The purpose of the workshop is to increase awareness of intellectual disability and the challenges that people with intellectual disability face within the healthcare system. The National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards User guide for the Health Care of People with Intellectual Disability recommends inclusive practice improvements as a response to significant evidence of poor health outcomes for people with intellectual disability in Australia’s health system.
Date: 27th November
Time: 1.00pm-2.00pm
Where: online
Register here: https://cid.org.au/health-events/ or you can refer to the flyer attached.
Who should attend: Health professionals and staff who support people with intellectual disability as part of their job.
This workshop is co-facilitated by CID team members with lived experience of intellectual disability. If you can’t make this date then you’re in luck, the workshop is run on the last Thursday of each month. Use the above link for the dates.
These workshops can be tailored to the individual needs of the audience and service delivery through relevant scenarios, activities and topics covered.
We also invite you to visit our website for more information about CID’s free resources and healthcare projects: https://cid.org.au/issues/health/
These resources include our free online training for health workers to learn about reasonable adjustments, inclusive communication, communication tools, behaviour as communication, consent and decision making in health and virtual care.
Our free online learning, Just Include Me, is available to complete now.
Also, resources to improve communication between people with intellectual disability and health workers.
For example our My Health Matters folder and My Health Cards help people communicate better with their doctor.
We also have resources for First Nations people with intellectual disability and their supporters to learn about Aboriginal Health Workers and what they do: Aboriginal Health Worker Guide - Easy Read - Council for Intellectual Disability