NDIS Practice Standards
Module 3: Early childhood supports
m3-9.3 Outcome based approach: family actively involved in assessment and plan review
Clause and reference m3-9.3, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
The family takes an active part in assessing the child and in developing and reviewing the support plan, so the plan reflects what the family sees and wants.
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
- Assessment records showing family participation
- Plan review meeting notes with family attendance
- Family sign-off on reviewed plans
What assessors commonly find
- Reviews done by the practitioner alone
- Family not invited to the assessment
What evidence do I need?
For m3-9.3 Outcome based approach: family actively involved in assessment and plan, the evidence to bring is: Assessment records showing family participation; Plan review meeting notes with family attendance. It sits under Module 3: Early childhood supports and our reference for it is m3-9.3. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me assessment records showing family participation, 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