Key webinars still available on the NZDSA website
If you missed out on some of the sessions of the virtual conference, you can still watch some of the key webinars on the NZDSA website. Go to the resources section and you can watch the following seminars in your own time. Just make sure you register as a member, which is free, to get access to all our resources. The webinars that were recorded were: Relationships – Theories and Practicalities This session deals with a variety of issues that face everyone trying to create new relationships, but may be particularly challenging for someone with Down syndrome. • What are relationships? • Relationships as an adult • Knowing what I want in a relationship • Self-regulation and relationships • Q&A Presenter Dave Hicks: Dave Hicks has been an educator in the field of neurodiverse learners for 20 years. He has worked as a teacher in several specialist settings including schools in Melbourne, Australia; an International School in Jakarta, Indonesia; and schools in Auckland, New Zealand; and currently lectures in and manages programs for young adults with neurodiversity at Unitec, Auckland. He is also a father of a teenager diagnosed as being on the Autistic Spectrum and is passionate about accessible education for all learners, empowerment of learners to make better life choices and social justice and equality for people with diverse needs.
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Supported Decision Making – a Human Right Everyone has the right to make decisions, and everyone has the right to access support to make those decisions. This workshop will help participants to gain a greater understanding of the national and international legal context of Supported Decision Making, who may require decision making support, and the key principles and strategies for extending decision making support. It will also explore the concepts of capacity, will and preference, and Safeguarding. Presenter Erika Butters: Erika works as the Director of The Personal Advocacy and Safeguarding Adults Trust. She is passionate that the rights, well-being and interests of all New Zealanders are protected and promoted. Over the last several years her work has focused on ensuring independent advocacy and support for decision making is available to all disabled people in New Zealand. Erika works and lives in Wellington.
