Supporting Providers Positively - All Sessions (4th Tuesday of each month)

All 12 Capable Environment Sessions

January 27th: Supporting Providers Positively - Physical Health

Explore how physical health influences quality of life. This session will help you identify how to support health needs, improve access to healthcare, and implement proactive approaches to supporting wellbeing. Learn practical strategies for health monitoring, promotion, and advocacy.

February 24th: Supporting Providers Positively - Support to Establish and Maintain Relationships

Relationships are essential for wellbeing. This session looks at how to support people to develop and sustain safe, meaningful connections with others. You’ll leave with practical ideas for enabling friendships, family contact, and inclusive social networks.

March 24th: Supporting Providers Positively - Positive Social Interaction

Discover how to create environments that encourage individualised and respectful positive interactions. This session explores the role of supportive communication and interactional routines that help people feel connected, valued, and understood.

April 28th: Supporting Providers Positively - Encouragement of Independent Functioning

Explore how promoting independence can build confidence, self-esteem, and quality of life. You’ll gain practical tools to support skill development, self-determination, and safe risk-taking through everyday routines and personalised support.

May 26th: Supporting Providers Positively - Choice

Choice is fundamental to autonomy and dignity. In this session, we’ll look at how to increase real, meaningful choice in daily life—even when communication is complex and/or options are limited. Learn to recognise subtle preferences and adapt your environment to make choice possible.

June 23rd: Supporting Providers Positively - Consistent and Predictable Environments

Uncover how consistency and predictability can promote individualised structure and security. This session will offer practical ways to create stable routines, use visual supports, and respond consistently as a team—building a safe foundation for learning and wellbeing.

July 28th: Supporting Providers Positively - Physical Environment

The design and layout of physical spaces can either encourage or hinder the quality of support delivered. Learn how to assess and create enabling environments that promote safety and independence.

August 25th: Supporting Providers Positively - Meaningful Activity

Engagement in meaningful activity is linked to both wellbeing and learning. This session will help you identify what’s meaningful for each person and build structured, motivating opportunities for participation throughout the day.

September 22nd: Supporting Providers Positively - Communication

Communication is a human right. In this session, you’ll explore how to support expressive and receptive communication in ways that are personalised, inclusive, and responsive. Gain ideas for improving communication systems and developing communication-enabling environments.

October 27th: Supporting Providers Positively - Effective Organisational Context

Organisational culture, leadership, and systems influence every aspect of care. This session explores how to embed capable environments at a service-wide level. Learn how to use supervision, policy, data, and team learning to drive and sustain positive change.

November 24th: Supporting Providers Positively - Mindful and Skilled Workers

Support is only as good as the skill set of the person delivering it. This session will focus on the importance of staff skill development in delivering mindful, reflective support. Learn how to support teams to stay present, responsive, and compassionate in potentially challenging environments.

December 15st: Supporting Providers Positively - Effective Management and Support

The right management, creates the right conditions for great support. This session explores how leadership styles, clear expectations, coaching, and support systems can empower staff, reduce stress, and ensure that good practice is embedded and maintained.