Wherever possible, we recommend you choose cultural safety training that is specific to your location and the knowledge and protocols of Aboriginal communities in your area.
Any online training should be a preface or supplement to face to face training, not a replacement for it. The most effective training needs to focus on the protocols of local communities. Online training is standardised training that isn’t contextualised to local circumstances, and builds no relationships. Culture is best conveyed face to face, as it has traditionally been for thousands of years.
Links to Aboriginal Cultural Competency Training
Centre for Cultural Competence Australia
Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA)
Victorian Aboriginal Community Services Association Ltd (VACSAL)
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)
Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS)
Links to support and advocacy
Autralian Indigenous Health Info Net: Disability Resources
Brotherhood of St Laurence -NDIS services for Aboriginal communities
Carers Australia: Large Collection of Resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Carers
First People’s Disability Network
Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA)
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)
Victorian Aboriginal Education Agency Inc.
Victorian Aboriginal Health Service
Resources for working with Aboriginal families and the NDIS
My Choice Matters -Resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
The Ability Centre: resources for Aboriginal families
‘My Dreamin’ Circles’ Planning tool
Community Door: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with intellectual disability
Epilepsy Australia: Epilepsy Information for Indigenous Communities
