• Free email delivery

What conditions are supporting participation? Practice Tool 04

A free reflective practice tool for examining the conditions surrounding a person’s participation. Use it to notice what is currently helping, what may be creating barriers and what could be changed across the person’s support, relationships and environment. Suitable for individual reflection, supervision and team discussion.

Enter your email address to receive the practice tool and occasional writing and resources from Rebecca Brissett Consulting. You can unsubscribe at any time.

LICENCE AND USE

Using the practice tool

Free for individual and internal professional use.
Please share the original download link rather than distributing the file.
It may not be sold, republished, modified or incorporated into
paid training or consultancy without written permission.

Two people walking side by side along a quiet country road through a misty landscape in warm morning light.

FROM THE JOURNAL

Explore the thinking behind the tool

Choice is not created simply by asking a person what they want. It is shaped by whether information is understandable, communication is recognised, disagreement is tolerated and support continues after a decision is made.

Read the companion article exploring the conditions that make genuine participation more possible.

MORE FREE PRACTICE TOOLS

Continue exploring the conditions for choice

Each practice tool offers a focused question that can be used on its own, in supervision or as part of a team discussion. Choose the question that is most relevant to the decision or situation you are examining.

  • Free email delivery

What does this person need in order to understand? Practice Tool 01

A free reflective practice tool to help supporters consider what a person needs in order to understand a decision. Use the prompts to examine information, communication, environment and support, then identify a practical next step. Suitable for individual reflection, supervision and team discussion.

  • Free email delivery

Rework the question Practice Tool 02

A free reflective practice tool for examining how the wording, assumptions and format of a question may shape a person’s response. Use it to identify what could be made clearer, more accessible or more open to different forms of communication. Suitable for individual reflection, supervision and team discussion.

  • Free email delivery

Before interpreting the response Practice Tool 03

A free practice check for pausing before drawing conclusions from a person’s response. Use it to consider whether the information, question, environment, relationships and previous experiences may have shaped what was communicated. Suitable for individual reflection, supervision and team discussion.

CONTINUE THE PRACTICE

Explore the complete workbook

If this tool has helped you notice something worth examining, Creating the Conditions for Choice offers a broader reflective process.

Across seven sections, the workbook explores how communication, accessibility, trust, risk, organisational limitations and follow-through can shape a person’s involvement in decisions.

The 35-page resource includes guided reflections, worksheets and practical review tools for individual practice, supervision and team discussion.

  • $88

Creating the conditions for choice - Workbook 01

A reflective practice workbook for people designing, delivering or reviewing disability support. Explore the conditions that help a person understand information, express their will and preferences, remain involved in decisions and see choices carried into action. Includes guided reflections, worksheets and practical review tools.

IN-HOUSE LEARNING

Explore the practice with your team

If this tool has raised questions that would benefit from a shared conversation, Rebecca can facilitate an in-house workshop shaped around your organisation, service context and current practice.

The session creates space to work through real questions together and identify practical changes that can strengthen participation and supported decision making.

Contents

Rebecca-Brissett-Practice-Tool-04-What-Conditions-Are-Supporting-Participation.pdf
  • 400 KB