Upcoming Workshop at WWILD: Trauma Counselling for Supporting People with Intellectual Disabilities
Upcoming Workshop at WWILD: Trauma Counselling for Supporting People with Intellectual Disabilities WWILD provides trauma counselling to people with intellectual disabilities who have experienced sexual, domestic and family violence and other types of abuse and exploitation. WWILD’s counsellors and caseworkers work with people around emotional regulation, trauma processing, safety planning, relationships and long term recovery. […]
New 2025 You and Me Relationships Group Starting Soon – 22nd May – 24th July 2025
WWILD’s You and Me Relationships Group Starting Soon The You and Me Relationships Group is a small group of people with intellectual disabilities who come together in a weekly group with ‘facilitators’ (WWILD workers) to talk about how to be happy and safe in relationships with family, friends and partners. Starting Date: Thursday 22nd May Time: […]
Easy Guide – Tips for Identifying if Someone May Have an Intellectual or Learning Disabilities
Tips for Observing or Noticing if Someone may have an Intellectual or Learning Disabilities It can be difficult to know if someone is presenting at your service may have an intellectual or learning disability. Some people do not feel comfortable sharing that as they may have had bad experiences of discrimination in the past and […]
How To Hear Me: Counsellors Resource Available Here
How to Hear Me Resource Kit: a resource kit for counsellors and other professionals working with people with intellectual disabilities. WWILD’s resource kit brings together the knowledge WWILD has gathered about the lived experience of people with intellectual disabilities affected by violence and abuse, and aims to educate on the impact of trauma, and adapting counselling […]
Now Available: Easy English client documents for all services in violence prevention and support sectors
WWILD has created Easy English client template documents for all services in violence prevention and support sectors Easy English resources like these, assist people with low literacy and intellectual disability to make informed decisions and provide informed consent in relation to accessing support services. These Easy English documents were developed by WWILD Sexual Violence Prevention Association […]
Now Available: Easy English Information About Domestic and Family Violence Orders
Easy English Information Sheets About Domestic and Family Violence Orders Are Now Available These Easy-English information sheets freely available for download on our website: What is a Domestic Violence Order Going to Court for a Domestic Violence Order – Aggrieved Going to Court for a Domestic Violence Order – Respondent Also Available: we […]
WWILD’s ‘You and Me’ Relationship Cards are now available!
WWILD’s ‘You and Me’ Program’s Relationship Cards This resource kit includes Relationship, Feelings and Strengths ‘I AM’ cards. The cards were developed as part of You and Me Relationships Group program. This kit, developed by WWILD, may be used by counsellors, psychologists and social workers working with people with an intellectual disability. The cards, designed […]
Easy English Booklets and Videos on Consent, Contraception, Pregnancy Options and Reproductive Coercion and Abuse are now available!
Easy English Booklets and Videos on Consent, Contraception, Pregnancy Options and Reproductive Coercion and Abuse are now available! These resources were developed by WWILD and Children by Choice and co-designed by women with intellectual and learning disabilities. These resources are free to view or download and be used by anyone. Click HERE for more […]
Sexual Assault and Ways to Report It – A Video Series Now Available
Sexual Assault and Ways to Report It: A Video series by women with intellectual disabilities. WWILD have developed a series of animated videos that help people with intellectual disabilities learn about the different ways to report sexual assault to the police. These videos were created by and targeted for people with intellectual disabilities. We […]
Now Available: Domestic and Family Violence and Disability Resource Training
Domestic and Family Violence and Disability Resource Training – Working well with women with disability who have experienced violence series Developed by WWILD, Queenslanders with a Disability Network, and Workup Queensland Did you know women with disability… Are more likely to experience violence against them from an intimate partner? Experience unique forms of violence against […]
