Shifting Perspectives is a toolkit designed to help people reflect on their assumptions and reimagine new possibilities. The toolkit contains engaging and challenging real world scenarios built from contemporary research across six different health and wellbeing contexts, which can be used in a variety of facilitated workshops. Each workshop guide helps participants learn and unpack a research method or facilitates discussions around the complexities of individuals, communities and systems surrounding these contexts.
Hospital + Emergency
This scenario follows two parents’ bad hospital experience when their daughter is involved in a serious accident and is taken to the Emergency Department.
Whānau Violence
This scenario follows the experiences of a young family when Marama, a mother of two children, approaches a support service to ask for help.
Mental Health
This scenario follows the experience of a teenager called Andie, a bright student who is at the top of her class but has recently been struggling with some mental health issues.
Dementia
This scenario follows the experience of an elderly couple Harry and Anne. Harry is showing early signs of dementia and an incident makes Anne question how best to take care of him.
Deaf
This scenario follows a young girl called Aimee, who was born profoundly deaf. Her loving parents got her cochlear implants when she was five, but not everything went the way they had hoped.
Homeless
This scenario follows a young adult called Mickey who is trying to find their place in the world. It delves into their past and the experiences that led them to living on the streets.
A digital download link will be provided to our facilitated workshop guides. Currently the following guides are available (more may be available in the future and will be accessible for existing purchases at no additional cost unless otherwise stated).
Hospital + Emergency
This scenario follows two parents’ bad hospital experience when their daughter is involved in a serious accident and is taken to the Emergency Department.
Whānau Violence
This scenario follows the experiences of a young family when Marama, a mother of two children, approaches a support service to ask for help.
Mental Health
This scenario follows the experience of a teenager called Andie, a bright student who is at the top of her class but has recently been struggling with some mental health issues.
Dementia
This scenario follows the experience of an elderly couple Harry and Anne. Harry is showing early signs of dementia and an incident makes Anne question how best to take care of him.
Deaf
This scenario follows a young girl called Aimee, who was born profoundly deaf. Her loving parents got her cochlear implants when she was five, but not everything went the way they had hoped.
Homeless
This scenario follows a young adult called Mickey who is trying to find their place in the world. It delves into their past and the experiences that led them to living on the streets.
