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Cohort 1 · 2026 · Session 4 of 8

Sign-in sheet

Thursday 11 June 2026 · 11:00–13:00 · Akaltye Room, Desert Knowledge Australia

Date

Thursday 11 June 2026

Time

11:00–13:00

Venue

DKA, 475 South Stuart Hwy

Facilitators

Metia · Mandy · Lukas

Participant sign-in

Each participant signs in on arrival. If a participant can't sign independently, their support worker or coordinator countersigns. Photo permission column — tick Y only if a signed photo permission form has been collected for that person today.

#	Name	Org
1	Andy Harris	Eunoia Lane
2	Brandon Williams	Joyful Souls
3	Caleb McMillan	Joyful Souls
4	Chamieka Brown	WoSSCA
5	Graham Wilfred	Waltja
6	Hosea Crafter	Saltbush
7	Jordan Sumner (Jordy)	Joyful Souls
8	Keyanna Williams	CoLab
9	Michael Wallace	Joyful Souls
10	Mikaela Brown	WoSSCA
11	Mona Teamay	CoLab
12	Petra Haines	CoLab

Support workers attending today

For every support worker who attends the session: name, organisation, phone, and whether you've collected a signed photo permission form for them today. Leave rows blank if not needed.

#	Name	Organisation	Phone	Photo form	Signature
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Facilitators & visitors

Dietary, medical and safety information for catering and facilitator reference lives on the catering brief and emergency contacts sheets — not here, for privacy.

Cohort 1 · 2026 · Session 4 of 8 · Facilitator pocket

Emergency contacts

Thursday 11 June 2026 · 11:00–13:00 · Akaltye Room, Desert Knowledge Australia. Confidential — facilitator use only.

Quick dial — emergency

Emergency

000

DAS office

(08) 8953 1422

Lukas mobile

0409 924 058

DKA reception

(08) 8959 6000

Venue

Akaltye Room, Desert Knowledge Australia
475 South Stuart Hwy, Alice Springs NT 0870

If evacuation

Hosea Crafter

Saltbush Social Enterprises

Primary day-of

Tony (carer)

0400 365 551

Backup

Josh Alone (Saltbush)

0498 883 489

Jordan Sumner (Jordy)

Joyful Souls Support

Primary day-of

Stacey Phoenix (Joyful Souls)

0451 645 347

Coordinator

Stacey Phoenix

0451 645 347

admin@joyfulsouls.com.au

Medical alert Nut allergy — Strict nut-free room. Confirm EpiPen with Stacey. Cross-check every food item.

Keyanna Williams

CoLab Disability Solutions

Primary day-of

William Boaza (CoLab)

0428 015 505

Backup

KP Services

0403 574 249

Medical alert 24/7 oxygen — Calm room, regular breaks, flexible pacing, 1:1 support

Michael Wallace

Joyful Souls Support

Primary day-of

Stacey Phoenix (Joyful Souls)

0451 645 347

Coordinator

Stacey Phoenix

0451 645 347

admin@joyfulsouls.com.au

Mikaela Brown

WoSSCA

Primary day-of

Claire Cushnan (WoSSCA)

0401 810 190

Coordinator

Claire Cushnan

0401 810 190

claire.cushnan@wossca.org.au

Mona Teamay

CoLab Disability Solutions

Primary day-of

David Parker (CoLab)

0474 888 790

Coordinator

David Parker

0474 888 790

david@colab-ds.com.au

Medical alert Eligibility query · IDDSI 4 / IDDSI 3 — David ticked NO to intellectual disability on EOI — confirm cohort fit with David Parker / Pureed food only, moderately thick fluids. Catering must accommodate or SW brings food.

