Specialist Disability Accommodation Explained
This short course covers the essentials of the SDA eligibility, Support Models, SDA design standard, SDA dwelling certification process with SDA Assessors, and how these form recommendations in the housing exploration process.
Course
2 Hours
About this course
This course is a high level overview of Specialist Disability Accommodation, providing you with the most important aspects of SDA and providing examples, images and videos so that you can use that information to better support participants.
Ideal for:
Occupational Therapists who want a simple overview of Specialist Disability Accommodation in an easy-to-understand short course.
You’ll learn how to:
- Understand what Specialist Disability Accommodation is
- Identify the 4 SDA design categories
- Identify the 4 building types
- What the eligibility criteria is, and who is involved in the SDA eligibility process
About your instructor
Lauren Hart
Hi there! I’m Lauren Hart, the founder of Optimal Living Therapy and co founder of Otuition. My journey into occupational therapy wasn’t planned, but over the past 10 years, it’s become more than just a job to me – it’s a path of constant learning, adapting, and coming up with fresh ideas.
To me, being an occupational therapist is all about thinking creatively and finding unique solutions to unique problems. It’s ultimately about helping our clients get the most out of their lives and I love that we get to contribute to that.
I’m proud of the work we’ve put into Otuition and I’m excited to bring you these courses. My hope is that these lessons will strengthen your capacity as an OT.
Syllabus
27 lessons, resources and references
- Introduction
- Introduction and Assessment Learning Outcomes
- What is Specialist Disability Accommodation?
- SDA Overview
- Who is inolved?
- Participants
- Accommodaton
- Who is Eligible?
- Who is Deemed Eligible?
- Eligibility Criteria
- SDA Assessments
- Support Models in SDA
- Support Models in SDA
- Supported Independent Living (SIL)
- Individualised Living Option (ILO)
- Daily Personal Activities
- SDA Design Standards
- Overview
- Certification Process
- What is an Accredited SDA Assessor?
- Design Standard FAQs
- Design Categories
- Overview
- Improved Liveability Category
- Robust Category
- Fully Accessible Category
- High Physical Support
- Building Types
- Overview
- Apartments
- Villas, Townhouses, Duplexes
- Houses
- Group Homes
- Housing Models
More information
Navigating the components of Specialist Disability Accommodation is often challenging, especially when it comes to producing reports for participants wanting to access the initiative.
As SDA Assessors and clinical OT’s working with people who have complex disabilities, we found ourselves needing to connect two very separate (but important) parts of SDA together: the SDA Design Standard and the Eligibility Legislation to ensure successful outcomes for participants
In our experience, it is the practical understanding of the design standards combined with the detailed analysis of the participants needs that ensure the best possible outcome for participants, and also for all stakeholders. We have spent years supporting participants through functional capacity assessments, occupational therapy support and SDA building assessments.
”The SDA online course was really valuable and will definitely assist me in my role as an occupational therapist for clients wanting to access SDA in their NDIS Plans. It's a complex subject which this course helped simplify and clarify. I highly recommend it for anyone wanting to get a good grasp on SDA without feeling overwhelmed.
LizOccupational Therapist
