Disability Advocacy ServiceSession 8 · 9 July 2026
PATH Leadership Group · Cohort 1 · Module 12
Session 8.
DAS · Mparntwe / Alice Springs01 / 24
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.
Session 8 · Acknowledgement02 / 24
Disability Advocacy Service11:00 · Welcome back
Last group session
Welcome back.
- Last group session today. After this, your own PATH Plan day - one each
- Today is about meetings - being the chair, and speaking up
- Later, we have a pretend meeting. Your job: catch the chair doing good things
Quick round: one thing since we last met. Mandy goes first. Pass is fine.
Session 8 · Welcome back03 / 24
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Disability Advocacy Service11:06 · Housekeeping
Before we start - quick check
Housekeeping.
Toilets
We'll point them out. Ask any time - someone will walk you.
Assembly point
We'll show you where on the day.
Phones
Silent please. Step out if you need to take a call. No drama.
Photos
Only if your Photo OK is ticked. We might take a cohort photo today - still only with your OK.
Cards
Keep them handy today. The chair is going to ask you to use them in the meeting.
Food
Lunch around 12:00.
Session 8 · Housekeeping04 / 24
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Disability Advocacy Service11:06 · Today
Here's the plan.
11:00
Welcome back & Acknowledgement
11:06
Housekeeping
11:12
Meetings - why we practise
11:20
Mandy goes first
11:25
Watch us have a meeting - the game
11:30
Leadership Bingo - set-up
11:33
The pretend meeting - Mandy chairs
11:40
Good chair or not? - vote & talk
11:50
Your turn - you chair
12:00
Lunch
12:25
End-of-program reflection - in pairs
12:45
Take-home · appreciations · standing ovation
12:54
After the program · acknowledgements · close
Venue[confirm at day-before huddle]
Assembly[confirm for venue on the day]
Session 8 · Today05 / 24
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Disability Advocacy Service11:12 · Module 12
Module 12
Meetings.
Chairing a meeting.
Speaking up when it matters.
Speaking up when it matters.
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Session 8 · Meetings06 / 24
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Disability Advocacy Service11:12 · Why we practise
Meetings - why we practise
Why meetings?
- Leaders run meetings. Leaders sit in meetings
- A good chair makes everybody's voice count
- Speaking up when something's not right is a skill - we'll practise
Mandy: "I've chaired meetings. I've been quiet in meetings. Both are hard. We get better with practice."
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Disability Advocacy Service11:15 · The menu
What we'll cover
Two things today.
Being the chair
- The chair runs the meeting
- A good chair helps everyone have a say
- We watch first, then you have a go
Speaking up
- Say something when it's not right
- You can even stop the meeting
- Red card means STOP
We do both today - with a game. Watch us first, then it's your turn.
Session 8 · The menu08 / 24
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Disability Advocacy Service11:20 · Mandy first
Before we open the cards
Mandy goes first.
Mandy shares one meeting where she chaired, and one where she had to speak up when it was hard.
Session 8 · Mandy first09 / 24
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Disability Advocacy Service11:25 · The game
Activity · Good chair or not?
Watch us have a meeting.
- The three of us will have a pretend meeting
- Hold up GREEN when the chair does something good
- Hold up RED when something is not right
- RED also means STOP - you can freeze the meeting any time
No talking needed. A card, a point, or a thumbs up - whatever's easiest.
Session 8 · The game10 / 24
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Disability Advocacy Service11:30 · Bingo
Activity · Leadership Bingo
Leadership Bingo - let's play.
- Pick a Bingo card (1, 2, 3 or 4)
- Watch the chair - tick what they do
- First to fill a card calls out "Bingo!"
- Keep your green / red cards handy too - same as before
The chair has a master sheet too - things a good chair does. We compare at the end.
Session 8 · Bingo11 / 24
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Disability Advocacy Service11:33 · The pretend meeting
Activity · The pretend meeting
The pretend meeting.
Mandy chairs.
- 1. Welcome
- 2. What should we do for lunch on PATH Plan day?
- 3. Should we have a cohort photo?
- 4. How do we celebrate the end of the program?
Hold up your cards as you watch. Green for good chairing. Red to stop the meeting.
Session 8 · The pretend meeting12 / 24
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Disability Advocacy Service11:40 · Good chair or not?
Answer with your card - then we show you
Good chair or not?
Green = good
Red = not good
Mandy said hello and told us what the meeting is aboutGood
Someone talked over the top of another personNot good
Mandy stopped the talking-over so the person could finishGood
Someone looked at their phone while a person was talkingNot good
Mandy asked the quiet person to have a sayGood
Someone said “hurry up, this is boring”Not good
Someone held up a red card to stop it when it went wrongGood
Mandy asked everyone to vote, and finished on timeGood
Vote first with your card - then we show the answer.
