Training and Development Profile for Professionals
Parent to Parent Association Queensland Inc., provides information peer support and succession planning activities to families who have a family member with a disability or health impairment. Parent to Parent is a state-wide non government not for profit organisation. One way we provide information is via a number of training and skill enhancement activities for families, as well as professional development for interested professionals. The training also contributes to building and maintaining positive and mutually respectful relationships between people with a disability, families and professionals.
- Skilled family facilitators are committed to contributing to the development of knowledgeable human service professionals.
- Assisting professionals in providing opportunities for people with a disability to have enhanced quality of life in the services and supports they receive.
- Providing opportunities for professionals to explore ways to enable the contribution that people with a disability can make to their community
- Building positive relationships between families and professionals is also one of our primary goals. We believe our skill enhancement activities contribute significantly to this goal.
- The parent perspective
- Building relationships with families
- To stand beside - the advocacy for inclusion program
- Values and language
- Five valued experiences
- Planning from the parent perspective
- Person centred thinking
- Planning alternative tomorrows with hope
- Pathways to possibilities
- Certificate 111 in Community Services (Disability)
Advocacy:
Succession Planning:
Customisation
Parent to Parent develops customised courses upon request to meet organisational need. Trainers are all family members with appropriate experience and qualifications.
Participants
The maximum number of participants varies for each session. Session costs and participant numbers are by negotiation.