Petra Haines

CoLab Disability Solutions

Primary day-of

Codie (CoLab)

0447 216 393

Coordinator

Codie

0447 216 393

codie@colab-ds.com.au

Day-of escalation tree

Medical event (allergic reaction, breathing, fall): Call 000 first. Mandy or Metia stays with the participant. Lukas calls primary contact + DAS office. Document on incident form within 24 hours.
Behavioural distress / walkout: Mandy or Metia follows after a beat. Quiet check-in outside the room. If escalation needed, call primary contact. Don't return participant to room without consent.
Transport no-show (Keyanna): Call KP Services 0403 574 249. If unreachable, call Wil Boaza at CoLab. Don't wait past 11:15 — get session moving and update Keyanna by phone when transport sorted.
Photo without consent risk: If anyone in the room photographs a participant whose form isn't signed, ask politely for the photo to be deleted. Note in debrief.
Critical incident (any safety issue you can't handle alone): Lukas mobile 0409 924 058. If unreachable, DAS office (08) 8953 1422.

Cohort 1 · 2026 · Session 4 of 8 · Catering brief

What we need on the table.

Thursday 11 June 2026 · Morning tea + light lunch at 11:50. Akaltye Room, Desert Knowledge Australia.

Headcount

24 people

Caterer

TreatMe Good

Service window

11:50–12:30

Set up by

12:00 sharp

Headcount breakdown

12 participants + 3 facilitators + 8 support workers + 1 carer = 24 people.

Critical safety alerts — read first

Allergen — strict

Nut-free room. One participant (Jordan / Jordy Sumner) has a confirmed nut allergy per dietician. No nuts, nut oils, nut butters, nut traces, "may contain" warnings, or shared-line products. Cross-check every label. EpiPen on site with support worker.

Texture-modified diet

Mona Teamay — IDDSI Level 4 (pureed) food only, IDDSI Level 3 (moderately thick) fluids only. Either: (a) caterer provides one compliant plate + drink, or (b) Mona's support worker brings food and we provide the table setting + cutlery. Confirm with David Parker (CoLab) at 0474 888 790 before quoting.

Full dietary flags

Participant	Dietary	What this means at the table
Brandon Williams	Reminder to stop eating when full	Prone to overeating. SW will gently cue when full.
Caleb McMillan	Food must be cut small	Food cut into small pieces (texture, not allergy). SW operates.
Jordan Sumner (Jordy)	Critical NUT ALLERGY — strict, per dietician	No nuts. Check every label. EpiPen with SW.
Michael Wallace	Encourage to eat	May forget to eat. Gentle reminder during the catering window.
Mona Teamay	Critical IDDSI Level 4 (pureed food) / IDDSI Level 3 (moderately thick fluids)	IDDSI 4 pureed food, IDDSI 3 thickened fluids. SW may bring food.

Cohort 1 · 2026 · Session 4 of 8 · Run sheet

Keeping Strong

Two hours. The minute-by-minute facilitator script for M7.

Date

Thursday 11 June 2026

Time

11:00–13:00

Venue

DKA, 475 South Stuart Hwy

Facilitators

Metia (lead) · Mandy (co-fac)

Session purpose · three things to land

Each participant names at least one thing they do in each of the four Keeping Strong domains - stay strong / relax / look after yourself / have fun - and gets their P6 booklet page started (written, drawn, or scribed).
People hear from peers and from Mandy about how other people stay strong in Central Australia - real, small, CA-recognisable answers, not textbook wellbeing.
People are invited - softly, not requirement-style - to bring culture and Country into their answers if it fits for them. Participant-led only; DAS does not author what cultural strength is (CRR-011).
Mandy holds visible space as a leader-with-lived-experience - she goes first at the icebreaker, models one example per quadrant, shares her own EXAMPLES answers, shares first at the share-back, and runs Appreciations at the close.

The unspoken fourth one: wellbeing-mapping, not wellbeing-teaching - DAS never tells anyone what staying strong should look like. That's the only one that matters in the long run.

This module maps each person's own wellbeing; it does not prescribe one. If everyone leaves with one real thing per box that's actually theirs, that's a win. A fully-filled sheet of copied examples is a loss. Empty boxes are OK - some people only have one thing per quadrant, and that's a real answer. The facilitator's job all session is to set up, model, listen and reflect - never to interpret, fix, or author.

