Skill Development at Create A Sense of Place came from a recognition that our coordinators and many other providers had that there was a need for intentional capacity building that support worker do not have time for in their role…

Compassion fatigue is a condition characterised by emotional and physical exhaustion leading to a diminished ability to empathise or feel compassion for others, often described as the negative cost of caring.

The theme this year for Speech Pathology Week from 23-29 August is “Communicating with Confidence!”
Communication, simply defined is the transfer of information from one place to another. It serves as a mean for connecting people and places. Communication is a basic human right.

As Support Coordinators, I reckon between the team, we have been involved in over one thousand NDIS plan reviews.
The review process is so lengthly and time consuming. It makes me wonder, is this being done intentionally so we just give up to save our sanity?
Let me explain why I am so frustrated…