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Join us for theÌýHealthy Development Adelaide (HDA)ÌýforumÌýonÌýExploring Peer Practice in Disability Support: Benefits, Enablers and Challenges.

This forum is held in conjunction with our partner organisationÌýNovitaÌýand will be held onÌýWednesday 27 November, 5.30-8.30pmÌýin the Napier G04 lecture theatre, Napier building, Ground floor, University of Adelaide, North Terrace.

This session explores the benefits of peer practice in the context of disability support from several different perspectives, including peer programs for parents and caregivers with a child with disability, and peer programs for teenagers with disability. Peer programs can deliver significant benefits for families and young people with disability, arising from the core values that underpin peer practice and the distinctive role people with lived experience can play in supporting others.

The aim of this session is to provide food for thought – to encourage reflection amongst policymakers, researchers and service providers about the role of peer practice in disability support. Novita currently offers a small number of programs and services which incorporate elements of peer practice, but we see this as an area of growing importance that we would like to engage with more deeply.

OUR SPEAKERS

Veronica Coram, Research Officer, Novita -ÌýWhat is peer practice and what are its benefits? An overview of the research evidence

Kate Nicholson,ÌýClinical Lead in Physiotherapy, NovitaÌýandÌýAbbey Brown, Parent-Peer Facilitator, Novita -ÌýReflecting on clinicians and parent-peers working together to support families with a child with disability

Brooke Starr,ÌýHIPPY Coordinator, NovitaÌýandÌýJodie Molitor,ÌýHIPPY Coordinator, Novita -ÌýStructured peer mentoring for families with children with a disability

Veronica CoramÌýin conversation withÌýRuby Wilson,ÌýLived Experience and Community ResearcherÌýand other young people -ÌýPeer supports for teens in transition

OUR CHAIR

Petr Prasil, Manager, Research & Development, Novita

Networking and light refreshments will follow the session from 7.30pm.

This is a public forum and alsoÌýopen to the community,Ìýeveryone is welcome to attend. Please share to your friends, colleagues and networks.

For the full program description and to register please go here: Ìý