Certificate of Disability Services

• Legal, political and social frameworks
• Developmental delay
• Intellectual disability
• Neurological disability
• Physical disability
• Sensory disability
• Disability support services
• National Disability Strategy 2010
• National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
• Disability Services Standards
• Social Model of Disability
• Social justice
• Catteneo’s Model of Empowerment
• Facilitating empowerment
• Human rights
• Legally denying rights
• Communication techniques
• Impacts of trauma
• Chronic lifestyle conditions
• Cultural needs
• Family partnerships
• Breaches of human rights
• Abuse and neglect
• Choice and self-determination
• Person-centred options
• Support services
• Adaptive technology
• Communication specialists
• Dignity of risk
• Self-advocacy
• Advocacy services
• SODAS decision-making process

• Complex support issues
• Prioritise needs
• Duty of care
• Risk management
• Negligence
• Complex support needs
• Detecting impairment
• Comprehensive assessments
• Aged Care Assessment Program (ACAP)
• Quality of life
• Best practice guidelines
• Complex and special needs
• Service plans
• Cultural differences
• Health problems
• Service coordination plan
• SMART goals
• Community support groups / agencies
• Individualised care plans
• Record keeping
• Support worker required skills
• Disability support workers
• Physical conditions
• Service providers
• Privacy principles
• Evaluate plan
• Feedback
• Process mapping
• The Aged Rights Advocacy Service (ARAS)

• Job search techniques
• Open supported employments
• Employment steps
• Resumes
• Strategy plans
• Register with agencies
• Disability employment service
• Rights and responsibilities
• Equal employment opportunity
• Working conditions
• Work health and safety
• Assess work abilities
• Questioning techniques
• Listening
• Preliminary screening
• Appraisal assessments
• Assess productivity
• Pro rate legal wage
• Key Performance Indicator
• Industrial relations system
• Contracts of employment
• Apprentice wage support
• Salaries and wages
• Employer organisations
• Monitor employment opportunities
• Preparing for interviews

• Diagnostic processes
• Assessment tools
• Core areas of functional impact
• History of autism spectrum disorders
• Neurobiological cause
• Genetic causes
• Current research
• Functions of the brain
• Environmental toxins
• Viral causes
• Treatment, therapies and interventions
• Testing and diagnosis
• Deficits in social skills
• Impact and stress on family
• Education
• Values and attitudes
• Plan and implement support
• Responding effectively to needs
• Interventions and support strategies
• Strategies for including students with ASD
• Physical activities
• Individual program plan
• Individual education plan
• Sensory strategies
• Touch sensitivity
• Gustatory strategies
• Olfactory strategies
• Vestibular strategies
• Triggers
• Positive reinforcement
• Evidence of positive results
• Pharmaceutical drugs
• Alternative therapies
• Achieving outcomes
• Developmental philosophy
• Quality of life
• Social models
• Human rights
• Respect and equality
• Equal opportunity / discrimination legislation
• Health and safety
• Medication regulations
• Disability services
• Professional boundaries
• Professional development
• Childhood autism rating scale (CARS)

• Person-centred approaches
• Communication skills
• Promoting participation
• Strengths-based approach
• Response planning
• Collaboration
• Case management administration
• Documentation
• Privacy principles
• Monitoring progress
• Problem-solving
• Training for clients
• Changes in the sector
• Policy and procedures
• Quality frameworks
• Barriers
• Best practice

• Establish the representative role and process
• What is advocacy
• Developing strategic alliances
• Accountability and evaluation
• Represent the interests of client or client group
• Interests, concerns and priorities
• Organisational interests
• A framework for action
• Represent interests and measure success
• Progress reports and feedback
• Negotiate outcomes and liaise with key people
• Purpose and objectives
• Collaborative planning and action
• Potential areas of conflict
• Evaluate effectiveness of strategies
• Reporting on outcomes

• Communication and relationship building
• Listening skills
• Care plans
• Client autonomy
• Social, cultural and spiritual differences
• Client rights
• Confidentiality and privacy
• Compliance and sharing
• Mental health issues
• Recovery model
• Values and attitudes
• Foreseeable harm
• Dignity of risk
• Service plans
• Self-management strategies
• Family-sensitive approaches
• Community development and education
• Mental health promotion
• Case management
• Psychosocial rehabilitation
• Supported employment
• Early intervention/prevention

• CSMA
• Case management standards
• Models of case management
• Formal behaviour support
• Services for families and carers
• Case action plans
• Client goals
• Statutory requirements
• Community-based case management
• Case coordination
• Standards of care
• Care meetings
• Monitoring client progress
• Accountability to funding bodies
• Accessible service delivery
• Problem solving
• Family structure and dynamics

When you study with Australian Online Courses, you will be assessed using a competency-based training method.

Competency-based training focuses on the achievement of skills and knowledge against set criteria to meet industry-standard and is not benchmarked against other students’ work.

In this course, the assessment will be comprised of written assignments and exercises, which may include short answer questions, reports, essays, research projects and reflective tasks.

If you do not achieve a competency result on your first attempt, you have two more attempts to pass your assessment. So, you have three attempts in total to obtain a competency result.

In this way, you can complete your course in your own time and at your own pace with the assistance of unlimited tutor support.

• Professional development that is widely recognised and respected;
• Improve your employment opportunities;
• Study online, anywhere via our elearning system;
• High-quality professional development programs written by industry experts;
• No entry requirements;
• All course materials provided online – no textbooks to buy;
• Unlimited tutor support;
• Easy to understand course content;
• Twelve (12) months’ access, with extensions available upon application (fees apply);
• Certificate of Attainment/Completion issued for your CV (hard copy provided); and
• Course may be tax deductible; see your tax advisor.

The approximate study hours for this course is 120 hours. Twelve (12) months’ access, with extensions available upon application (fees apply).

Yes! The cost for printed materials for this course is $50 per unit. Total cost for optional printed materials is: $400.00. Printed materials are optional and not required to complete the course. Everything you need to complete the course is provided online via our e-learning system.

You can start within 60 minutes during business hours when you enrol and pay in full with a credit card!

Credit card: Within 60 mins during business hours.

BPAY: Within 1-2 working days.

Internet Banking: Within 1-2 working days.

Cheque/Money Order: Upon receipt of mailed cheque.

Yes! You will receive a Certificate of Attainment upon successful completion of your assessment.

No. All courses are delivered online via our e-learning system and there are no work placement requirements in this course.

Unlimited tutor support is available throughout your studies via email during business hours Monday to Friday. Our Administrative team are available Monday to Friday via email, live chat and telephone.

Yes! We accept enrolments from individuals both within Australia and internationally; location is no barrier to entry into our programs.