Disability Advocacy ServiceSession 6 · 25 June 2026
PATH Leadership Group · Cohort 1 · Module 9
Session 6.
DAS · Mparntwe / Alice Springs01 / 14
Disability Advocacy Service11:00 · Welcome
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.
Session 6 · Acknowledgement02 / 14
Disability Advocacy Service11:05 · Today
Welcome to Session 6.
11:00
Welcome & Acknowledgement of Country
11:10
Icebreaker - one small step you've taken
11:25
PATH refresher - the map shape
11:45
Activity 1 - Small Steps ladder (booklet page 10)
12:00
Break - tea, food, water, fresh air
12:15
Activity 2 - Getting ready for your PATH Plan (page 11)
12:35
Looking after yourself for your PATH Plan day
12:55
What's next - see you in two weeks
Today is about small steps - turning your big goals into the first real steps, and getting ready for your own PATH Plan day. Two more sessions to come after this: Professional Skills on 2 July, and Meetings on 9 July.
VenueAkaltye Room, DKA
AssemblyStaff carpark · green sign
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Disability Advocacy Service11:10 · Icebreaker
Icebreaker · one small step
One small step you've taken since we started.
Since our first session - what is one small step you have taken?
Big or small. In the group or at home. If it's true, it counts.
Big or small. In the group or at home. If it's true, it counts.
Examples (not the right answers):
- I asked a question in front of the group.
- I sat next to someone new.
- I said no when I needed to.
- I came every week.
Mandy goes first. One sentence each. Pass is fine.
Session 6 · Icebreaker04 / 14
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Disability Advocacy Service11:25 · PATH refresher
Refresher - we covered this in Session 1
What is a PATH Plan?
A PATH Plan is a map for your future.
- A 2 to 3 hour day with you, your team, and DAS facilitators
- We make a big poster together - words and pictures about your future
- You decide who comes. You decide what is on the map
- You keep the map
- PATH stands for Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope
This is the day you have been working towards - a celebration as well as a planning day. The map shape is on the next slide, and the COLOUR CODED PATH print is in your folder.
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Disability Advocacy Service11:30 · The PATH shape
From left to right - now to dream
The PATH map shape.
NOW
→
MY TEAM
→
KEEPING STRONG
→
FIRST STEPSnext 2 weeks
→
SMALL STEPSnext month · half-way
→
GOAL + DREAM
- We start on the left with where you are NOW
- We move through MY TEAM and KEEPING STRONG - the people and habits that hold you
- We map FIRST STEPS (next 2 weeks) and SMALL STEPS (next month)
- We end on the right with your GOAL (next year) and your DREAM (further out)
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Disability Advocacy Service11:45 · Activity 1
Activity 1 · Worksheet 1 - booklet page 10
The Small Steps ladder.
- Write your big goal at the top of the ladder.
- Step 3 is the closest step. Step 1 is the first thing you do.
- Make your steps small. Smaller than you think.
- You can do this with your support worker, family, or Mandy.
- Bring this ladder to your PATH Plan day.
My Big Goal
3.
2.
1.
The little steps to get there.
Small steps - smaller is better. "Phone Auntie this week" beats "sort out my whole family this year".
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Disability Advocacy Service12:00 · Break
15 minutes
Break.
Tea, food, water, fresh air. Take your time.
Back at 12:15.
Back at 12:15.
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Session 6 · Break08 / 14
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Disability Advocacy Service12:15 · Activity 2
Activity 2 · Worksheet 2 - booklet page 11
Getting ready for your PATH Plan.
When?
A morning, an afternoon, a whole day. School holidays? Pension week? Weekend?
Who do you want to invite?
Look back at your My Team page. Family, friends, support workers, NDIS provider, neighbours.
What colours?
Your favourites. Footy team colours. The colour you painted your room.
What do you want to bring?
A photo. A piece of music. Something that grounds you. Bush plum, footy scarf, your dog.
Even rough is fine - we can fix details over the next two weeks. We need WHEN before you leave today. Mandy can scribe.
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Disability Advocacy Service12:20 · Who's coming
Look back at your My Team page
Who is coming to your PATH Plan?
Your team is anyone who shows up for you. They do not all need to live near you.
Family and Friends
Mum, Dad, Auntie, brother, partner, mate, cousin
Paid Supports
Support worker, NDIS coordinator, doctor, nurse, allied health
Work and Learning
Boss, co-worker, day program staff, teacher, course-mate
Community Places and Groups
Footy team, church, choir, NPY Tjungu, MHACA, Bindi, art centre
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Disability Advocacy Service12:25 · Your facilitators
On your PATH Plan day
Your PATH Plan facilitators.
Two of us. We have done this before. We are calm.
Metia
- DAS Programs Support
- Primary PATH facilitator
- Will run the structure of your day
- Asks the questions
DAS lead facilitator
- Named when your PATH Plan day is booked
- Draws the map on the wall as you talk
- Holds the colours and the time
DAS facilitates your PATH Plan in partnership with Inclusion NT under the PATH MOU 2025-26. Inclusion NT (Darwin) developed the PATH leadership preparation curriculum. DAS delivers it in Central Australia.
Session 6 · Your facilitators11 / 14
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Disability Advocacy Service12:35 · Getting yourself ready
A sheet to take home - looking after yourself
Looking after yourself for your PATH Plan day.
Before the day
Good sleep. Eat breakfast. Know the time and place. Get there early. We help you sign the consent and photo form.
During the day
It's your map. Take your time. It's okay to pause, have a drink, or ask us to slow down.
After the day
Rest. Look at your map. Tell someone about it. Pick your first small step.
Pick one thing in each row to actually do. Circle it on your sheet. Mandy can scribe.
Session 6 · Getting yourself ready12 / 14
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Disability Advocacy Service12:55 · What's next
Before you go
What's next.
Tomorrow
A short SMS or call from Metia or your DAS lead
Next two weeks
We sort out the details of your PATH Plan day with you
Thursday 2 July
Back here for Session 7 - Professional Skills
Thursday 9 July
Session 8 - Meetings. Our last session together
Today you finished the PATH map work and got ready for your PATH Plan day. Two more sessions to go - see you Thursday.
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Disability Advocacy ServiceEnd · Session 6
Thank you
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