Outcomes covered Peer support is strengthened through participant feedback Report Section 4.2.3. Seeing peer support as valid and valued Outcomes covered Inclusive peer support is seen as a valid and valued choice Report Section 4.2.4. Resourcing peer support effectively Outcomes covered Inclusive peer support has personnel, experience, skills and resources 4.2.1 Addressing accessibility, support and diversity gone well [is] being able to include so many different types of people “What’s with different levels of experience and people with different disabilities that affect their ability to facilitate. I think it’s really inclusive… we have people with all different disabilities, not just intellectual disabilities. We have people with physical disabilities, people with sensory disability, people who communicate via Alternative and Augmentative Communication. I’m really proud of the fact that we work across disability and don’t exclude anyone” (staff member). Team up focus on accessibility, support needs and diversity The focus on meeting accessibility, support needs and diversity requirements was clear throughout the Team Up initiative, especially in the outcomes listed in the program logic (Appendix 1). Efforts to meet accessibility, support needs and diversity requirements were in place through: (a) focus on explaining and modelling considerations on these fronts in the Team Up training courses, especially the Peer Facilitator course; and (b) support to the grant-funded peer support groups to be accessible and diverse. In the Peer Facilitator course, a significant amount of course content was devoted to educating future peer facilitators about different accessibility requirements and support needs and how to manage a group in which people with different support needs are present. Course content covered different disability types and associated support considerations, different ways of delivering material to be accessible, and language and cultural considerations. Meeting accessibility and support needs, including limits and challenges Significant attention was paid during the Team Up initiative to meeting a range of accessibility and disability-related support needs. Appendix 3 provides detailed (including verbatim) evidence for both the training and grants process/peer networks, noting the extent to which accessibility and support needs were met with respect to vision, Auslan/hearing, Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), physical support, cognitive access, autism and mental health. In summary, the main findings are:
Outcomes covered Peer support is strengthened through participant feedback Report Section 4.2.3. Seeing peer support as valid and valued Outcomes covered Inclusive peer support is seen as a valid and valued choice Report Section 4.2.4. Resourcing peer support effectively Outcomes covered Inclusive peer support has personnel, experience, skills and resources 4.2.1 Addressing accessibility, support and diversity “What’s gone well [is] being able to include so many different types of people with different levels of experience and people with different disabilities that affect their ability to facilitate. I think it’s really inclusive… we have people with all different disabilities, not just intellectual disabilities. We have people with physical disabilities, people with sensory disability, people who communicate via Alternative and Augmentative Communication. I’m really proud of the fact that we work across disability and don’t exclude anyone” (staff member). Team up focus on accessibility, support needs and diversity The focus on meeting accessibility, support needs and diversity requirements was clear throughout the Team Up initiative, especially in the outcomes listed in the program logic (Appendix 1). Efforts to meet accessibility, support needs and diversity requirements were in place through: (a) focus on explaining and modelling considerations on these fronts in the Team Up training courses, especially the Peer Facilitator course; and (b) support to the grant-funded peer support groups to be accessible and diverse. In the Peer Facilitator course, a significant amount of course content was devoted to educating future peer facilitators about different accessibility requirements and support needs and how to manage a group in which people with different support needs are present. Course content covered different disability types and associated support considerations, different ways of delivering material to be accessible, and language and cultural considerations. Meeting accessibility and support needs, including limits and challenges Significant attention was paid during the Team Up initiative to meeting a range of accessibility and disability-related support needs. Appendix 3 provides detailed (including verbatim) evidence for both the training and grants process/peer networks, noting the extent to which accessibility and support needs were met with respect to vision, Auslan/hearing, Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), physical support, cognitive access, autism and mental health. In summary, the main findings are:
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