NDIS Practice Standards
Module 3: Early childhood supports
m3-4.8 The family: family participation in the child's learning strengthened
Clause and reference m3-4.8, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
The provider works with the family to inform and strengthen their participation in, and contribution to, the child's learning and development, so the family can carry strategies into daily life between sessions.
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
- Coaching records showing parents practising strategies with feedback
- Family learning resources provided and reviewed
- Review notes on the family's contribution to progress
What assessors commonly find
- Parents observe sessions but are never coached
- No record of what the family contributes between sessions
What evidence do I need?
For m3-4.8 The family: family participation in the child's learning strengthened, the evidence to bring is: Coaching records showing parents practising strategies with feedback; Family learning resources provided and reviewed. It sits under Module 3: Early childhood supports and our reference for it is m3-4.8. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me coaching records showing parents practising strategies with feedback, 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