Lasting positive change for your child and family
Learn how to set goals and reach them through this innovative program delivered by parents for parents.
Now & Next is an innovative, award-winning online program for all parents, carers and grandparents of children with a delay in their development or disability. As parents or carers, you will make the most significant difference in your child’s life.
Now & Next gives you the practical skills to do this.
This 8-week evidence-based program delivered via video conference will provide you with the tools to achieve positive outcomes for your child and your whole family.
Facilitated by Parents Like You
Now & Next is facilitated by trained and knowledgeable parents who are Peer Workers. Like you, peer workers all have children with a disability or developmental delay – a lived personal experience – and are employed to support parents and families who face similar situations.
Every peer worker has graduated from the Now & Next Facilitator Training program. It is the first ‘by families, for families’ program of its kind – with more than 900 alumni in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Finland.
Program overview
The program is delivered in eight sessions of 2 hours each, held over eight weeks.
Through interactive and engaging activities, you will:
- Session 1: Create a long-term vision, set goals, and prioritise goals for your child’s family and self using our unique Pictability™ tool, which will lay down the foundations for a positive future for your child.
- Session 2 and 3: Use our Goal to Action™ coaching tool to set three goals for you and your child (and reach them!).
- Session 4: Identify your signature strengths and learn how to use them to achieve your goals.
- Session 5: Focus on the areas where you can make the biggest difference to your child and family’s life using the Now & Next Mindfulness colouring-in book.
- Session 6: Understand ‘flourishing’ and which practices can enhance the well-being of different people, then learn how to increase the well-being and resilience of yourself, your child and your family.
- Session 7: Learn how to partner and create positive relationships with professionals, thereby increasing your personal agency, well-being and family resilience.
- Session 8: Review your toolkit and practice situations in which tools can be most effective.
Internationally acclaimed
This unique program is internationally recognised as groundbreaking. Based on principles of adult learning, it was developed using the evidence of positive psychology, family leadership, gamification and family-centred practice.
Using tools specifically designed for the program, participants choose outcomes and work towards them with new clarity and purpose.
This program is for
Parents, family members and primary carers of children with disability, developmental delay or neurodivergence aged 0-12 years old.
When
1x weekly online sessions (Sunday); 2 hours each;
It is required that parents/carers be available to attend all eight sessions.
From Sunday, 11 February to Sunday, 7 April, 12 pm to 2 pm AEST/NSW time
*Due to the Easter weekend, No session will be held on Sunday, 31 March.
RSVP
by Sunday, 28 January 2024
Groups are subject to cancellation due to low RSVP.
Where
This event is held online using Zoom. Instructions will be emailed to you closer to the event date.
Cost
Australia: Now & Next NDIS Term 1 2024 groups are sponsored by Plumtree Children’s Services and free for all families in Australia.
New Zealand and international: Please contact with This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. about registrations and determining costs in your local currency.
If you do not have access to NDIS support, please see here.
