Disability Advocacy ServiceSession 2 · 28 May 2026
PATH Leadership Group · Cohort 1
Session 2.
DAS · Mparntwe / Alice Springs01 / 35
Disability Advocacy Service11:00 · Welcome back
First, the most important thing
Acknowledgement of Country.
We acknowledge the Arrernte people as the Traditional Custodians of Mparntwe (Alice Springs).
We pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.
We also acknowledge all the language groups across the Central Australia and Barkly region this program serves.
We pay our respects to all First Nations peoples whose knowledge, leadership, and lived experience guide this work.
We pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.
We also acknowledge all the language groups across the Central Australia and Barkly region this program serves.
We pay our respects to all First Nations peoples whose knowledge, leadership, and lived experience guide this work.
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Disability Advocacy Service11:00 · Welcome back
Two weeks since we saw you
Welcome back.
Quick check-in. Then we get into it.
- One thing from the last two weeks — short version
- Did you bring something for "who you look up to"?
- Don't show us yet — we'll come back to it after lunch
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Disability Advocacy Service11:05 · Housekeeping
Before we start — quick check
Housekeeping.
Toilets
Out the door, signs in DKA. Ask if you can't find them — Lukas / Metia will walk you.
Assembly point
[email out to DKA — confirm before session]
Phones
Silent please. Step out if you need to take a call. No drama.
Photos
Only if your Photo OK is ticked on the sign-in. Tell us if you change your mind.
Cards
Green = good. Yellow = need a moment. Red = need to stop. Use them anytime.
Food
Short lunch around 12:05. Eat, breathe, then we keep going.
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Disability Advocacy Service11:10 · Today
Here's the plan.
11:00
Welcome back & housekeeping
11:10
Quick check-in (1–5 scale, in pairs)
11:25
Strengths cards
11:50
All About Me — worksheet
12:05
Lunch — tea, food, fresh air
12:20
Who do you look up to?
12:35
What makes a good leader?
12:55
Close — one thing that landed
VenueAkaltye Room, DKA
Assembly[email out to DKA]
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Disability Advocacy Service11:10 · Check-in
Before we start
A quick
check-in.
How were things before PATH started?
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Disability Advocacy Service11:10 · Check-in
What we're asking
How were things before PATH?
Just a quick yarn. 1 to 5 — really tough through really good — across a few areas of your life.
There is no right or wrong answer. We are not testing you. We need it for our reporting, and it helps us see what changes for you over the next few weeks.
There is no right or wrong answer. We are not testing you. We need it for our reporting, and it helps us see what changes for you over the next few weeks.
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Disability Advocacy Service11:10 · Check-in
How we'll do it
In pairs, off to the side.
No-one scores in front of the group.
- Mandy + 2 of you
- Metia + 2 of you
- Lukas + 2 of you
- About 90 seconds each. Skip any question that doesn't fit.
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Disability Advocacy Service11:10 · Check-in
The areas we'll look at
Different parts of your life.
- Community & people around you
- Safety — home + community
- How you're going in yourself
- Physical health
- Money for what you need
- Family
- Work (paid or volunteer)
- Learning new things
- Where you live
Pick the ones that fit. Skip the rest. That's fine.
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Disability Advocacy Service11:25 · Module 4
Module 4
All About
Me.
What you're good at. What you love. Who's around you.
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Disability Advocacy Service11:25 · Strengths
First — what is a strength?
A strength is something you do well, or care about.
Not just sports stuff. Not just school stuff.
A strength can be: being a good listener. Making people laugh. Knowing the bush. Caring about animals. Looking after a little brother.
Strengths are clues about the kind of leader you might be.
A strength can be: being a good listener. Making people laugh. Knowing the bush. Caring about animals. Looking after a little brother.
Strengths are clues about the kind of leader you might be.
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Disability Advocacy Service11:30 · Cards
Strengths cards
Pick 2 cards.
On the table — pile of cards. Each one is a strength.
Don't think too hard. Pick what jumps out.
"Pick what you'd want on a t-shirt."
Mandy goes first.
Don't think too hard. Pick what jumps out.
"Pick what you'd want on a t-shirt."
Mandy goes first.
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Disability Advocacy Service11:30 · Mandy's cards
Mandy's cards
[Card 1 — TBC] · [Card 2 — TBC]
[I picked these because… — Mandy's story, TBC at Mon 25 May alignment]
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Disability Advocacy Service11:35 · Your turn
Your turn
Pick your 2.
Then tell us — name + one sentence per card.
Want a strength that's not on a card? Write it on a blank card from the back of the deck.
"Good at footy" counts. "Funny" counts. "Patient" counts.
"Good at footy" counts. "Funny" counts. "Patient" counts.
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Disability Advocacy Service11:50 · Worksheet
Now on paper
All About Me.
