamentary and government processes.
How to develop effective advocacy activities and tactics that can create change.
Systemic Advocacy – Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU)
This course is part of a series provided by the Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU).
DARU is pleased to provide free online training. Their courses are primarily targeted to disability advocates, however everyone is welcome to learn from them. The main aim of their training is to provide skills, knowledge and resources that promote a human rights approach to people working with people with disability.
About this course
People with disability continue to experience significant barriers to social inclusion, equal opportunity in education and employment, discrimination in health and housing, and lack of financial security. This is despite reforms and legislation to protect against these unfair outcomes.
It’s the attitudinal and systemic discrimination that legislation can’t protect against. These are the barriers that people with disability fight against every day. It’s called ableism.
In this course we’ll look at ableism in Australia, why it happens and what needs to change.
On completing this course, learners will have an understanding of:
Ableism in Australia,
Where disability prejudice comes from,
What ableism looks like in the community, and
How to take a stand against ableism.
Ableism: What it is and what we can do about it – Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU)
This course is part of a series provided by the Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU).
DARU is pleased to provide free online training. Their courses are primarily targeted to disability advocates, however everyone is welcome to learn from them. The main aim of their training is to provide skills, knowledge and resources that promote a human rights approach to people working with people with disability.
About this course
The concept that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights is not new. However, it has taken time for that concept to translate to how we treat and include people with disability in everyday life.
In this course we will:
Explain the concept of human rights
Introduce the human rights model of disability and how it advances the rights of people with disability
Explain how the human rights model builds on and extends the social model of disability
Explain some of the key differences between the human rights model and the social model of disability
Explain why the medical and charitable models of disability are not consistent with human rights principles.
Human Rights model of disability – Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU)
This course is part of a series provided by the Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU).
DARU is pleased to provide free online training. Their courses are primarily targeted to disability advocates, however everyone is welcome to learn from them. The main aim of their training is to provide skills, knowledge and resources that promote a human rights approach to people working with people with disability
About this course
Disability awareness is generally low in the broader community. Have you ever found yourself not making the effort to connect out of fear of saying or doing the wrong thing? Well, it’s just this that makes people with disability feel invisible and excluded.
Knowing how to include people with disability to participate in an ordinary Australian life is something everyone can do to create positive change – whether this be in your workplace, at school, in your local community, or when developing policy and communications.
It really is as easy as raising your disability awareness. So let’s get going on learning how to start making a more accessible world for everyone.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
Understand what inclusion means to people with disability
Understand what disability etiquette is and how to meet, write and talk about people with disability.
Know how to be inclusive for people with disability in different work and social settings
Be able to identify exclusionary practice and policy or finding ways to break down barriers
Note: The tips and examples provided in this course are not expert advice and should be treated as a guide for awareness raising only. For more specific expert information, contact the relevant disability specific agency. Your Sussex Street Community Law Service IDAS advocate may be able to help.
How to be disability inclusive – Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU)
This course is part of a series provided by the Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU).
DARU is pleased to provide free online training. Their courses are primarily targeted to disability advocates, however everyone is welcome to learn from them. The main aim of their training is to provide skills, knowledge and resources that promote a human rights approach to people working with people with disability.
About this course
Welcome to Advocacy at the Intersection course. In this course you will learn how to be inclusive and advocate for LGBTIQA+ people with a disability.
This course is part of a series provided by the Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU).
DARU is pleased to provide free online training. Their courses are primarily targeted to disability advocates, however everyone is welcome to learn from them. The main aim of their training is to provide skills, knowledge and resources that promote a human rights approach to people working with people with disability.