Decision-making support resources

These resources contain information about providing decision-making support to people with mild and moderate cognitive disability.

Print and film resources have been developed for three groups: service providers, families and carers, and legal professionals.

The resources have been developed by Scope in partnership with Carers Victoria.

Service providers

These resources target disability workers and are designed to help support someone with mild or moderate cognitive disability make important decisions. The resources available are:

• The complete resource for service providers
• Individual information sheets for disability support workers:
  • Introduction to decision-making support
  • Key ideas about decision-making support
  • The role of supporters
  • Steps in decision-making support
  • Making decision-making part of life
  • Dealing with challenges in providing decision-making support
• Video about principles of decision-making support
• Video about weighing up the pros and cons of a decision

Families and carers

These resources are for family members and carers involved in the care of someone with mild or moderate cognitive disability. The resources are designed to help you support someone make important decisions and to better understand the key principles for decision-making support.

• The complete resource for families and carers
• Video about principles of decision-making support
• Video about weighing up the pros and cons of a decision

Legal professionals

These resources are for legal professionals working with people with mild or moderate cognitive disability. They provide guidelines for legal professionals who may be representing or advising a person with mild or moderate cognitive disability:

• The complete resource for legal professionals
• Video about supporting people with cognitive disability to make decisions

For additional information about any of the resources, email [email protected].