Courses & Training
Private Training Establishment
MissionTautoko Services provides a specialist disability service across the lower North Island and the Nelson/Marlborough and West Coast areas of the South Island. Tautoko Services is registered by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority as a Private Training Establishment,delivering training about disability support to those who are already working in the sector and potential workers for the sector.
Our mission is to improve the quality of disability services through our training activities and facilitate social change that will enable disabled people to lead valued lives in the community. Our name Tautoko means support. The Kauri tree is our symbol - it represents our focus on enhancing the strength and potential for growth for the people we work with.
Special Character
The features that set Tautoko Services apart from other providers are that we:
- focus specifically on the disability sector workforce
- provide face to face work-based delivery
- employ highly skilled professionals from the disability sector
- our trainers are all active practitioners in the disability sector
We operate from a strong value base of inclusion for disabled people and support the New Zealand Disability Strategy. Disabled people are involved in the development of our training material and as presenters on particular topics. Up to date material from disabled people in a variety of formats, oral, written and visual is regularly sourced and included to ensure peoples’ voices are heard.
Tautoko Services delivers unit standards specific to the Treaty of Waitangi and communication with tangata whenua in a marae setting as part of our programmes. Our staff link with local iwi and marae in each area we deliver programmes.
Tautoko Services Training
As a Private Training Establishment (PTE), we offer a range of training. We can tailor our packages, or design something new, to ensure you get the training you really want.Our training packages include:
Training to Enhance Support Strategies
Moving Towards an Ordinary Life -This workshop focuses on supporting people, whose behaviour challenges, to live ordinary lives in the community.
Positive Approaches to Challenging Behaviour (level two)This is a 6 hour workshop following on from Moving Towards an Ordinary Life.The workshop focuses on supporting people,whose behaviour challenges, to live ordinary lives in the community and has more of a focus on intervention strategies.
Effective Teaching - This is a workshop for anyone working alongside disabled people with a focus on teaching new skills.
Puberty and Personal Safety Course - This is an introductory course for adolescents with a learning disability focusing on changes that occur in the body and an awareness of public and private safety.
Creative Planning - This is a 4 hour interactive workshop which gives information and tools for a variety of approaches to creating plans with individuals you support.
PATH Planning - PATH(Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope) is a creative planning tool that is an interactive, inclusive and visual way to move people together.
Interactive Teaching Workshop - This is a 4 hour workshop based on John McGee’s approaches to developing equitable relationships.
Understanding Impairments - This is a 3 hour workshop for generic organisations or anyone wanting to gain an understanding of impairments. It is particularly useful for teacher aides and home care workers.
Introduction to Drama Therapy - The use of drama therapy tools to promote change in clients. A fun, active,creative 3 hour workshop for health professionals and service providers.
Whose Issue is it anyway?This is an introductory level, 6 hour workshop. This is suitable for parents, whanau, organisational support workers and educational staff supporting people who are challenged to express themselves in a way that is seen as socially acceptable.
Training focused on Understanding the Autism Spectrum
Autism Awareness - This is an introductory level, 6 hour workshop on understanding autism.
Dimensions - This is a practical in-depth course for those supporting people on the autistic spectrum.
Put on Your Sensory glasses - This workshop is suitable for anyone wanting to understand how behaviour is affected by sensory processing.
Training focused on Children & Young Adults
Strategies to Aid Sleeping - This is a 2 hour workshop focusing on joining with your child to establish a sleeping routine and is suitable for both parents and professionals.
Social Skills Programme - This is a 6-8 week programme designed to teach and enhance social skills for young people aged 9-12 years with a cognitive impairment or autism spectrum disorder.
Training focused on New Zealand Culture
Bicultural perspectives on:
The Treaty of Waitangi
Hauora - Understanding the kaupapa Maori model of Haurora and how this model can be applied to a work situation
Noho Marae - Includes all phases of an overnight stay on a Marae.
These can be offered and assessed to NZQA unit standard level.
Organisational Development
Moving to the Dance - This is a 2 hour workshop for organisations or teams providing support to disabled people.
PATH planning for Organisations - This is a 2 hour workshop suitable for a wide range of organisations and is delivered “in house” to enable your organisation to develop a visual strategic plan.
For training enquiries or proposals contact us at:
Tautoko Services
Phone: (04) 2330164
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