Pre-session prep

Two days out

OwnerAlignment meeting

Walk through this run sheet with Metia + Mandy
Lock Mandy's four-quadrant examples (deck slide 7) - one of her own per quadrant, kept tight
Lock Mandy's EXAMPLES-sheet answers (deck slide 11) - 1-2 real-or-representative answers per quadrant, picked from the EXAMPLES lists or her own words
Lock Mandy's icebreaker example (small, real, brief) and her share-back answer - must be different from the icebreaker, fresh content
Decide who opens and who reads the Acknowledgement - CRR-001 wording still pending Lhere Artepe, read the agreed holding version, don't improvise
Re-read the CRR-011 handling note together: do not author cultural strength concepts; listen and reflect; the slide 9 line is 'That's yours.'
Confirm wrap-up roles - Mandy runs Appreciations (new going-out ritual this session)
Brief on participant flags from the S3 debrief - anyone having a hard week, anyone who flagged at the halfway check-in (Mandy gives lead the heads-up, not the details)
Confirm break length - 15 min standard, extend to 20 on a cold morning (it's June - cold-morning variant is the live one)

Day before · Wed 10 June

OwnerLukas + Metia

Print Keeping Strong worksheet (P6 blank, A3) x 12 + 5 spare
Print Keeping Strong EXAMPLES handout (A3, CA examples) x 12
Print per-session (traffic light) feedback forms x 12 + SW feedback forms x 6
Print topics tracker x 12 - tick Session 4 at the wrap
Pack pens, pencils, textas + large-grip pens for scribing-supported participants
Stock hot-drink supplies - tea, coffee, hot water from arrival (June-August cold-morning variant)
Print CA Leadership Story 8 (Tony and the footy team) - back pocket for a flat room; it's structured as a wellbeing-plan worked example
Charge laptop + projector + phones
Confirm caterer headcount
15-min huddle - last walk-through

Day of · Thu 11 June, 10:00 arrival

OwnerAll

Heaters on before participants arrive - cold June morning, watch for anyone who came from an uninsulated house
Set room - horseshoe facing wall; Group Agreement (from S1) on the wall
Lay out blank P6 worksheets + pens at each seat; hold EXAMPLES handouts back until slide 11
Tissues on the table - soft permission for emotional moments (slides 8-9 can move people)
Hot drinks ready from arrival; catering on for 12:00
Test AV + load S4 deck (16 slides, built from the M7 spec) - do not depend on cloud
30-min huddle Metia + Mandy - re-confirm Mandy's quadrant picks and the slide 9 'That's yours' line
Mandy at the door as people arrive - greets each person by name

Minute by minute

11:00–11:06 6 min Welcome back + AcknowledgementSession 4 of 8 · group knows each other - keep it short and warm Lead: Mandy or Metia opens (Mandy's choice) + agreed reader (Acknowledgement)
S4 deck slides 1–3 (cover, acknowledgement, welcome back)

Whoever opens (Mandy's call, locked at alignment): "Hi everyone, welcome back." Acknowledgement of Country - read aloud, slow, full. Don't paraphrase, don't improvise. CRR-001 wording is still PENDING Lhere Artepe - read the locked holding version. Deck slide 3 says 'Welcome back. Week 7.' - that's the NT module numbering. Say it our way: "Session 4. Past halfway." Name what's good this week; name anyone missing if known and OK to share. Bridge from S3: "Last session you looked at where you are now, and who's on your team. Today is about what keeps you strong - strong in your body, strong in your head, strong with the people around you." If the cohort flagged anything at the S3 halfway check-in ('too fast', 'more time on X'), tell them now what changed. That closes the loop we promised.

Watch: Anyone visibly flat or distressed on entry - quiet check-in. Cold morning: hot drinks straight into hands; soft check-in with anyone who looks like they've come from a cold house.

11:06–11:11 5 min Housekeeping + today's roadmapStandard block · NO dedicated housekeeping slide in this deck - run it verbally off slide 4 Lead: Metia
S4 deck slide 4 (What we'll do today)

Roadmap off slide 4 - six steps: icebreaker, what is Keeping Strong, your worksheet, break, share-back if you want to, wrap-up. Then the standard housekeeping run, verbal (the 16-slide M7 deck has no housekeeping slide - don't go hunting for one): - Toilets - point them out. - Assembly point - staff carpark, the green Emergency Assembly Point sign (confirmed by DKA at S3). Backup is the visitor's carpark. - Phones - silent please; step out if you need a call. - Photos - only if Photo OK ticked. They can change their mind any time. - Coloured cards - quick refresher: green = good, yellow = need a moment, red = need to stop. - Food - lunch around 12:00. ~5 minutes max. Don't drone.

