Family and Community Services NSW have released a range of new resources on their website to assist Disability Support Workers to implement Active Support.  According to their website, "Active Support is a way for people with disability to engage in meaningful everyday activities of their choice, with the amount of support they need."

Resources available include one-minute, penny- dropping videos on Active Support:

• Understanding those who may have higher support needs
  • Active Support - A day in Fran’s life  
  • Active Support - A day in Carissa’s life 
• Active Support - Connecting with others  - Understanding those who may communicate through behaviour 
• Active Support - Connecting in the Community - Help the community understand how to engage with people with disability in the community.  (This video was recently shown at the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival and Cronulla Stadium.)
• Inclusion for everyone - A video about accepting all people for who they are.

Here's a five-minute video, which may be suitable to show at staff induction and training sessions:

• This is how Active Support works – Expand Someone’s World - shows how disability support workers can implement Active Support. 

Here are some additional Active Support Resources: 

• Introduction to Active Support
• Active Support training presentation
• Active Support Maturity Model Matrix
• Active Support training poster - This is also available in other languages: 
  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • Arabic
  • Vietnamese
  • Greek
  • Spanish