NDIS Participant Forums - Gold Coast, Logan and Redland - February and March 2018

Forum 1:  Getting Ready for the NDIS

In this session you will earn about:

·         The design and key principles of the NDIS

·         Eligibility and how to access the NDIS

·         The paperwork I require

·         Ongoing support for you, your family carers and informal supports across the region via Local Area Coordination

 Forum 2:  Bringing your NDIS Plan to Life

In this session you will learn about:

·         Understanding the process around having a planning conversation

·         What to expect from your planning conversation

·         What happens when you receive your NDIS plan

·         Implementing your NDIS plan

Further information about each of the forums can be found at www.eventbtite.com.au by searching “NDIS”, or on our NDIA website: https://ndis.gov.au/news/events/qld.html

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Natalie Kurth
The NDIS: Getting Informed - Woolloongabba

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a new way of supporting people with a disability in Australia. The scheme will start to roll out in the Brisbane region from 1st July 2018 with people being contacted from January 2018 to begin the access process.

Join us for a workshop and a conversation that provide information about the NDIS and are designed to help people think about how they can best use the opportunities offered by the new scheme.

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Natalie Kurth
The NDIS: Getting Informed - Mount Gravatt

he National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a new way of supporting people with a disability in Australia. The scheme will start to roll out in the Brisbane region from 1st July 2018 with people being contacted from January 2018 to begin the access process.

Join us for a workshop and a conversation that provide information about the NDIS and are designed to help people think about how they can best use the opportunities offered by the new scheme.

You can register for either the workshop or the conversation, or both. Places are limited.

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Natalie Kurth
The NDIS: Getting Informed - Chermside The NDIS: Getting Informed - Chermside

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a new way of supporting people with a disability in Australia. The scheme will start to roll out in the Brisbane region from 1st July 2018 with people being contacted from January 2018 to begin the access process.

Join us for a workshop and a conversation that provide information about the NDIS and are designed to help people think about how they can best use the opportunities offered by the new scheme.

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Natalie Kurth
WEST END - INVESTING IN THE FUTURE: WHAT ONE PERSON CAN DO Seminar & Celebration Dinner

er the past 30 years Michael Kendrick has introduced Queenslanders to a range of important concepts related to human services and community.

These ideas and frameworks have challenged, positively influenced, and continue to inform how we work with people with disability throughout Queensland.

Exploring how these concepts are being applied across a diverse cross section of our community, four local presenters will discuss:

  • Values Based Leadership
  • Bureaucratic Shielding 
  • Right Relationships  
  • Alliances and Networks 
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Natalie Kurth
Assisitive Technology Queensland Conference & Exhibition

The Medical Aids Subsidy Scheme is excited to be convening the Assistive Technology Queensland Conference and Exhibition running over 9-10 November, 2017. We are looking forward to engaging with a range of people with disability and their significant others, allied health professionals, researchers and suppliers of assistive technology.

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Natalie Kurth
Real Stories from the NDIS

Community Resource Unit Ltd. is hosting a one day forum that showcases stories by and about people with disability and their families who are using the NDIS. Presenters from Queensland and other states will share their experience of using the scheme.

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CRU Running NDIS workshops across the state

Between now and the end of the year, CRU has a number of workshops, seminars and conversations to inform specific groups for example  Brothers and Sisters of a person with a disability, people with a disability and their family, CEO's / Managers / Coordinators, Support workers.

 

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Linda Hart
Creating your own NDIS Preplan

We have recently added a document about creating your very own NDIS Pre-Plan to PEARL. Check out the PEARL website > NDIS updates, for more information.

It is a short guide to how you might approach collating information your NDIS Goals and supporting information.

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Natalie Kurth
Pearl, What is it?

Pearl is a storehouse of resources and information for people who are already directing their own funding in Queensland or who are considering taking up this option.

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Upcoming ....

CRU is pleased to share with you that our NDIS Participant Readiness funding has been extended, allowing us to offer The NDIS: Getting Informed workshops until December 2017. As part of our new contract with the state government, CRU will also be offering NDIS workshops in Logan, Gold Coast and Redlands for the first time.

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Linda Hart