Watch: Anyone looking lost at housekeeping - Mandy grounds it with her one-line yellow-card story. Keep the front of the session tight; the worksheet block is where the time should go.

11:11–11:21 10 min IcebreakerFrom M7 · one thing this week that made you feel good Lead: Mandy (goes first)
S4 deck slide 5 (Today's icebreaker)

Prompt: "Tell us one thing you did this week that made you feel good." Could be small. Could be a meal. Could be a walk. Could be talking to someone. Mandy goes first - models a small, real example. The model shape: "I had a cup of tea on the verandah on Sunday morning. That was a good moment." (Her actual pick locked at alignment.) Then around the circle. Pass is allowed - and don't double back to anyone who passed. Watch the clock - 10 minutes for 8 people is about a minute and a quarter each. If someone is mid-thought when time's up, let them finish.

Watch: Anyone whose 'good thing' hints at a hard week underneath - don't probe in the circle, note it for a soft check-in at the break.

11:21–11:48 27 min What is 'Keeping Strong'?From M7 · definition + four quadrants + CA realities + culture and Country Lead: Metia (Mandy adds one example per quadrant)
S4 deck slides 6–9

Slide 6 - the definition. Three short lines, read as written, don't add: "Looking after yourself. Looking after the people around you. Doing things that fill you up, not empty you out." Slide 7 - the four quadrants we'll think about: - Stay strong - body, energy, sleep - Relax - slow down, rest, quiet time - Look after yourself - food, doctor, mental health, country if it fits - Have fun - what gives you joy Note: 'country if it fits' is lowercase on the slide - deliberate. The participant decides if they mean the place they live or capital-C Country. Don't pre-resolve it for them (pending cultural review — CRR-005). Mandy shares one example of her own per quadrant - keep tight, don't take over (locked at alignment). Slide 8 - CA realities: the heat in summer can wear you out; distance from family or services can be hard; money pressures and family pressures are real; you don't have to do this alone. Acknowledge softly. NOT a problem-list - the frame is 'here are things that make staying strong harder, and that's normal, not your fault'. Do not dramatise. Mandy adds one sentence about something that makes staying strong harder for her - "In summer I get tired faster." - then move on. Slide 9 - critical handling. Read the slide as written: "Some people draw strength from culture, family, ceremony, language, Country. Some people don't, or do it differently. This is your worksheet. Fill it in your way." Then say: "I'm not going to tell you what your strength is. That's yours." and "If culture or Country is part of how you stay strong, write that down. If it's not, that's fine too." Do NOT add examples of 'what cultural strength looks like' - participants bring their own; the facilitator listens (pending cultural review — CRR-011).

Watch: Anyone who gets emotional on slide 8 or 9 - Mandy sits with them or steps outside with them if they want; Metia continues with the group. Soft check-in at the break, follow-up after the session. If the room is going flat, slide 8 can be cut to one line - one slide cut is fine, document why in the debrief.

11:48–12:00 12 min Activity intro + EXAMPLES walkthroughFrom M7 · worksheets out · first pass before lunch Lead: Metia (setup) · Mandy (shares her own answers)
S4 deck slides 10–14 (activity intro + one example quadrant per slide)

Slide 10 - the setup: booklet page 6, four boxes. Write, draw, or ask the co-fac to scribe - whichever works for you. You'll see some examples first. Slides 11–14 - one quadrant per slide, two simple examples each (simplified 2026-06-10; the printed EXAMPLES A3 carries the full set of four per quadrant - walk THAT aloud. These are the CA examples (Simpsons Gap walks, footy training, verandah tea, sitting with my dog, doctor at Congress, calling my sister, footy carnivals, Beanie Festival, a friend's place for a feed). The handout includes 'Going home for ceremony when I'm invited' - it appears once, framed as a personal choice not a prescription; read it as written, don't expand on it (pending cultural review — CRR-011). Mandy shares 1-2 of her own real-or-representative answers per quadrant while walking through: "This is what some other people might write. Mine would be different. Yours will be different too. I'd write: [her picks]." Make explicit: "These are examples. You don't have to copy them. Your answers can be totally different." Offer scribing: "If you'd rather tell me what you'd write, I'll write it for you. Or you can draw." Hand out the blank P6 worksheets - people can start before lunch; the proper work block is after.