Four parts of you. Pick the worksheet up off your chair.
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Session 2 · Worksheet15 / 35
Disability Advocacy Service11:50 · Worksheet
Four boxes on your sheet
Head. Hands. Heart. Connections.
HEAD
What you know lots about. Topics. Stuff you can talk about for ages.
HANDS
What you do well. Skills. What you can help others with.
HEART
What you care about. What you love. People + places that matter.
CONNECTIONS
Who's around you. Community. Country or home, if you want.
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Disability Advocacy Service11:50 · HEAD
HEAD
What I know lots about.
Topics you follow. Stuff people ask you about.
Examples: footy teams. Cooking. Music. Country. Cars. Movies. Family stories.
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Disability Advocacy Service11:50 · HANDS
HANDS
What I do well.
Skills. What you can offer to other people.
Examples: cooking. Looking after kids. Making people laugh. Being patient. Fixing things.
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Disability Advocacy Service11:50 · HEART
HEART
What I care about.
Things that matter. People you love. Stuff that moves you.
Examples: family. Country. Animals. Football. Music. Looking after younger ones.
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Disability Advocacy Service11:50 · CONNECTIONS
CONNECTIONS
Who is in my community.
People + places you belong to.
Examples: family. Friends. Footy team. Church. School. Country or home - if you want to write it.
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Disability Advocacy Service11:50 · Worksheet
Write it down
It's a draft. You can change it later.
Don't try to fill every box perfectly. One word per box is fine. One quadrant done well is better than four rushed.
It's not a test. The worksheet goes home with you. We'll come back to it in Session 3.
Want help? Mandy, Metia, Lukas, your SW — anyone in the room.
It's not a test. The worksheet goes home with you. We'll come back to it in Session 3.
Want help? Mandy, Metia, Lukas, your SW — anyone in the room.
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Disability Advocacy Service12:05 · Lunch
Short break
Lunch.
Tea, food, fresh air.
Back at 12:20.
Back at 12:20.
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Disability Advocacy Service12:20 · Module 3
Module 3
What is
a Leader?
Who do you look up to — and why?
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Disability Advocacy Service12:20 · Who do you look up to
Someone you admire
Who do you look up to?
It can be anyone.
A family member. A friend. A footy player. An Elder. A teacher. Someone famous. Someone you've never met.
Mandy goes first.
A family member. A friend. A footy player. An Elder. A teacher. Someone famous. Someone you've never met.
Mandy goes first.
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Disability Advocacy Service12:20 · Mandy's pick
Mandy looks up to
[Mandy's leader — TBC at Mon 25 May alignment]
[I look up to them because… — TBC, Mandy's own words]
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Disability Advocacy Service12:25 · Your turn
Your turn
Tell us about yours.
Use the worksheet — name, then why, then tick the boxes for what kind of leader they are.
Pass is fine. You can write quietly instead of sharing aloud. Both work.
If you don't have one in mind — what about someone you saw do something brave?
If you don't have one in mind — what about someone you saw do something brave?
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Disability Advocacy Service12:35 · Good leaders
From what we just heard
What makes
a good leader?
Let's pin it down. Group brainstorm.
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Disability Advocacy Service12:35 · Good leaders
Some starters — add your own
Good leaders…
- Listen to people
- Speak up for others
- Are kind
- Keep their word
- Make decisions
- Stay calm
- Teach others
- Look after Country
- Look after family
- Are fair
Put your own up on the poster. Don't have to be in the list above.
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Disability Advocacy Service12:45 · Real talk
From Mandy
You don't have to have a degree.
You can lead from where you are. Right now.
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Disability Advocacy Service12:55 · Close
Closing the day
One thing
that landed.
Go round the room. Short version. Mandy first.
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Disability Advocacy Service12:55 · Close
Going-out ritual
One thing today that landed for you.
One sentence each. Pass is fine.
Mandy, Metia, Lukas — we go first. Model it.
Then around the circle.
Then around the circle.
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Disability Advocacy Service12:55 · For SWs
For support workers in the room
A quick feedback form.
If you have a minute, fill it in.
Drop it back to us — or email peersupport@das.org.au.
Anonymous is fine. Honest is better.
Drop it back to us — or email peersupport@das.org.au.
Anonymous is fine. Honest is better.
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Disability Advocacy Service12:55 · Take home
To take with you
Take your worksheets home.
- All About Me — your four boxes (Head, Hands, Heart, Connections)
- I Look Up To — the leader you picked today
- Keep adding to them through the week if you want
- We'll use them again at Session 3 (My Team)
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Disability Advocacy Service13:00 · See you
Thursday 4 June · 11:00 · Akaltye Room
See you next time.
Next topic — My Team. Who are the people around you.
Questions before then? Call DAS or message your support worker.
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Disability Advocacy ServiceEnd · Session 2
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