Course Overview
Develop practical skills to help people make their own decisions, express their preferences and have greater choice and control over the things that affect their everyday lives.
Why take this course?
Everyone makes decisions differently, and some people may need more support than others to understand their options, communicate what they want and make an informed choice.
For people with intellectual disability or acquired brain injury, the focus shouldn’t simply be “Can this person make the decision?” A better question is “What support could help this person make the decision?”
This four-hour eLearning explores practical, evidence-based approaches that can be used by anyone supporting a person with intellectual disability or acquired brain injury.
Using the La Trobe Support for Decision Making Practice Framework, you’ll learn how to provide the right level of assistance without unnecessarily taking over the decision-making process.
The course focuses on turning supported decision making into everyday practice — helping people understand their options, communicate their preferences and have a genuine say in how their lives are lived.
Important Disclaimer
This course is provided for information and educational purposes only. It is designed to increase your understanding of the topic and provide theoretical knowledge to support your professional development.
Upon successful completion, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. This certificate confirms that you have completed the learning content and any associated assessments within this course. It is not a formal qualification, nationally recognised certification, licence, or accreditation, and it does not, on its own, demonstrate practical competency or authorise you to perform workplace tasks.
This course provides the theoretical knowledge required to support safe manual handling practices. It is not a substitute for practical workplace training, supervised competency assessments, organisation-specific policies and procedures, or workplace-specific manual handling instruction.
Where practical skills are required, learners must complete any additional hands-on training, workplace induction, competency assessments, and ongoing supervision required by their employer or applicable legislation.
It is the responsibility of each learner and their employer to ensure that all work is carried out in accordance with current workplace policies, relevant legislation, applicable Australian Standards, and industry best practice.
By undertaking this course, you acknowledge and agree that the Certificate of Completion is evidence of participation only and should not be relied upon as proof of professional competence or eligibility to perform manual handling tasks without appropriate workplace training and assessment.