VALID
ADVOCACY TRAINING

Please note if you wish to organise training for a group (minimum of 10 people) in your area please contact the VALID office to discuss. If you wish to be notified of upcoming training please email or phone the VALID office and leave your details.

UPCOMING TRAINING

To Stand Beside advocacy training
TWO DAY ADVOCACY WORKSHOP

Click here to download registration form for To Stand Beside advocacy training workshop

Providing training in the principles, strategies and methods of To Stand Beside: The VALID Advocacy for Inclusion Training Program with intensive discussion and in - depth examination of issues especially looking at issues of:

• Empowerment
• Conflicts of interest
• Integrity

DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCACY TRAINING

Aimed at people experienced in advocacy seeking to develop their understanding and their effectiveness this program uses the To Stand Beside: Advocacy for Inclusion Training Manual as a resource to promote the development of advanced advocacy skills, in a human rights model.

VALID provides training to people who support, assist or represent people with intellectual disability, including:

The two day advocacy workshop provides training in the principles, strategies and methods of To Stand Beside: The VALID Advocacy for Inclusion Training Program with intensive discussion and in-depth examination of issues especially looking at issues of:

•    Empowerment
•    Conflicts of interest
•    Personal and Organisational Integrity
•   Individualised Planning
•   Self Advocacy skills development

Presented by Kevin Stone, author of the ‘To Stand Beside: Advocacy for Inclusion Training Program’. Kevin is the founding Executive Officer of VALID - the Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with a Disability - and has worked as an advocate and educator for the past twenty five years. He served as president of the National Council on Intellectual Disability for six years and represents people with intellectual disability and their families on numerous government advisory bodies and committees.

The parent of four children, one of whom has intellectual disability, Kevin has wide experience in advocating for the rights and interests of vulnerable people. The To Stand Beside Program is based on two key principles: Advocacy is for everyone! & Advocacy should be effective!

SELF ADVOCACY TRAINING

VALID provides training to:

This course uses the VALID Becoming A Self Advocate Training Program as a basic resource, to support the development of fundamental self advocacy skills, including: