This year, our Residential ākonga have engaged in Box Fit sessions facilitated by local trainers Lesley and Willie Maipi from Ponoboxfit. Willie, a health coach in the community, and Lesley… Read more
Services
DOM team complete the BEL’s training
This year the DOM team completed the BELS training over two sessions based at Homai in Auckland. This was such a great opportunity for our DOM team to come together… Read more
Low Vision Professional Development workshops
During the month of March we held two Low Vision Professional Development workshops. One in Tauranga and one in Rotorua. Following on from the years of ‘distance learning’ for the… Read more
Massey BLENNZ DOM Living Skills Course
This year the DOM team have worked in collaboration with Massey to offer the Living Skills course in Palmerston North and Dunedin. These courses were facilitated by Shiree Arrian and… Read more
Taranaki Inquiry goal and Strategic goal for 2023
This year our Taranaki Inquiry focus was to improve our knowledge and skills in formal and informal assessment with our Complex needs ākonga and use this knowledge to support whanau… Read more
Outing with a guide dog
A group of secondary-aged ākonga went on a train trip to Blind Low Vision NZ Mobility Centre. They used the state of the art – only mobility centre in the… Read more
Personalised Assessment in the National Assessment Service (NAS)
NAS has been adapting service delivery in response to the different needs of ākonga, whānau and teams across the country. This has included joint assessments for some of our younger… Read more
DOM and RTV collaborating using the Wise Walker resource
In Palmerston North, RTV and DOM are collaborating to develop a resource that can be used by RTV’s to support DOM programmes in preparation for a learner’s community goals. Our… Read more
NAS – Functional Sensory Assessment
As a part of a National Assessment Service (NAS) visit to Dunedin, Reid undertook a functional sensory assessment that included assessing his listening skills and comprehension, as well as his… Read more
Resource Centre team Inquiry
Our Taranaki Team Inquiry focus this year was to engage in ongoing professional development delivered by the NAS team to support our growth when working alongside complex needs ākonga, their… Read more
