remote and metropolitan areas of Australia, Central local solutions could include maximising economic Queensland University, Professor Denise Wood. opportunities in the local community, through building Unfitness to Plead and Indefinite Detention of the capacity of the local workforce, and Aboriginal and Persons with Cognitive Impairments: Addressing Torres Strait Islander service providers, to provide the the legal barriers and creating appropriate supports and services needed by the local community. alternative supports in the community, University of Coordination in engagement with Aboriginal and Melbourne Law School, Dr Anna Arstein Kerslake. Torres Strait Islander people with disability These research projects are due to be completed by the end of 2017. Further information about each of the Engaging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people projects is in Appendix B. with disability in the development of policies, programs and supports is essential to improving outcomes. Local solutions to meet local needs Engagement is often undertaken in specific topic areas rather than through a coordinated approach which can Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are lead to a feeling of over consultation. Effective diverse with differing geographical, environmental, engagement and relationship building takes time and cultural, historical and spiritual needs. A one size fits all may include early engagement with a community, approach will not result in successful outcomes for engagement with community leaders, cultivation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with champions and working collaboratively with disability and their communities. For this reason, mainstream and specialist services who operate and flexible community-driven, place-based approaches to are trusted in the community, to share information and the development of policies, programs and supports for plan for the delivery of initiatives such as the NDIS. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability are required. Better coordination, leveraging and linking across Commonwealth agencies, states and territories or local Local solutions to meet local needs can be achieved governments and partnering with community through the development of innovative programs, organisations is required to ensure that Aboriginal and designed in collaboration with local communities, to Torres Strait Islander people are effectively and meet the differing needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait efficiently engaged in the development of the policies, Islander people with disability. The development of programs and supports that affect them.
remote and metropolitan areas of Australia, Central Queensland University, Professor Denise Wood. Unfitness to Plead and Indefinite Detention of Persons with Cognitive Impairments: Addressing the legal barriers and creating appropriate alternative supports in the community, University of Melbourne Law School, Dr Anna Arstein Kerslake. These research projects are due to be completed by the end of 2017. Further information about each of the projects is in Appendix B. Local solutions to meet local needs Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are diverse with differing geographical, environmental, cultural, historical and spiritual needs. A one size fits all approach will not result in successful outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability and their communities. For this reason, flexible community-driven, place-based approaches to the development of policies, programs and supports for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability are required. Local solutions to meet local needs can be achieved through the development of innovative programs, designed in collaboration with local communities, to meet the differing needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability. The development of local solutions could include maximising economic opportunities in the local community, through building the capacity of the local workforce, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service providers, to provide the supports and services needed by the local community. Coordination in engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability Engaging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability in the development of policies, programs and supports is essential to improving outcomes. Engagement is often undertaken in specific topic areas rather than through a coordinated approach which can lead to a feeling of over consultation. Effective engagement and relationship building takes time and may include early engagement with a community, engagement with community leaders, cultivation of champions and working collaboratively with mainstream and specialist services who operate and are trusted in the community, to share information and plan for the delivery of initiatives such as the NDIS. Better coordination, leveraging and linking across Commonwealth agencies, states and territories or local governments and partnering with community organisations is required to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are effectively and efficiently engaged in the development of the policies, programs and supports that affect them.
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