TEAM for Advocates and Allies
Peers with Disability, Families, Disability Support Workers & Community Members
TEAM for Advocates and Allies aims to build the capacity of those around a person with disability so they can better advocate for the person's wants and needs, manage their own wellbeing and achieve great outcomes,
Over the years, the workshops have provided a rich forum for people to embrace and develop their core advocacy roles - as family members, self-advocates (with or without NDIS funding), support workers, managers and independent advocates - and to clarify issues in the framework of a shared vision, a common values base and a spirit of collaboration.
TEAM for Advocates is also a great option for individuals with disability who have completed the TEAM for NDIS Participants Workshops and want to expand their advocacy to include supporting other people with disability to achieve their own personal goals.
Delivered either online over 6 x 2 hour sessions or face-to-face over two intensive days. TEAM will help advocates:
Confidently
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Think their way through situations of conflict
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Clarify the issues
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Manage their emotional responses
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Negotiate effectively
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Achieve great outcomes
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Get the most out of themselves
Competently
Use the 6 Step TEAM Method.
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Assess the situation
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Set Your Goals
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Focus Your Sights
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Check Your Form
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Choose Your Role
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Plan Do and Review
Creatively
Empower self-advocates to drive the advocacy process.
TEAM Training for Advocates & Allies will cover:
Session 1
Assess the Situation
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Perceiving Disempowerment, Disenfranchisement and Devaluation
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Understanding Power, Rights and Value
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Dealing with Power - Personal, Social and Political
Session 2
Set Your Goals
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From Normalisation to Human Rights - A Short History of Disability Advocacy
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The Mission of Empowering Advocacy
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The need for clarity, balance and integrity
Session 3
Focus Your Sights
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Our vision of the world vs Our vision for the world - the need for 20/20 vision
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Knowing what you stand for
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Targeting the heart of the problem
Session 4
Check Your Form
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Three empowering roles - Standing Before, Beside and Behind
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The advocacy role of disability support workers and other professionals
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Minimising conflict of interest/Optimising commonality of interest
Session 5
Choose Your Role
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The policy of Constructive Tension
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The roles of the Ally, Defender and Champion
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The qualities and skills of the effective advocate
Session 6
Plan, Do and Review
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Developing your advocacy action plan
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Practicing your advocacy skills
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Being powerful
And after the 6 sessions have finished, TEAM will provide you with:
A TEAM Kit Including manual, role play cards and poster
An invitation to join a monthly TEAM Community of Practice, where you will find allies and supporters for your journey towards effective advocacy.
