NDIS Practice Standards
Module 2: Specialist behaviour support
m2-3.1 Behaviour support in the NDIS (specialist): RPBS Rules understood and applied
Clause and reference m2-3.1, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
The specialist behaviour support provider understands the NDIS (Restrictive Practices and Behaviour Support) Rules 2018 and applies them in its practice, including the rules on behaviour support plans, regulated restrictive practices, lodgement and reporting.
Our wording of the requirement: our statement of what the clause asks, not the instrument verbatim. Source: NDIS Practice Standards on the compliance desk.
The evidence to bring
- Behaviour support policy and procedures cross-referenced to the RPBS Rules
- Induction and refresher records for practitioners on the RPBS Rules
- Sample behaviour support plans showing the Rules' required content and timeframes met
What assessors commonly find
- Procedures written for a state scheme only, with no reference to the Commonwealth RPBS Rules
- Practitioners unable to explain lodgement and review timeframes
What evidence do I need?
For m2-3.1 Behaviour support in the NDIS (specialist): RPBS Rules understood, the evidence to bring is: Behaviour support policy and procedures cross-referenced to the RPBS Rules. It sits under Module 2: Specialist behaviour support and our reference for it is m2-3.1. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me behaviour support policy and procedures cross-referenced to the RPBS Rules, and tell me who owns it and when it was last reviewed.
That is the question a quality assessor opens with for this requirement. Have the record on the desk and the date it was last reviewed to hand.
Read your own evidence against this clause
Paste your policy or evidence pack and the reading marks, line by line, whether a phrase from this requirement appears and quotes your own words when it does. It is a reading of your text, not a compliance result; a quality assessor decides whether a requirement is met. Read your pack, free See the paid reading