Support for Decision Making Practice Framework
About this resource
This online learning resource is about support for decision making. It will present the first evidence-based framework to guide you through the process of supporting people with cognitive disabilities to make decisions. Using this framework will help you to enable the people you support to exercise choice and control in their own lives. What you will achieve by working through this resource.
By the completion of this resource you will be able to:
- Reflect upon how you support people with cognitive disabilities to make decisions.
- Describe the steps, principles and strategies in the La Trobe Support for Decision Making Practice Framework.
- Apply your knowledge of the La Trobe Support for Decision Making Framework to supporting a person with cognitive disability.
How to use this resource
- This is a fully online learning resource.
- It comprises 6 separate modules. You should work through these in order because the learning material in one module will inform the next.
- You can work through this resource alone or with colleagues.
- Modules include short video talks introducing key concepts and activity videos that demonstrate different aspects of support for decision making.
- Activities are denoted with a pencil icon. They can be completed using the downloadable workbook located in the Resources section. Suggested ways of thinking about how to respond to the activities are also in the Resources section.
- There is a short Glossary. Words that you may not have come across before are written in blue and linked to the word’s meaning.
- Each module will take you between 30 and 60 minutes to complete.
- You can get in touch with the authors using the online Contact Form.
Acknowledgements
This online learning resource was led by Professor Christine Bigby and Professor Jacinta Douglas from the Living with Disability Research Centre at La Trobe University. This work was developed through a process of research work and was supported with funding from the New South Wales Department of Family and Community Services (NSW FACS) managed by St Vincent De Paul Society NSW in partnership with the Living with Disability Research Centre.
