This module features presentations from a range of leading professionals and self-advocates, including Steve Dymond, Roger Crown, Dave Hingsburger, and Tanya Carnell.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Explain what abuse is.

• Describe different types of abuse.
• Explain why abuse happens.
• Understand where and when abuse can happen.
• Understand that anyone can be an abuser.

Module Length: 30 Minutes

This module features presentations from a range of leading professionals and self-advocates, including Judith North, Simon Haywood, and Adele Mason.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Describe what autism is.

• Understand what sensory difficulties are and explain how they affect people who have autism.
• Explain the difficulties with social communication, relationships, and imagination that people with autism experience.
• Understand how structure and routines can be helpful to people with autism.

Module Length: 33 Minutes

This module features presentations from a range of leading professionals and self-advocates, including Patti Scott, Simon Duffy, Bernard Carabello, and Dave Hasbury.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Describe what control is and why it is important.

• Understand some of the things that may prevent you from being in control.
• Explain the help you might need so you can be in control.
• Understand that everyone can be in control. 

Module Length: 28 Minutes

Building friendships and community can be a difficult, slow process, but everyone can be a great citizen and form wonderful friendships and loving partnerships. This module will introduce you to friendships and community.

This module features presentations from many leading professionals and self-advocates, including Dave Hingsburger, Lynda Kahn, Margaret Cushen, and Steve Dymond.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Explain some of the challenges of developing friendships and community.

• Discuss the different ways that people think about friendships and community.
• Describe what friendships and community mean.
• Explain the value and importance of friendships and community.

Module Length: 30 Minutes

This module features presentations from a range of leading professionals and self-advocates, including Beth Mount, Jack Pearpoint, and Dave Hasbury.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Explain what a person-centered plan is and how it can help you.

• Understand what some of your gifts are and how they can help the planning process.
• Discuss the different person-centered planning tools.
• Understand how you can prepare for and control your meeting.
• Explain what happens after a person-centered planning meeting and what support you might need.

Module Length: 36 Minutes

This module features presentations from many leading professionals and self-advocates, including Jack Pearpoint, Patti Scott, Doug Smith, and Tyrone Towers.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

 

• Describe what a circle of support is and how it could help you.

• Explain who takes part in a circle.
• Understand how to find and invite people to be part of your circle.
• Explain how to keep a positive circle.

Module Length: 35 Minutes

This module features presentations from a range of leading professionals and self-advocates, including Fredda Rosen, Steve Dymond, and Jack Pearpoint.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand the different things that might make it difficult for you to find a job.

• Explain the many benefits and the importance of employment.
• Discuss whether employment is something that you would like to think about more.

Module Length: 30 Minutes

This module features presentations from a range of leading professionals and self-advocates, including Fredda Rosen, Katrina Reese, Steve Dymond, and Brad Goldman.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand the benefits and risks of unpaid work.

• Describe what paid employment is.
• Explain what customized employment is and how it is different from traditional employment.
• Describe the meaning of self-employment and the different types of small business opportunities.

Module Length: 34 Minutes

This module features presentations from a range of leading professionals and self-advocates, including Jack Pearpoint, Harvey Pacht, Rachel Pollock, and Fredda Rosen.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand who can help you to find employment and how they can help you.

• Explain the importance of the discovery process and the need to plan with others.
• Describe the process of applying and interviewing for employment.
• Explain how you can keep a job once you have found one.

Module Length: 33 Minutes

This module will help you to explain how you can use your interests and the things you are good at to give back to and build your place in your community.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand the many ways to find out who are the people, where are the places, and what happens in your community.

• Explain how you can use your interests and the things you are good at to give back to and build your place in your community.

Module Length: 35 Minutes

This module features presentations from a range of leading professionals and self-advocates, including Beth Mount, Steve Dymond, Harvey Pacht, and Dave Hasbury.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Describe a range of ways to find and build friendships.

• Explain the different skills needed to make and keep good friends.
• Understand the basics of keeping yourself safe when making new friends.

Module Length: 36 Minutes

This module features presentations from many leading professionals and self-advocates, including Patti Scott, Jeremy Donaldson, and Natalia Manning.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand what mental health is.

• Understand how you might feel when you are down, worried or depressed.
• Realize that you are not alone in these feelings and that there are people and places that can help.

Module Length: 28 Minutes

This module features presentations from many leading professionals and self-advocates, including Richard Lawrence, Patricia Charlesworth and Erica Streisslberger.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Explain the things you can do to ensure you stay mentally healthy.

