Session includes:

  • 45 minutes of learning

    to complete at your own pace

  • Editable workbook

    to keep your notes and ideas

  • Certificate of completion

    to download and share

Learning Objectives

  • To appreciate the way disability may impact on the development of resilience.

  • To design strategies to support a young person with disability build resilience.

  • To explain and promote these strategies to build a social environment that enhances the agency and autonomy of people with different abilities

Speaker

Dr Jane Tracy

Medical Practitioner

Jane is a medical practitioner who has worked for over 25 years with people with disabilities and their families. She is Director of the Centre for Developmental Disability Health, Monash Health. The Centre works across the health and disability sectors to improve the healthcare, health and wellbeing of adults with intellectual and associated disabilities through educational, research and clinical activities. Jane contributes to medical and allied health professional education, believing this is an essential component of improving the healthcare available to people with disability. She has two adult children, one of whom has severe disability and therefore has both a professional and personal understanding of the field.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome!

    • Downloadable Coursebook

    • A note on professional development

  • 2

    Presentation

    • Nurturing Resilience in Young People with Disability

  • 3

    Reflection

    • Test your learning

    • TQI Registered Teacher Documentation

  • 4

    Feedback

    • What did you think?

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