Blog | Sylvana Mahmic, CEO of Plumtree, received the 2019 Trevor Parmenter Achievement Award for transforming family-centred education, empowering parents, and pioneering peer worker-led programs for children with disability.
Blog | A parent shares how technology transformed collaboration, reducing stress, improving consistency, and turning therapy, school, and dance into enjoyable, goal-focused learning for their child.
Blog | Plumtree’s Theory of Change outlines a capacity-building approach for families of young children with disabilities, focusing on participation, peer support, and professional collaboration.
Blog | Nicole Buffoni, Peer Worker, shares how pacing herself and including a therapy assistant transformed her son’s therapy, helping her family thrive rather than just survive.
Blog | Jacqui, Peer Worker, used NDIS funding and keyword sign training to help her daughter Sophie rapidly develop communication, language, and confidence at home and school.
Blog | Dr Melanie Heyworth guides parents to foster children’s self-advocacy, offering practical strategies to empower kids to communicate their needs, make choices, and build confidence at any age.
Blog | Dr. Pippa Murray discusses how parents can shape their children’s lives, emphasizing the importance of support, listening, and embracing children’s unique ways of communication.
Blog | Peer workers bring lived experience to early childhood intervention, offering families unique support, hope, and inclusion while reducing isolation and strengthening disability services.
Blog | Parents embraced their “natural authority” in partnerships with professionals, affirming shared responsibility to lead, collaborate, and champion their children’s unique strengths, goals, and futures.
Blog | Now and Next nurtures parents as peer leaders through Now and Next Alumni (NANA), creating meaningful pathways to share skills, lead change, and inspire other families on their journeys.
