About Lifeskills Learning

Lifeskills Learning is a specialised training provider offering services in life skills, language, literacy and numeracy skills and employment readiness. We offer skills training to people with a disability in a one-on-one setting. Lifeskills Learning has been successfully conducting life skills training to people with a disability throughout NSW, VIC and QLD for over 15 years. We are currently located on the South Coast of NSW in the Illawarra region.

Our Mission

Through education and specialised training we seek to empower people with a disability to experience an expansion of knowledge, skills, relational awareness and sense of Self. We aim to create a learning environment that promotes acceptance, equality, independence and value. Our core aim is to ensure the learning experience of each individual assists them to develop essential life skills needed for a great life!

Our core values

  • We believe all people with a disability should have access to specialised life skills training that is fair, flexible and engaging.

  • Our commitment is to provide life skills training at a high standard ensuring access to a qualified trainer with a real passion to work along-side and support each individual.

  • All program content and resources are tailored to meet the individualised needs, skills and interests of each participant.

  • The aim of our life skills sessions is for individuals to improve on the skills needed to live more independent lives whilst continuing to access their direct supports.

  • Our aim is to ensure all participants feel valued and have opportunity to exercise self-determination during sessions. Furthermore, developing life skills in confidence, independence and decision making.

  • We empower each individual to actively participate through sharing of thoughts, personal stories, engaging in role plays and activities.  We strongly believe dynamic learning occurs through active participation thus empowering the individual to apply learned skills in the real world.

We provide services to NDIS participants

If you have Core Supports included in your NDIS plan, you are Plan Managed or Self-Managed this means you will be able to access Lifeskills Learning services using your NDIS funding.

“Thank you… although Aaron does not say much he has indicated that he did very much enjoy working with you and agreed that he would be open to working with you again in the future. Thanks again, what you have done here was actually amazing, so outside of the norm yet you smashed it”
- Melissa, Support Coordinator | Community Connecting Illawarra

“I'm a very grateful mum since Maree Becker came into my daughter Jessica's life as her Life Skills Trainer! Your patience, compassion and motivation along with the knowledge you have in disabilities has been reflected in my daughter's positive attitude to life since meeting you. Thank you Maree for the life skills training you have provided Jess in personal hygiene and shopping, etc. You go above and beyond to make sure Jess is happy and her smile says it all! Forever grateful.”
- Josephine Harb (Mother of a participant)

“The class was easy to understand and the trainer was very helpful”
- Thirroul Public Workshop

“The workshop was very specific to what we wanted and delivered great! All clients were listening and participating all day”
- Flintwood Disability Services

“The topics and content were perfect, EXACTLY what we hoped - thank you for tailoring to our needs!”
- Anglicare

“The topics and communication was very easy to understand and we all benefitted from the activities and role play during the workshop”
- Thirroul Public Workshop