Watch: Anyone treating the EXAMPLES sheet as a checklist to copy - repeat the 'yours can be totally different' line. Anyone frozen at a blank page - offer scribing early, quietly.

12:00–12:15 15 min Lunch + breakCatering on at 12:00 · 15 min standard - extend to 20 if the room is cold Lead: All
S4 deck slide 15 (Break)

Facilitators eat too - but this break has a job: both facilitators move around, not standing together. Talk to participants, especially the quieter ones. Watch for anyone who looked emotional during slide 8 or 9. Soft check-in: "How are you doing?" No agenda. Hot drinks topped up - it's a June morning. Worksheets stay at the seats; the second half is the work, nothing to reset.

Watch: Dietary flags per participant pack. If the room is genuinely cold, extend the break to 20 min and trim the share-back, not the worksheet time.

12:15–12:37 22 min Keeping Strong worksheet (the work)From M7 · P6 booklet page · the protected activity Lead: Both walk the room - Mandy offers scribing
S4 deck slide 14 (last examples slide stays on screen) - the FULL example set is the printed A3 Mandy walks

Participants finish their four boxes. Lead and co-fac walk the room - offer scribing to anyone who hasn't started, or who has 1-2 boxes empty. Don't push. Empty boxes are OK. Some people only have one thing per quadrant. That's a real answer. Participants who finish early may chat quietly or look at the EXAMPLES handout. Key questions and how to handle them: - "What if I don't do anything to stay strong?" -> "That's an answer. Write it. Or write what you'd like to start doing." Then privately, later: "Want to talk after the session about what's going on?" - flag for follow-up. - "Is [traditional / cultural thing] OK to write?" -> "Yes, if that's part of how you stay strong, write it." Do not interpret. Do not say 'yes that's important'. Do not say 'tell us about it'. The facilitator listens (pending cultural review — CRR-011). - "Can I write [thing that worries me]?" -> "Yes. This is your worksheet. You write what's true for you." Watch for safeguarding signals - follow DAS safeguarding procedure post-session if something raises a concern. - "Why don't you tell us what staying strong should look like?" -> Honest answer: "Because we don't know what's right for you. You do. We're here to support, not prescribe." Mandy may say it better in her own words.

Watch: If a worksheet surfaces a safeguarding concern - don't probe in front of the group; keep facing the person, not the worksheet; document securely in Trello after. Drawing / dictation / 'I'll finish at home' all fine - the booklet goes home with them.

12:37–12:46 9 min Share-backFrom M7 · optional · one thing from any box Lead: Mandy (shares first) + Metia
S4 deck slide 16 (Share if you want to)

"Share if you want to - one thing you wrote in any box. You can pass. This is not a test." Mandy shares one of her own answers first - different from her icebreaker, fresh content (locked at alignment). Around the circle, pass allowed. If someone passes, thank them and move on - don't double back. Thank each person specifically: "Thanks for sharing that, [name]." Don't comment with "great answer!" - affirm presence, not performance.

Watch: If someone shares cultural content - listen, reflect it back simply ("Thanks for sharing that with us"), don't interpret, don't expand, don't probe. Don't reuse what was said as content in future sessions. Note the moment for cultural review reflection (pending cultural review — CRR-011).

