NDIS Practice Standards
Module 2: Specialist behaviour support
m2-7.3 Plan monitoring and review (specialist): pursuing reductions on positive change
Clause and reference m2-7.3, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Where documented positive change occurs, the provider pursues opportunities to reduce the use of restrictive practices.
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
- Reviews recording positive change and corresponding reductions in restrictive practices
- Updated authorisation applications for reduced practices
- Data showing decreased frequency or intensity of restrictive practice use
What assessors commonly find
- Positive change recorded but restrictive practice unchanged
- Reduction opportunities not considered at review
What evidence do I need?
For m2-7.3 Plan monitoring and review (specialist): pursuing reductions on positive change, the evidence to bring is: Reviews recording positive change and corresponding reductions in restrictive practices. It sits under Module 2: Specialist behaviour support and our reference for it is m2-7.3. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me reviews recording positive change and corresponding reductions in restrictive practices, 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