Session 8 · Good chair or not?13 / 24
Disability Advocacy Service11:50 · Your turn
Activity · Your turn
Your turn - you chair.
- Who wants a go at being the chair?
- Pick one easy thing to talk about - 2 minutes
- The room holds up GREEN every time you do something good
- We're only catching the good stuff today
Green cards only. You can freeze the meeting too if you need to.
Session 8 · Your turn14 / 24
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Disability Advocacy Service12:00 · Lunch
Short break
Lunch.
Tea, food, fresh air.
Back at 12:25.
Back at 12:25.
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Session 8 · Lunch15 / 24
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Disability Advocacy Service12:25 · Reflection
20 minutes · in pairs · we listen
End-of-program reflection.
- Looking back at when you started, what is different now?
- What is the most important thing you have learned?
- What was the best moment? What was hard?
- Who is on your team now?
- What is your big goal? Your first small step? Your second?
- One thing DAS could do differently for the next group?
Then a quick-fire - smiley · neutral · sad: I feel more confident as a leader · I know more about my rights · I have a clearer picture of my future · I have more people in my team · I would recommend this program.
Mandy partners anyone without a buddy. We listen - we don't steer. The sheet goes home with you.
Session 8 · Reflection16 / 24
Disability Advocacy Service12:46 · Take home
To take with you
Take your cards home.
- Your traffic-light cards - green, yellow, red. Yours to keep
- Your chair prompt set - including any own-words cards you made
- Use one at your PATH Plan day
- That's the homework. And it's the last one
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Disability Advocacy Service12:48 · Close
A good chair finishes with an appreciation
One good thing
that happened.
From the whole program, not just today. One sentence each. Mandy, Metia and Lukas go first. Pass is fine.
Session 8 · Appreciations18 / 24
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Disability Advocacy Service12:52 · Standing ovation
Eight sessions · one cohort
Standing ovation.
You showed up.
You did the work.
You got to know yourselves and each other.
You did the work.
You got to know yourselves and each other.
Session 8 · Standing ovation19 / 24
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Disability Advocacy Service12:54 · After the program
We stay with you
After the program.
Your PATH Plan day
One day each, with your team and two facilitators. If your date isn't locked, we'll ring you this week
This week
A printed letter in the post - your end-of-program letter
One month after
A phone call. How is it going? Anything getting in the way?
Three months after
A postcard or call, and an invite to the next cohort celebration
Ongoing
DAS Community Leadership News - quarterly. You are part of the DAS leadership network
Questions before then? Call DAS on (08) 8953 1422, or message your support worker.
Session 8 · After the program20 / 24
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Disability Advocacy Service12:57 · Acknowledgements
The people behind this program
Acknowledgements.
Curriculum. PATH (Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope) was developed by Jack Pearpoint, John O'Brien and Marsha Forest (Inclusion Press, Canada). The leadership-group preparation curriculum was developed by Inclusion NT (Darwin) under DSS funding. The Head/Hands/Heart/Connections frame was originally adapted with permission from Imagineer.org.uk. This Central Australian adaptation was prepared by DAS in partnership with Inclusion NT under the PATH MOU 2025-26.
Co-facilitator and peer review. Mandy Knight - paid PWID co-facilitator and peer reviewer. Metia - DAS Programs Support and primary PATH facilitator.
Cultural review. Acknowledgement of Country wording: pending review by Lhere Artepe Aboriginal Corporation (Mparntwe). Cross-region Acknowledgement cross-checked with NT Aboriginal Interpreter Service. DAS does not author Aboriginal cultural content - cultural authority sits with the relevant referee.
Session 8 · Acknowledgements21 / 24
Disability Advocacy Service12:58 · Feedback
Two minutes before you go
Feedback forms.
Your traffic-light feedback form - 2 minutes, hand it in at the door.
Support workers - your form too. Drop it back, or email peersupport@das.org.au.
Anonymous is fine. Honest is better.
Support workers - your form too. Drop it back, or email peersupport@das.org.au.
Anonymous is fine. Honest is better.
Session 8 · Feedback22 / 24
Disability Advocacy Service13:00 · Close
Last group session · Mandy closes
Thank you.
"Thanks team. Mandy here. Good work today."
See you at your PATH Plan day. Bring your cards.
Session 8 · Close23 / 24
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Disability Advocacy ServiceEnd · Session 8
Thank you
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