Module Length: 31 Minutes

This module features presentations from a range of leading professionals and self-advocates, including Shineeca Mcleod, Yona Lunsky, Richard Lawrence, Victor Pereira and Erica Steisslberger.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand who you can talk to and what help you can get when you are worried about your mental health.

• Explain the importance of avoiding certain people and situations for a more positive mental health.

Module Length: 31 Minutes

This module features presentations from a range of leading professionals and self-advocates, including Shineeca Mcleod, Yona Lunsky, Heather Hermans, and Patricia Charlesworth.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Explain what you can do to be ready and prepared to meet with the doctor.

• Understand the importance of going to the doctor when you are unwell.
• Know how a doctor can help you.

Module Length: 27 Minutes

This module includes presentations from a range of leading professionals and self-advocates, including Simon Duffy, Harvey Pacht, and Peter Leidy

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand what rights are and why they are important.

• Explain some of the most important rights.
• Discuss ways to protect and build your own rights.
• Understand when and why rights may be limited.

Module Length: 30 Minutes

The relationship between you and your staff can be confusing. People are paid to work with you. But it's not a one-way street, and as this module will explain, you actually need to be equal partners.

This module features presentations from many leading professionals and self-advocates, including Patti Scott, Jeremy Donaldson, and Natalia Manning.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand what it means to be in charge and how to provide the people who work with you the support they need.

• Explain the role of support staff.
• Describe why you should be involved with "each other's people."
• Explain why good staff blend in and what that means.

Module Length: 35 Minutes

Any good relationship requires work, care, and attention so that it can continue to grow and develop. This module will look at what both you and your support staff need to help your relationship strengthen and grow over time.

This module features presentations from many leading professionals and self-advocates, including Patti Scott, Jeremy Donaldson, and Natalia Manning.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand how you can support and grow a better relationship between you and your support staff.

• Explain what makes effective communication.
• Describe some ways to deal with conflicts and differences.
• Explain the importance of compromise.
• Understand ways to best support and appreciate each other.
• Understand the boundaries of the relationship.

Module Length: 30 Minutes

Power is the ability to control how things happen. Being in charge of our life gives us power. As we grow up and gradually get more control over our lives, we also learn about the responsibility that comes along with it. But it does not matter how much power and responsibility we assume - none of us are able to live totally independently. We all need the support of others to get by.

This module will discuss some of the things you can think about when taking charge of your own life and some of the ways your staff can support you as you gradually learn the balance of power, control, responsibility, and interdependence.

This module features presentations from many leading professionals and self-advocates, including Patti Scott, Jeremy Donaldson, and Natalia Manning.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand what it means to be in the "driver’s seat" of your life.

• Learn the role of responsibility.
• Understand the right to fail.
• Learn how to see and understand each other's gifts.
• Understand why we should never assume.

Module Length: 30 Minutes

This module features presentations from John Elkin, Samantha Hughes, Steve Dymond, and Harvey Pacht.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand what being safe and having freedom means.

• Explain how to report abuse.
• Describe how to prevent abuse.

Module Length: 35 Minutes

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand what give-and-take and sharing and caring mean in a relationship.

• Explain some different ways that two people can be nice to each other.
• Understand how to respect and take care of another person’s feelings.
• Explain what consent means and what it means in terms of sex.

Module Length: 35 Minutes

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Describe how, where, and when you might meet someone.

• Understand the importance of getting to know, liking, and spending time with people first.
• Explain how to ask someone out.
• Describe good ways of dealing with rejection.

Module Length: 30 Minutes

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand what it means to be intimate with another person.

• Explain that you only become intimate with and have sex with another person when you both have made a decision to do so.
• Describe why it matters when and where you have sex and the importance of being safe.

Module Length: 30 Minutes

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand what social media is.

• Explain what information you can share on social media.
• Discuss how social media can help you to connect and stay connected with people.
• Describe the benefits of connecting with people on social media.

Module Length: 25 Minutes

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand that there are risks involved in using social media.

• Explain why it is important to be safe when using social media.
• Discuss ways to reduce the risks of social media.
• Understand what to do if you feel unsafe on social media.

Module Length: 29 Minutes

This module features contributions from people with disabilities and songs bu Peter Leidy.

 

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Explain what constipation is.

• Understand what causes constipation and how to prevent constipation.
• Tell someone if you are constipated.

Module Length: 30 Minutes

This module includes video presentations from Dave Hingsburger, Samantha Hughes, and John Elkin. 

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Explain what disability does and does not mean.

• Understand and accept who you are.
• Use words to confidently describe who you are.
• Explain how to like who you are.

Module Length: 35 Minutes