12:46–13:00 14 min Wrap-up + feedback + Appreciations + next weekFrom M7 · Appreciations is the new going-out ritual Lead: Metia (wrap) · Mandy (runs Appreciations)
S4 deck slides 17–18 (Before you go + next week)

1. "One thing on your worksheet you might do this week." Quick - plant the thought, don't force a round if time is short. 2. Feedback forms (per-session, Layer 1) - 5 minutes to fill in; Mandy scribes for anyone who wants. 3. Appreciations - Mandy runs it. She models with a real, specific Appreciation: "[Name] said something today that I'm going to think about all week - about [thing]." Then around the circle - one specific thing about someone in the room. Pass allowed. 4. Slide 18 - next week: "Next Thursday, 18 June. Session 5 - My Future and My Plans. Big dreams, goals across the parts of your life." 5. Mandy thanks each participant individually as they leave with their booklet. By name. Eye contact. Small. Real. This is the most important moment of the wrap-up.

Watch: Don't run over 13:00 - people have transport booked. If behind, drop the 'one thing you might do' round and protect Appreciations - it's the new ritual and the cohort will use it again. Everyone leaves with their P6 worksheet in their booklet folder.

Mandy's choices to lock at alignment

Choice	Options
Who opens + Acknowledgement reader	Mandy / Metia / both - read the agreed CRR-001 holding wording either way; Mandy's call per cohort agreement
Her icebreaker example	Small, real, brief - the 'cup of tea on the verandah' shape. Locked at alignment.
Her four-quadrant examples (slide 7)	One of her own per quadrant, kept tight - don't take over. Pick from the EXAMPLES lists or her own words. Locked at alignment.
Her EXAMPLES-sheet answers (slide 11)	1-2 real-or-representative answers per quadrant - script not pre-written, her own picks. Locked at alignment.
Her share-back answer (slide 13)	One of her own answers, DIFFERENT from the icebreaker - fresh content. Locked at alignment.
Her Appreciation model (slide 14)	One real, specific thing about a participant - picked on the day; the format ('[name] said [thing]') locked at alignment.
Script notes on paper	As Mandy prefers - per Co-Fac Handbook
If unwell mid-session (like S1)	Steps out - Metia + Lukas continue. Acknowledge briefly: 'Mandy's having a rest, back next week.' Don't make a thing of it. Metia picks up the share-back-first and Appreciations roles.

Participant flags · keep in your back pocket

Participant	Flag
Brandon Williams	Hard of hearing Hard of hearing. Quiet, communicates more when safe. Needs help with spelling and reading. Loves food — remind when enough is enough.
Hosea Crafter	Contact via Tony (carer) No personal phone. Primary contact is his carer Tony · 0400 365 551. Tony will transport him to and from each session.
Jordan Sumner (Jordy)	Nut allergy Needs 30 sec processing time before he answers — be patient. Two support workers attending. STRICT nut-free diet per dietician.
Keyanna Williams	24/7 oxygenKP Services pickup 24/7 oxygen. Fatigues easily — calm room, regular breaks, flexible pacing. Simple, repeated communication. Structured routine, limited choices, 1:1 support. KP Services transport · 0403 574 249.
Michael Wallace	Hard of hearing Hard of hearing. Needs reminders to focus and to eat.
Mona Teamay	Eligibility queryIDDSI 4 / IDDSI 3 AAC (Eye Gaze). Pureed food (IDDSI Level 4), moderately thick fluids (IDDSI Level 3). EOI ticked NO to intellectual/learning disability — confirm eligibility with David.
Petra Haines	KWS / Auslan + whiteboard Uses KWS and Auslan; adapts via writing and whiteboard, plus animated expression. Keep communication simple. Has a current behaviour support plan — request from Codie.

Anticipated tricky moments

Someone gets emotional on slide 8 (CA realities) or slide 9 (culture / Country) Pause. Mandy sits with them or steps outside if they want. Metia continues with the group; flag a brief group break if appropriate. After the session: lead follows up directly. Document in Trello. If it's a safeguarding issue, follow DAS procedures.

Participant brings cultural content the facilitator doesn't have authority to engage with Listen. Do not interpret. Do not expand. Reflect what they said back simply: 'Thanks for sharing that with us.' Document the moment for cultural review reflection (e.g. did slide 9's framing invite something the cohort wasn't ready for?). Do not reuse what was said as content in future sessions. Per CRR-011.

