Practice strategies for working with children with disability

Aim: Discuss practice approaches that will help professionals to support children living with disability’s agency and identify and encourage families’ strengths, interests, preferences and know how.

Learning Outcomes:

Discuss the values and strategies involved in child-centred, family and communication-focused practice to support children with disability.

Outline the skills needed to help children with disability engage in conversations about their needs, interests and goals.

Identify how to help children and their family develop and maintain strong and nurturing connections through family-focused approaches.

Discuss how to help children express their hopes, values, concerns and preferences through communication-focused approaches.