Lasting positive change for your child and family

We all want our children to thrive, and you make the biggest difference as parents and carers. By building on our children’s strengths, we can help them to lead a good life. Now & Next is an award-winning program that makes that happen.

Now & Next is facilitated by trained parent peer workers with lived experience in raising a child with a disability or developmental delay. By learning through shared experience and connecting with other families, the program complements the therapists and professionals you work with, to deliver great outcomes.

Over eight online sessions, learn how to:

  • Achieve more positive outcomes with less effort
  • Create a vision, and build on your child and family’s strengths to make a big impact
  • Increase family well-being and resilience
  • Use strategies that have worked for other families
  • Work better with professionals and other supports to achieve your goals
  • Spend your NDIS or disability funding wisely

Use your NDIS or disability funding and get results

Now & Next costs $1133.92 AUD, which can be claimed by Australian families connected to the NDIS. That’s about the same cost as four therapy sessions. The skills you learn at Now & Next will enable you to provide lasting positive change now, and into the future, for the entire family.

Daytime, nighttime, weekend or intensive programs in English or other languages are available to suit your needs. You are also welcome to register if you have other individual funding options or are outside of Australia. Get in touch if you have any questions.

Learn life-changing skills for your child, your family and yourself. Register below.

What families say about Now & Next

Starting with the strengths of your child and family, you plan the first practical ‘next steps’ to get going. These easy-to-achieve steps are the building blocks for creating the best life for the child and the whole family.
We joined the Now and Next group program with Pictability TM. I cannot speak highly enough about how it strengthened us as a family not only to help our son but it put me and my husband on the same page in terms of supporting our son and how we move forward as a family. We are looking forward to the new year now.
As the parent and partner to my wife who is the main driver for supporting our child, I feel more equipped to help, and I hope to make my wife feel more supported too.

Choose your preferred Now & Next group

Now & Next – Sunday
From Sunday 30 July to Sunday 17 Sept
12pm to 2pm AEST/Sydney time

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Now & Next – Monday
From Monday 31 July to Monday 18 Sept 
8pm to 10pm AEST/Sydney time

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Now & Next – Tuesday Day
From Tuesday 1 Aug to Tuesday 18 Sept 
12pm to 2pm AEST/Sydney time

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Now & Next – Tuesday Night
From Tuesday 1 Aug to Tuesday 18 Sept 
8pm to 10pm AEST/Sydney time

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Now & Next – Wednesday
From Wed 2 Aug to Wed 19 Sept 
8pm to 10pm AEST/Sydney time

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Now & Next – Thursday
From Thursday 3 Aug to Thursday 19 Sept 
8pm to 10pm AEST/Sydney time

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Families thrive with Now & Next

The Now & Next program is robust and evidence-based.

Our research analysis and an external evaluation shows that the program works and children achieve positive outcomes.

The program we needed when our children were little

As mothers of young men with disabilities, we developed Now & Next to give families hope for a future of possibilities for their children.

In Now & Next, we give families the tools to build on their strengths so that they understand what to do to help their child thrive and progress.

Sylvana Mahmic CEO Plumtree and Dr Annick Janson Research Director Plumtree Learning

Get in touch

Want to talk to a parent peer worker about the program or have any other questions?

nowandnext@plumtree.org.au

(02) 9572 8840

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