"What if I don't do anything to stay strong?" 'That's an answer. Write it. Or write what you'd like to start doing.' Then privately, during the break: 'Want to talk after the session about what's going on?' - flag for follow-up.

"I don't have any fun" (or similar low-mood) Acknowledge: 'Sometimes that's how it is.' Don't try to brainstorm fun for them in the room. Flag for follow-up - contact in the next 48 hours via whatever channel works (phone, support worker, drop-in).

Someone refuses to do the worksheet 'That's OK. You can sit with us and listen.' Don't apply pressure - some weeks people aren't ready to write. Flag for next-week follow-up: is something else going on?

"Why don't you tell us what staying strong should look like?" Honest answer: 'Because we don't know what's right for you. You do. We're here to support, not prescribe.' Mandy may say it better in her own words.

"Yoga and bowling weren't on the example sheet. Is that OK?" 'Yes - those weren't on the example sheet because the sheet is for Central Australia and yoga and bowling come up less here. But they're absolutely valid answers if they're what you do.'

Cohort goes flat / low energy Skip slide 8 if needed - one slide cut is fine, document why in the debrief. Pull CA Leadership Story 4 (Tony and the footy team - it's structured as a wellbeing-plan worked example, the link to Keeping Strong is intentional) and read 2-3 minutes of it. Then ask: 'What did this person do to stay strong?'

Someone shares something that surfaces a safeguarding concern Listen, acknowledge, don't probe in front of the group. Keep facing them, not the worksheet. After the session: lead facilitator follows DAS safeguarding procedure. Document in Trello securely.

Cold morning bites (June) Hot drinks at arrival, heaters on before participants arrive. Watch for participants who came from uninsulated houses - soft check-in. Extend the break to 20 min if the room is cold; trim the share-back, not the worksheet time. 'Bring a jumper' goes in the next follow-up SMS.

Tech failure (deck won't load) Plan B is paper. The worksheet + EXAMPLES handouts carry the session; read the slide 6-9 lines aloud from this run sheet - slide 9 wording exactly as written, no improvising. Don't lose 10 minutes troubleshooting.

End-of-session checklist

All present participants take their P6 worksheet home in their booklet folder - it's theirs, don't collect it
Per-session feedback forms collected; any RED faces flagged for follow-up within 24h
SW feedback forms collected from attending support workers (or photographed if going home with the SW)
Worksheets / EXAMPLES sheets restocked for next cohort; pens and textas packed away
Catering tidied; heating off (last out)
Trello updated: attendance · anyone who showed distress (note for follow-up) · anyone who shared cultural content (note for cultural review reflection - NOT for re-use) · rough activity completion rate (all 4 boxes vs partial)
Co-fac debrief (15 min, paid time): what worked, what didn't, anyone we need to follow up with, anything to change for this module next cohort - including whether slide 9's framing invited anything the cohort wasn't ready for (CRR-011 reflection)
Same-day SMS / email follow-up to participants per the follow-up template - include the 'one thing you might do this week' nudge
Anyone flagged ('I don't have any fun', refused the worksheet, emotional at slide 8/9) contacted within 48 hours via whatever channel works
CA Leadership Story 8 (Tony) earmarked for any low-energy follow-up call
Update each participant's tracker - attendance, flags, follow-up commitments

