National Disability Coordination Officer Programme List of resources developed or enhanced by ndcos

emPOWER – EMPLOYment Giving students with a disability the upper hand on gaining employment (contact NDCO for copy of DVD)	Students	VIC
NDCO – Region 11, covering Inner and Northern Melbourne Tania Perez [e-mail]   [phone]
Moving On Transition Ezine (contact NDCO for a copy)	Electronic Ezine with articles and information relevant to school age students with a disability and transition.	Schools, post-secondary providers, NDCO network. (3 per year produced. Several editions available in hard copy.)	VIC	NDCO - Region 12, covering Melbourne Gary Kerridge [e-mail] TTY: [phone]
Assistive Technology in the Workplace	Information about technology that can be used in the workplace by people with disability.	Employers	VIC	NDCO - Region 12, covering Melbourne Gary Kerridge [e-mail] TTY: [phone]
Skype and Alternate Interpreting Guide	A guide for using Online Technology to provide sign language interpreting to remote areas. Technical and practical information.	Schools, TAFE, University, RTO, signing Deaf, service providers other NDCOs	VIC	NDCO - Region 12, covering Melbourne Gary Kerridge [e-mail] TTY: [phone]
Effective Transition Planning for Secondary Students with Disability (contact NDCO for a copy)	A 2-page article outlining factors that needs to be considered when planning for the transition of secondary students with disability. Available online	Teachers in secondary schools (Integration, Careers and MIPs Co-ordinators), young people with disability, families/carers, youth workers, etc.	VIC	NDCO - Region 13, covering Eastern Melbourne Effie Kapsalos [e-mail] [phone]
Broaden Your Horizons website	Broaden Your Horizons is a centralised website that houses resources relating to young people with disability. This resource is committed to providing comprehensive information about available post school options and support services in Victoria. Available online	Teachers in secondary schools (Integration, Careers and MIPs Co-ordinators), young people with disability, families/carers, youth workers, etc.	VIC	NDCO - Region 13, covering Eastern Melbourne Effie Kapsalos [e-mail] [phone]
The knowledge and practices of education and support staff concerning mental health conditions among senior secondary students (contact NDCO for a copy)	Final report that was designed to investigate how student well-being and support staff in school and flexible learning providers including the TAFE sector respond to the issue of youth mental health both in a proactive, or preventative way, and in a reactive, or responsive way, when issues arise. It also set out to identify gaps in professional learning for key education and support professionals working with young people and their families to identify how best to strengthen the capacity of education and support professionals to support young people with mental health conditions.	Educators in secondary school and flexible learning providers	VIC	NDCO - Region 13, covering Eastern Melbourne Effie Kapsalos [e-mail] [phone]
Creating Confidence: Transitions for students with a disability (contact NDCO for a copy)	A workshop guide and PowerPoint presentation which provides a positive context in which professionals can be confident about the inclusive delivery of generalist transitional services to people with a disability.	Generalist transition staff e.g. careers advisers, employment consultants, group training organisations, workplace learning coordinators, senior school coordinators and youth workers	National	NDCO - Region 14, covering Southern Melbourne Sally Bailey [e-mail] [phone]
Creating Confidence: People with Disability in the workplace (contact NDCO for a copy)	A workshop guide and PowerPoint presentation which provides a positive context to include people with disability in the workplace.