The second of three professional development workshops in our series "Autism, Neurodiversity, and FASD: Barriers and Pathways to a Good Life," co-hosted by Te Pou, Whariki, and NZDSN
Peer Support
Manukura | Aaryn Niuapu
Over the past decade, Aaryn Niuapu has championed the same principle across his various roles in the mental health and addiction sector: That the goal of leadership, is to support...
Part 3 Indigenous innovation: Transforming complex systems – the importance of lived experience
It is important to prioritise and collaborate with individuals who have first-hand experience of a particular issue or situation. By doing so, we can gain valuable insights and perspectives that...
Just a Thought: Easy to access online cognitive behavioural therapy and psychological tools
Just a Thought is a digital mental health service dedicated to providing every New Zealander with free, highly effective online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) courses and psychological tools at a...
Taranaki Retreat: Space to Breathe
Taranaki Retreat is a volunteer-driven, peer-led, trauma-informed collaborative suicide prevention initiative, where people who are losing hope can experience the depth and reality of the compassion of their community and...
Multi-Agency Mental Health Co-Response Team: Police, ambulance and mental health services co-attending 111 mental health calls.
The Wellington Multi-Agency Co-Response Team (CRT) has been operating for over 18 months. It is a frontline operational team involving Police, DHB Mental Health Professionals and an Ambulance Paramedic. The...
The imperative for lived experience leadership
Lived experience leaders are crucial for moving services and systems towards a recovery approach. There is a global imperative for growing lived experience leadership, that needs to translate into change...
Addressing the training needs of the lived experience workforce: Sector innovation
There is a current need to find solutions to the training needs of the CPSLE workforce. Two Aotearoa New Zealand organisations have innovated to simultaneously implement the CPSLE competencies and...
Lived Experience Best Practice & Innovation
We are excited to bring you a new series of stories highlighting examples of best practice and innovation from the lived experience workforce and its evidence base. We want to...
Co-teaching
Co-teaching involves facilitation from both lived experience and clinical expertise. In this story, we see how international and local examples of co-facilitation demonstrate the benefit of a co-teaching model in...
