Disability Awareness
AARPN’s endorsed training material
Everyone, including people with disability, have healthcare needs. In the pursuit of ensuring such needs are safely and effectively addressed, health professionals – including Certified Practicing Nutritionists – benefit from additional training, coordination and ongoing professional development.
According to 2018 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC): “ A person has disability if they have at least 1 of a list of limitations, restrictions or impairments, which has lasted, or is likely to last, for at least 6 months and restricts everyday activities.” People with disability may also rely on informal care, such as that provided by family and friends, to meet or supplement their health-care needs.
As an allied health professional – with existing core training in counselling, interpersonal communication, and extensive clinical examination and case-taking skills – AARPN members seeking to engage with the NDIS are required to undertake a mandatory CPD module in disability awareness, and are strongly encouraged to undertake the additional AARPN endorsed Disability Awareness training material.
Disability awareness CPD training
Fundamental Disability awareness module: Duration: 90 minutes. 2 CPD points. Access the below link to go to the course page: Introduction to Disability Awareness – Disability Awareness.
https://disabilityawareness.com.au/courses/introduction-to-disability-awareness/
This eLearning training resource consists of four modules and provides a practicing nutritionist with a general overview of the legislative framework that strengthens the inclusion of people with disability in Australia.
It reinforces an understanding of the theoretical as well as practical concept of disability. Each module has a short quiz that can be attempted multiple times, and after 100% score in each module, the certificate is generated for you, which AARPN members can upload via the AARPN CPD portal.
- Module 1 – What is Disability?
- Module 2 – Let’s Talk About Disability
- Module 3 – Legislation and Policy
- Module 4 – Disability in the Community
Additional AARPN endorsed Disability Awareness training material
Human Rights and You eLearning Program: Duration: 30 minutes. 0.5 CPD points.
This course is a video-based eLearning program for disability support workers, families, and practitioners to gain understanding about importance of human rights when supporting people with disability. The course discusses:
- What are human rights?
- Rights and responsibilities
- When rights go wrong
- Asking for help
Understanding Abuse: Duration: 30 minutes. 0.5 CPD points.
This video-based e-learning program is on understanding abuse and its recognition as a violation.
Incident Reporting eLearning: Duration: 110 minutes. 2 CPD points.
This course will train you about diverse scenarios where an incident may have to be reported to the NDIS Commission. The content will up-skill you in defining roles and responsibilities of care giver and the witness and documents and records you need to keep for reportable incident.
Promoting health for people with disability: Individual access: Duration: 60 minutes. 1 CPD point – $36.36 plus GST for 12 months. Online eLearning module.
This course will facilitate knowledge about health, the interrelationship between health and disability and their role in promoting the health of clients. The content covered:
- Define and describe health
- Determinants of health
- Foster an understanding about the interrelationship between health, disability and chronic disease;
- Identifying common factors that affect the health of people with disability;
- Understanding the importance of health promotion; and
- Recognising the role disability support practitioners play in meeting the core health needs of people with disability.
Additional Continued Professional Development content
The following additional courses are highly encouraged for AARPN members who are engaging in a disability scheme or program.
Specialised course: Able-Minded – Mental Health and People with Intellectual Disability. Duration: 5 weeks (1-2 hrs a week). Cost-Free without certificate (certificate upgrade, $143, required to claim CPD points). 10CPD points.
https://www.edx.org/course/able-minded-mental-health-and-people-with-intellec
The blended module prepared by the University of Queensland with the insightful expertise of world- renowned researchers encompasses extensive assessment of the mental health needs of people with intellectual disability. The course enables you to understand how mental health disorders such as psychosis, anxiety disorders, depression and bipolar disorder may manifest in people with intellectual disability. Through a review of a case study, it will provide examples of the best practice for the screening and assessment of mental health issues. The content will allow you to reflect and examine the ethical framework for decision making in healthcare for people with intellectual disability.
Specialised course: Through My Eyes – Intellectual Disability Healthcare around the World Duration: 4 weeks (1-2 hrs a week). Cost-Free without certificate (certificate upgrade, $143, required to claim CPD points). 8CPD points.
https://www.edx.org/course/through-my-eyes-intellectual-disability-healthcare
This course is developed by the University of Queensland mainly for health professionals and focuses on the narratives of people with intellectual disabilities and their families and supporters. The learnings from this training will enhance your understanding about the challenges and the experience of people with specific difficulties. The content allows us to hear perspectives of family members regarding their planning of complex care and independent living.