TakawÄ | Time: 45 minutes
About: This refresher training gives you the key knowledge and practical insights needed to confidently use and support ADOM in your service.
Frequency: The Health and Addictions ADOM policy requires you to complete a refresher on this topic every two years.
MÄ wai tÄnei / Who is this for: Clinicians who have already completed Te Pou Health of the Nation. Dr /Nurse/OT/SW/Psychologists
TakawÄ / Time: 60 minutes
About: This module can be completed for each of the HoNOS measures. The training is scenario-based, with written vignettes, case notes and videos.
Contact: training@tepou.co.nz
MÄ wai tÄnei / Who is this for: Clinicians Dr/Nurse/OT/SW/Psychologists
TakawÄ / Time: 60 minutes
About: The Health of the Nation Outcome Scale (HoNOS) is a clinician-rated tool. It is used to measure the health and social functioning of people using services.
Health of the Nation Outcome Scale is used to track a personās journey through the service and to understand service delivery need. All DHBs are required by the Ministry of Health to collect outcome information using the HoNOS Tool.
Contact: training@tepou.co.nz
Whakaminenga / Who is this for: Clinicians who have already completed HoNOS Introductory
TakawÄ / Time: 60 minutes
About this Case Studies course
This e-learning will increase your skills in using the HoNOS, HoNOSCA, HoNOS65+, HoNOS-LD and HoNOS-secure by rating case studies.

Whakaminenga / Who is this for: people working with people and whÄnau with mental health and addiction needs
TakawÄ / Time: 1.5 hours
About this course
Letās get real is a framework of values, attitudes, knowledge and skills for working with people and whÄnau with mental health and addiction needs. For more information about Let's get real visit: https://www.tepou.co.nz/initiatives/lets-get-real.
The focus of this e-learning module is the 'essential' level Working with people experiencing mental health and addiction needs Real Skill
Everyone working in health engages meaningfully and works in partnership with people who experience mental health and addiction needs, and focuses on the personās strengths to support wellbeing and recovery.
Essential engagement skills are a key component of this Real Skill.
These skills are for anyone being with people and whÄnau within the health sector.
This e-learning aims to help you understand what engaging and being with people means for you in your role.
MÄ wai tÄnei | Who is this for: People working with people and whÄnau with mental health and addiction needs
TakawÄ / Time: 2 hours
About: Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika describes the values, attitudes, knowledge, and skills required for working effectively alongside tÄngata whai ora and whÄnau experiencing addiction and/or mental health challenges. The framework reflects the Aotearoa New Zealand context and contemporary best practice.
The focus of this e-learning module is the 'enhanced' level of trauma-informed approaches explicit in several of the Real Skills.
Whakaminenga / Who is this for? people working with people and whÄnau with mental health and addiction needs.
TakawÄ / Time: 60 minutes
About this course
Everyone working in health contributes to oranga and whÄnau ora for MÄori who experience mental health and addiction needs. It can be expected that MÄori accessing health care experience respect, engage in shared decision-making and receive support to achieve hauora (tinana, hinengaro, whÄnau and wairua) goals.
Whakaminenga / Who is this for? people working with people and whÄnau with mental health and addiction needs
TakawÄ / Time: 60 minutes
About this course
MÄ wai tÄnei | Who is this for? People working with people and whÄnau with mental health and addiction needs
TakawÄ | Time: 2.5 hours
About: Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika describes the values, attitudes, knowledge, and skills required for working effectively alongside tÄngata whai ora and whÄnau experiencing addiction and/or mental health challenges. The framework reflects the Aotearoa New Zealand context and contemporary best practice.
The focus of this e-learning module is the 'essential' level Working within communities Real Skill.
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TakawÄ / time: 2 hours
About this course
Whakaminenga / Who is this for? the mental health and addiction workforce, including the lived experience workforce, cultural avisors and whÄnau advisors
TakawÄ / time: 3 hours
Prerequisite: This module requires the completion of the Mental Health Act Guidelines (Essential) prior to enrolment.
About this course
The intent of this e-learning is to guide the workforce to identify components of the Act guidelines
with implications for their practice and to incorporate a human rights and equity perspective into
practices used when supporting people and whÄnau.
Whakaminenega / Who is this for? those in statutory roles to implement the Mental Health Act guidelines
TakawÄ / Time: 3 hours
Prerequisite: This module requires the completion of the Mental Health Act Guidelines (Advanced) prior to enrollment.
About this course
The intent of this e-learning is to support those in statutory roles to implement the Act guidelines to drive practice change and to support the workforce to incorporate a human rights and equity perspective into practices used when supporting people and whÄnau. āÆ
This is the specialist module of this e-learning series and is for the mental health and addiction workforce. This module covers the following.
- Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
- Human rights.
- The Mental Health Act.

Whakaminenga / Who is this for? Frontline professionals in Healthcare
TakawÄ / Time: 3 hours (90 minutes per module)
About this course
This an introductory course for frontline professionals to better recognise and respond compassionately to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). It's designed to support the development of essential skills required for a range of professionals from across the community to build a shared understanding of FASD and how to respond effectively. It's hopeful this will better enable professionals to work together across services, disciplines and sectors to take a consistent approach towards contributing to positive outcomes for people with FASD and whÄnau.
Whakaminenga / Who is this for? Those in professional roles who directly support autistic people or are involved in service planning and design.
TakawÄ / time: 90 minutes (45 minutes per module)
About this course
A series of e-learning modules designed to improve understanding and support the implementation of Te Tau Tītoki: A framework for understanding people on the autism spectrum.

Whakaminenga / Who is this for? anyone working with different groups of people that identify as neurodiverse.
TakawÄ / Time: 90 minutes
About this course
This e-learning introduces you to the concept of neurodiversity. You will learn a bit about the term itself, as well as different groups of people that identify as neurodiverse. The e-learning provides information about a few of the more prevalent impairments and describes important aspects of these conditions which can influence a person's support needs.