NDIS Practice Standards
Module 3: Early childhood supports
m3-9.1 Outcome based approach: functional outcomes set with the child and family
Clause and reference m3-9.1, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Functional outcomes for the child and family are based on their needs and priorities, and the skills needed to reach them are identified by working with the child and family.
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
- Support plans with functional outcomes stated in the family's words
- Goal-setting records showing the child's and family's input
- Skills analysis linked to each outcome
What assessors commonly find
- Outcomes written as clinical targets the family did not choose
- Skills needed for each outcome not identified
What evidence do I need?
For m3-9.1 Outcome based approach: functional outcomes set with the child, the evidence to bring is: Support plans with functional outcomes stated in the family's words. It sits under Module 3: Early childhood supports and our reference for it is m3-9.1. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me support plans with functional outcomes stated in the family's words, 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