Karitane offer a range of in-person, across Carramar, Shellharbour, Oran Park, Shortland, Randwick, and Wolli Creek, and online education, supports, and services for parents with children from 0 to 5 years.
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MyTime
MyTime is for all parents and carers of children under the age of 18 who need a higher level of care than other children. This might be because of disability, chronic medical condition, or other additional needs including developmental delay. MyTime organises supported groups where parents and carers of children with disability or other additional needs can feel understood, share ideas and access quality information and resources. MyTime groups are free to join, and being a part of MyTime does not affect your NDIS funding.
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Healthy Mothers Healthy Families
Healthy Mothers Healthy Families (HMHF) is a website with online modules designed for mothers of children with a disability. HMHF helps families to find their balance though empowering mothers to seek their own balance of healthy activities for themselves and their family.
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Brainwave Australia
Brainwave Australia provides practical, financial, and social support to families and children with brain illnesses and injuries, and it offers several programs to support families and children with specialist mobility equipment, connect with other families, and sibling holiday programs.
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ENVISAGE
ENVISAGE is a free online or face-to-face peer support program that has been co- designed with parents, carers, service providers, health professionals and researchers and includes a dedicated First People’s program.
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Child and Family Health Services
Child and family health services are free for NSW parents and carers of children aged 0-5 years. They offer: Health and development checks for your child; Support and information on a range of parenting topics; referrals to paediatricians, nutritionists, audiologists, optometrists.
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Supported Decision Making Conversation Cards
These are sets of cards to help people with intellectual disability talk with their supporters. They were made to help you make more of your own decisions.
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Making a complaint about goods or services: Easy Read info Guide
An Easy Read info guide on how you can make a complaint in writing or over the phone.
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Your right to good health care: Easy Read fact sheet
This fact sheet is about your right to good health care. It tells you what good health care is. It tells you what you can do if you do not get good health care.
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Talking about why supported decision making is important
A video talking about why supported decision making is important.