Enabling Risk: Putting Positives First
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    • Full Credits
  • Module 1
  • Module 2
  • Module 3
    • Extra Activity 3.2 David's Skateboard
    • Extra Activity 3.5 Amanda wants to walk her dog
    • Extra Activity 3.6 Susan's Smoothie
  • Module 4
    • Cody is Moving out of Home
    • Angela's Birthday Cake
  • Module 5
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Module Resources

This section lists resources and links to support each module

About this resource

Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/lids
 
New South Wales Department of Family and Community Services
https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/
 
New South Wales Council for Intellectual Disability (NSW CID)
http://www.nswcid.org.au/
 
Unisson Disability
http://unissondisability.org.au/

Module 1

Positive risk-taking: An idea whose time has come (Special Report: Mental Health)
This brief report discusses positive risk taking in the area of mental health, though the concepts that are presented around risk and the importance of taking risks are very much applicable to other areas of practice.
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Morgan, S. (2004). Positive risk-taking: An idea whose time has come. Health Care Risk Report. Retrieved from http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/586382/9538512/1290507680737/OpenMind-PositiveRiskTaking.pdf?token=ElVKhX4Soz6TlFbuppAGcJTsZVI%3D​

Module 2

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Key rights are set out in disability policy and legislation and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities.html 

National Disability Standards
This website provides information on the National Disability Standards that apply to the disability services sector and National Insurance Scheme. The standards focus on person centred approaches and promote choice and control by people with disability. https://www.dss.gov.au/our-responsibilities/disability-and-carers/standards-and-quality-assurance/new-national-standards-for-disability-services/national-standards-for-disability-services-easy-english-version ​

Module 3

Personalisation: a rough guide
This downloadable guide to understanding person centredness - recognising people as individuals - was developed the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) in the UK. www.scie.org.uk/publications/guides/guide47/files/guide47.pdf
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The 4 Essentials of Risk Enablement
You can print out the figure representing The 4 Essentials of Risk Enablement and pin it up in your place of work as a handy reminder.
It is located in the Resources section of the online resource, and can be accessed via this link: www.enablingriskresource.com.au/uploads/1/1/0/7/110745505/the_4_essentials_of_risk_enablement.pdf

Module 4​

The Process of Risk Enablement
You can print out the figure representing The Process of Risk Enablement and pin it up in your place of work as a handy reminder.
It is located in the Resources section of the online resource, and can be accessed via this link: www.enablingriskresource.com.au/uploads/1/1/0/7/110745505/the_risk_enablement_process.pdf

Module 5

Positive risk-taking: An idea whose time has come (Special Report: Mental Health)
This brief report discusses positive risk taking in the area of mental health, though the concepts that are presented around risk and the importance of taking risks are very much applicable to other areas of practice.
​
Morgan, S. (2004). Positive risk-taking: An idea whose time has come. Health Care Risk Report. Retrieved from http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/586382/9538512/1290507680737/OpenMind-PositiveRiskTaking.pdf?token=ElVKhX4Soz6TlFbuppAGcJTsZVI%3D

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Enabling Risk: Putting Positives First has been developed by La Trobe University Living with Disability Research Centre and supported with funding from the New South Wales Department of Family & Community Services. 

The purpose of this website is to provide a source of reference for those wanting to engage in risk enablement in disability support work.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. ​
A suggested way to cite this resource:
Bigby, C., Douglas, J.M., & Vassallo, S. (2018). Enabling Risk: Putting Positives First. An online learning resource for disability support workers. Retrieved from www.enablingriskresource.com.au
  • About
    • Full Credits
  • Module 1
  • Module 2
  • Module 3
    • Extra Activity 3.2 David's Skateboard
    • Extra Activity 3.5 Amanda wants to walk her dog
    • Extra Activity 3.6 Susan's Smoothie
  • Module 4
    • Cody is Moving out of Home
    • Angela's Birthday Cake
  • Module 5
  • Resources
  • Contact