Supporting women and men to live good lives by:

• Feeling supported - giving support to others
  
  
• Feeling valued - value adding
  
  
• Feeling included - including others
  
  
• Feeling safe - creating a safe place
  

The Disability Training Program Victims of Crime is funded by the the Department of Justice and Attorney General .  This is a state wide program which works with individuals, organisations and systems that have contact, or provide a service to, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are victims or witnesses to crime. Our role is to provide community education, advice, information and referrals to people who work with people with intellectual disabitlies who are victims of/ or witness crime and provide some court support.  

• State wide training for organisations that are supporting a person through the justice system.
  
  
• General information to assist people and professionals understand how a person with intellectual and developmental difference makes meaning in their lives and how the justice system needs to respond to this group of witness.
  
  
• Support and information to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (and their legal and support networks) who have been victims of or witnesses to crime on the legal systems.
  
  
• At times we can provide support through the Criminal Justice System, more commonly we skill up a person’s support networks in their efforts to negotiate the criminal justice system – this includes the legal team involved.
  
  
• Provision of information, referral and advice either in person or online or by telephone to victims, their families, carers and service providers in regard to the justice system, special measures and legal process.
  
  
• Community education on intellectual and developmental disability, vulnerability, crime and the justice system.
  
  
• Referral for appropriate counselling as required.
  
  
• Research projects and presentation of papers at conferences, seminars and workshops.
  
  
• Input into key government and non government initiatives which affect primary target group and developmental disabilities.
  
  
• One off projects that deconstruct unjust and discriminatory processes in statutory and justice systems which lead to the development of resource materials to be used in training and education undertaken by the organisation.
  

• I learnt things today......
  
  
• Easily digestible and practical tips.......
  
  
• I liked the way training can address individual questions and learning......
  
  
• Excellent, Sandi had my attention all day, thank you.....
  
  
• Very relaxed, knowledgeable presenter with great research
  information.....