NDIS Practice Standards
Module 3: Early childhood supports
m3-5.2 Inclusion: inclusive participation in family, community and natural settings promoted
Clause and reference m3-5.2, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
The provider actively promotes the child's inclusive, meaningful and active participation in family life, community life and natural environments, rather than supporting the child only in clinic or segregated settings.
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
- Plan goals targeting participation in family and community activities
- Session notes from community settings such as playgroups, parks or libraries
- Progress reports describing participation achieved
What assessors commonly find
- Goals framed only as skill drills without participation outcomes
- Supports delivered in segregated settings without a plan to include
What evidence do I need?
For m3-5.2 Inclusion: inclusive participation in family, community and natural settings promoted, the evidence to bring is: Plan goals targeting participation in family and community activities. It sits under Module 3: Early childhood supports and our reference for it is m3-5.2. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me plan goals targeting participation in family and community activities, 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