NDIS Practice Standards
Module 2A: Implementing behaviour support plans
m2a-3.3 Behaviour support in the NDIS (implementer): commitment to reducing restrictive practices
Clause and reference m2a-3.3, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
The implementing provider shows, through policies, procedures and practice, a commitment to reducing and eliminating 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
- Restrictive practice reduction policy approved by management
- Organisational restrictive practice use trend reports
- Governance or committee minutes reviewing restrictive practice data
What assessors commonly find
- Restrictive practice use increasing without management review
- Policy not reflected in practice at the house or service level
What evidence do I need?
For m2a-3.3 Behaviour support in the NDIS (implementer): commitment to reducing restrictive, the evidence to bring is: Restrictive practice reduction policy approved by management; Organisational restrictive practice use trend reports. It sits under Module 2A: Implementing behaviour support plans and our reference for it is m2a-3.3. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me restrictive practice reduction policy approved by management, 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