Cohort 1 · 2026 · Session 4 of 8 · Agenda

Keeping Strong

Thursday 11 June 2026 · 11:00–13:00 · Akaltye Room, Desert Knowledge Australia

Modules

Lead

Metia

Co-fac

Mandy

In room

Lukas

Timeline

Time	What	Who leads
11:00–11:06 6 min	Welcome back + Acknowledgement Session 4 of 8 · group knows each other - keep it short and warm	Mandy or Metia opens (Mandy's choice) + agreed reader (Acknowledgement)
11:06–11:11 5 min	Housekeeping + today's roadmap Standard block · NO dedicated housekeeping slide in this deck - run it verbally off slide 4	Metia
11:11–11:21 10 min	Icebreaker From M7 · one thing this week that made you feel good	Mandy (goes first)
11:21–11:48 27 min	What is 'Keeping Strong'? From M7 · definition + four quadrants + CA realities + culture and Country	Metia (Mandy adds one example per quadrant)
11:48–12:00 12 min	Activity intro + EXAMPLES walkthrough From M7 · worksheets out · first pass before lunch	Metia (setup) · Mandy (shares her own answers)
12:00–12:15 15 min	Lunch + break Catering on at 12:00 · 15 min standard - extend to 20 if the room is cold	All
12:15–12:37 22 min	Keeping Strong worksheet (the work) From M7 · P6 booklet page · the protected activity	Both walk the room - Mandy offers scribing
12:37–12:46 9 min	Share-back From M7 · optional · one thing from any box	Mandy (shares first) + Metia
12:46–13:00 14 min	Wrap-up + feedback + Appreciations + next week From M7 · Appreciations is the new going-out ritual	Metia (wrap) · Mandy (runs Appreciations)

What we keep vs hold over

What we keep

M7 runs near-full - first single-module session of the cohort, no folding, room to breathe
The full slides 6-9 arc: definition, four quadrants, CA realities, culture + Country - with slide 9 handled exactly as designed (read as written, 'That's yours.', never author)
10-min icebreaker back in (M7-native: 'one thing this week that made you feel good')
Two-block activity pattern preserved: intro + EXAMPLES + start before lunch, finish after
Share-back optional with pass - co-fac shares first, fresh content
Appreciations introduced as the going-out ritual - Mandy runs it, models specific
Worksheet is the protected activity - if behind, trim share-back or the 'one thing' round, never the work block

Held over to next session

Source module written for 10:00-12:00 - shifted to our 11:00-13:00 block; the mid-session 15-min break becomes the standard 12:00 lunch block (catering pattern from S1-S3)
Housekeeping block added (planner standard since S2) - the 16-slide M7 deck has no housekeeping slide, so it runs verbally off slide 4; welcome compressed from the source's 10+5 min to 6+5 to fund it
'What is Keeping Strong' stretched 25 -> 27 min - single module means slide 9 gets unhurried handling
Deck slide 3 says 'Week 7' (NT 9-week module numbering) - facilitator says 'Session 4' to the room; flag the label to the deck build
Heat-day variant not in play (June session) - cold-morning variant active instead: hot drinks, heaters, break extendable to 20 min
Easy Read variant (sentence-starter scaffold, scribing-default) specified in the worksheet but lands at Phase 7 - scribing offer covers the gap this delivery
DAS-original quadrant icons for the P6 worksheet still blocked on the Phase 4.5 design pass - print the current spec version

Materials needed

Laptop + projector with S4 deck preloaded (16 slides, built from the M7 spec) - do not depend on cloud
Keeping Strong worksheet (4 pages, one question per page) (P6 blank, A3) - 1 per participant + 5 spare
Keeping Strong EXAMPLES handout (A3, CA examples) - 1 per participant, held back until slide 11
Per-session (Layer 1, traffic light) feedback forms - 1 per participant; SW feedback forms for attending support workers
Pens, pencils, textas + large-grip pens for scribing-supported participants
Hot drinks from arrival - tea, coffee, hot water (June-August cold-morning variant); heaters on early
Tissues - 1 box on the table (soft permission for emotional moments)
Mandy's script notes on paper, if she wants them (per Co-Fac Handbook)
CA Leadership Story 8 (Tony and the footy team) - printed, back pocket for a flat room
Topics tracker - tick Session 4 at the wrap
Group Agreement poster (from S1, on the wall)
Camera (only with Photo Permission Form consent)
Catering for 12:00 per dietary requirements - confirmed headcount day-before
First aid kit

Participant flags + needs are on the Emergency contacts and Run sheet (facilitator-only) — kept off the agenda to keep this one scannable.

Adapted for Central Australia by DAS, in partnership with Inclusion NT under the PATH MOU 2025–26. Original curriculum © Inclusion NT.

Name	Role	Signature	Arrival
Metia Lisati	Lead facilitator
Mandy Knight	Peer co-facilitator
Lukas Blom	Programs Manager
Visitors
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