{"id":4042,"date":"2025-07-02T14:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/?page_id=4042"},"modified":"2025-07-02T14:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:45:07","slug":"parent-workshops-talking-with-your-young-and-grown-children-about-friendships-relationships-intimacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/parent-workshops-talking-with-your-young-and-grown-children-about-friendships-relationships-intimacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Workshops: Talking with your young and grown children about friendships, relationships &amp; intimacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    \n    <style>\n        .block_8c806f1a704cc6e2cbee9c5a3b5f5eed {\n            padding-top: 40px;\n            padding-bottom: 20px;\n        }\n\n        .block_8c806f1a704cc6e2cbee9c5a3b5f5eed.show-breadcrumbs {\n            padding-top: 20px;\n        }\n\n        .breadcrumbs-container {\n            padding-bottom: 20px;\n        }\n\n        @media (max-width: 991px) {\n            .block_8c806f1a704cc6e2cbee9c5a3b5f5eed {\n                padding-top: 20px;\n                padding-bottom: 20px;\n            }\n\n            .block_8c806f1a704cc6e2cbee9c5a3b5f5eed.show-breadcrumbs {\n                padding-top: 10px;\n            }\n\n            .breadcrumbs-container {\n                padding-bottom: 10px;\n            }\n        }\n\n                    .block_8c806f1a704cc6e2cbee9c5a3b5f5eed {\n                text-align: left            }\n            <\/style>\n\n    <div class=\"block--custom-layout   block_8c806f1a704cc6e2cbee9c5a3b5f5eed custom-wysiwyg\" >\n                <div class=\"max-wrap\">\n            <h2>Parent Workshops: Talking with your young and grown children about friendships, relationships &amp; intimacy<\/h2>\n<h3>Terms and conditions for participants<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Introduction and overview of workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thank you for participating in our parent workshops. We are so excited to have you involved and appreciate your commitment to supporting and empowering your family member to live the life they want.<\/p>\n<p>(b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Everyone needs people they know and trust to help them feel safe, supported and cared about. We know that families and friends have a great deal of knowledge and information to share with us.<\/p>\n<p>(c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 These terms and conditions set out our expectations for participation in the parent workshops: Talking with your young and grown children about friendships, relationships &amp; intimacy.<\/p>\n<p>(d)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The workshops will be delivered in two sessions up to 1.5 hours each on 23 and 30 July 2025.<\/p>\n<p>(e)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The purpose of these workshops is to upskill families to support people with a disability to engage in friendships, relationships, and intimacy, in a way that recognises their right to autonomy and control, while giving you the knowledge to support them in areas that pose additional challenges.<\/p>\n<p>(f)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 These workshops are adapted from content developed by Elevatus, a US-based company specialising in developmental disability and intimacy.<\/p>\n<p>(g)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For the avoidance of doubt, these workshops do not constitute formal training or accreditation and should not be relied upon as a substitute for formal training on this topic. These workshops are designed for individual capacity-building only.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Fees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 These workshops are free but by registration only.<\/p>\n<p>(b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 These workshops are not designed to constitute supports under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Behavioural expectations\u200c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You agree to treat the facilitator(s) and fellow participants with courtesy and respect at all times.<\/p>\n<p>(b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You also agree to respect the privacy of your family members, and other workshop attendees and use discretion when sharing personal or sensitive information.<\/p>\n<p>(c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You acknowledge that people with a disability have the same right as others to have the experience of meaningful relationships like making friends and having loving relationships with members of the same or opposite sex. You understand relationships fulfil a number of needs for people including the need for affection, social contact, physical contact, and the need to develop a sense of self-esteem and confidence. You will engage in the workshops in recognition of this rights-based approach.<\/p>\n<p>(d)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You are encouraged to ask questions and raise any concerns they have. We will do our best to promptly address any concerns raised.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Waiver<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There is a level of risk involved with navigating friendships, relationships and intimacy. These workshops should support you to navigate these challenges with your family member, however, to the extent permitted by law, Melba is not responsible for any harm that happens at a workshop, or any relationships explored by your family member outside the workshops.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Cancellation\/changes by Melba<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Melba will use its best endeavours to provide all workshop components as advertised but reserves the right to alter or cancel any workshops or delivery of content or other arrangements without notice subject to operational, technical, health and safety or other considerations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Intellectual Property<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Elevatus Training owns the copyright to the training materials; curriculum, handouts, teaching tools, PowerPoints, etc. and we ask that you respect our intellectual property. Melba has adapted this content to apply to our participants.<\/p>\n<p>(b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We will provide you with PDF copies of all workshop materials.<\/p>\n<p>(c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You agree not to copy or distribute materials from the workshops without the prior consent of Melba.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Privacy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You acknowledge that Melba collects your personal information in accordance with its privacy policy which can be accessed at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Privacy-Policy-2025.pdf\">https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Privacy-Policy-2025.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In participating in the workshops, you agree to respect the privacy of others, including confidentiality of any material shared during workshops.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By signing this Agreement, I agree to abide by this Agreement and understand that failing to do so may result in withdrawal from the workshops.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4042","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Parent Workshops: Talking with your young and grown children about friendships, relationships &amp; 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