NDIS Practice Standards
Module 3: Early childhood supports
m3-4.1 The family: support plans based on child and family choice and control
Clause and reference m3-4.1, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Each child's support plan is built on the choice and control of the child and family and is developed together with the family, not written by the provider and handed over.
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
- Family-centred support plans signed or acknowledged by the family
- Planning meeting notes showing the family's choices recorded
- Family feedback on the planning process
What assessors commonly find
- Plans drafted by the therapist before meeting the family
- No record of the family's choices in the plan
What evidence do I need?
For m3-4.1 The family: support plans based on child and family choice, the evidence to bring is: Family-centred support plans signed or acknowledged by the family. It sits under Module 3: Early childhood supports and our reference for it is m3-4.1. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me family-centred support plans signed or acknowledged by the family, 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