Top tip for your NDIS planning meeting
Preparing for your first NDIS planning meeting
Once you have been approved as an NDIS participant the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) will notify you in writing and the next step in the process is to prepare for your planning meeting. This will be a conversation between you and a Local Area Coordinator (LAC), Early Childhood Partner or a Planner, this will help decide what is included in your plan for reasonable and necessary supports. This meeting can take up to 1 to 2 hours to complete.
Top Tip – Prepare – Prepare – Prepare before your planning meeting ensure you have all the relevant paperwork. Organise if necessary reports from therapist i.e. occupational therapist, speech therapist, physiotherapist reports that define functional requirements to identify specific supports / activities to help you achieve your goals and aspirations.
You may require changes at home and or modifications to a vehicle or require supports to access your community safely or require communication supports and assistive technology. Ensure these and any other support requirements are captured in your reports and information.
The NDIS will ask some questions about how you are going in different areas of your life. This will help them to develop a plan that provides the right support for you.
Your first NDIS planning conversation – some things to consider in preparation for your meeting:
- your personal details
- your community and mainstream supports
- how to manage everyday activities
- your safety, including equipment, accommodation or help to take care of yourself or your home
- the goals you want to pursue
- ways to manage your plan
- the support you need to use your NDIS plan
Before the phone meeting the NDIS website refers to the below information to support your preparation:
Complete booklet 2 – Planning. If you don’t have a physical copy, you can download a copy from the NDIS website.
Make sure you know when your phone appointment is, and who it will be with.
Find a quiet place to have the call where you can focus. Planning meetings can take over an hour depending on your situation.
Make sure you have your phone with you, it is charged and you are in a space with good reception.
Have any reports or assessments with you. If possible, send them to your early childhood partner, LAC or NDIA Planner before the call.
If you want a friend, family member or someone to help you with the meeting, make sure they are available and make sure that only one person talks at a time.
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