DisabilitySupportPrograms
Support for families and professionals
Family Planning Tasmania (FPT) provides education and advocacy for people living with a disability. FPT’s disability and special needs program works closely with our clinical staff to ensure supportive, quality, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care for people living with a disability. FPT can provide age-appropriate education sessions for individuals or small groups. We believe that:
- sexuality is intrinsically healthy and normal
- sexuality is a human right and we need to make healthy choices about it
- we need to know how to form and maintain healthy relationships
- people living with a disability have the right to express their sexuality and to make informed choices about their sexuality and relationships.
Our Additional Needs Programs flyer provides further information.
Professional Development
FPT offers a number of programs to equip families, professionals – including support workers, teachers and teacher assistants with the knowledge and strategies to enable them to support the relationships and sexual needs of people living with a disability. Fees may apply for consultancy and professional development workshops.
Our Additional Needs Programs flyer provides further information.
You can also contact edinfo@fpt.asn.au for bookings and information on the following courses:

- Glenorchy
- 9am-5pm Mon-Fri6273 9117
- Launceston
- 9am-5pm Mon-Fri6343 4566
- Burnie
- 9am-5pm Mon, Wed, Thurs6431 7692