If you have any enquiries or suggestions regarding PATH or this blog, or would like to make a booking to have a PATH, or to find out more about our facilitator training, please contact:
Lou Bannister (PATH Coordinator) via email at bcspath@act.gov.au
or phone call the PATH program mobile on: 0488 376 467.
Friday, 9 November 2012
Thursday, 1 November 2012
Local Area Coordination (LACs)
Local Area Coordination ACT (LAC) aims to build
individual, family and community self-sufficiency so that individuals with a
disability can achieve what they want to achieve, live how they want to live
and are valued as full and equal members of the ACT community.
Local Area Coordination promotes:
- Self-management
- Personal advocacy
- Family support
- Community development
The LAC team aim to make disability
services and support more:
- Personal
- Local
- Accountable
- And supports people with disabilities and their families in their local communities.
The LAC team focus on:
- A meaningful life and family leadership
- Emphasis on strengthening community capacity and less on funding
- Greater emphasis on the principles of planning for the future especially at times of transition, importance of personal networks and community connections
- Complementing the role of other services and partnerships
- Working with local communities to support inclusion and the valued contribution of people with disabilities
You can contact the LAC team at the Disability
Information Support Hub (DISH) at 60-62 Oatley Court, Belconnen.
Phone 6205 9331, and ask for Codie.
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