COURSE OVERVIEW:

Welcome to the Planning & Implementing Supports for NDIS Participants course. This program has been designed to build comprehensive knowledge and practical capability in designing, coordinating, and delivering supports that are responsive, ethical, and aligned with the goals and rights of people with disability under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

Effective support planning and implementation sit at the core of quality NDIS practice. This course begins by providing an overview of the NDIS, its purpose, funding structures, and guiding principles, with a strong emphasis on participant-centred practice, choice, and control. It explores the shared roles and responsibilities of participants, providers, families, carers, and other stakeholders, while also addressing key practice considerations that influence how supports are delivered in real-world settings.

Understanding participant goals, needs, and functional capacity is fundamental to meaningful support delivery. This section examines how to interpret participant aspirations, assess functional capacity across life domains, and identify the full range of informal, community, and funded supports available. It highlights the importance of aligning supports with individual strengths, preferences, and cultural or personal contexts, and using assessments and evidence to inform responsive and respectful planning.

Daily living supports form a significant component of many NDIS plans. This section explores assistance with personal care, high-intensity daily supports, shared living arrangements, household tasks, and accommodation and tenancy assistance. It focuses on promoting functional independence, dignity, privacy, and participant choice while supporting the development of daily living and life skills that enhance autonomy and quality of life.

Travel and transport supports play a vital role in enabling access to community, education, and employment. This section examines funded travel supports, transport coordination, public transport training, and strategies for building confidence and safety in travel. It also considers environmental and accessibility barriers and how transport supports integrate with broader support arrangements.

Consumables are essential for maintaining health, safety, and daily functioning. This section outlines disability-related consumables, including assistive products for personal care, household tasks, and continence support. It explores assessment, storage, replacement, and appropriate use of consumables, ensuring alignment with participant needs, health considerations, and safety requirements.

Assistive technology enables many participants to increase independence and participation. This section provides an overview of a wide range of assistive technologies, including communication devices, mobility equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, vehicle modifications, and specialised equipment. It addresses assessment, prescription, trial processes, training, and maintenance requirements to ensure effective and safe use.

Capacity building supports are central to achieving long-term participant goals. This section explores how capacity building fosters independence, skill development, and social participation. It examines linking supports to long-term outcomes, measuring progress, and working collaboratively with informal and mainstream supports to maximise participant capability and confidence.

Cognitive and life skills development supports participants to manage daily activities and decision-making. This section examines strategies to build routines, problem-solving skills, self-management, and confidence. It also explores peer support, mentoring, and pathways to accessing mainstream community services that promote inclusion and independence.

Economic participation is a key outcome area for many participants. This section explores supports to access and maintain employment or education, school-to-work transitions, workplace readiness, and employability skills. It highlights coordination with education and employment services to support sustainable economic independence and participation.

Social and community participation supports inclusion, connection, and wellbeing. This section examines opportunities for community, social, and civic participation, relationship building, group activities, exercise physiology, and wellbeing supports. It focuses on reducing isolation and enabling meaningful participation aligned with participant interests and goals.

Disability-related health supports address health needs that are directly related to disability. This section outlines the scope of these supports under the NDIS, integration with mainstream health systems, and considerations for supporting ongoing health and wellbeing. It also examines training and supervision requirements for support workers involved in health-related supports.

Some participants require specialised disability-related health supports. This section explores complex supports such as continence care, dysphagia management, nutrition, diabetes management, respiratory care, wound care, and podiatry. It emphasises monitoring, review, and coordination to ensure safety, quality, and continuity of care.

Community nursing care supports participants with complex clinical needs. This section examines the role of community nursing, clinical oversight, care planning, workforce training, and coordination with allied health and medical professionals. It also addresses risk management and clinical governance responsibilities.

Behavioural and specialist supports play a critical role for participants with complex behaviours. This section explores positive behaviour support, functional behaviour assessment, behaviour support plans, implementation monitoring, and workforce training. It also addresses safeguards, restrictive practices, and compliance obligations to ensure ethical and lawful practice.

Early childhood supports focus on early intervention and family-centred practice. This section examines early childhood intervention models, therapy supports, key worker approaches, and coordinated service delivery for children aged 0 to 9 years. It highlights supporting developmental milestones, transitions, and adapting supports as children grow and develop.

Support coordination and plan management enable participants to navigate and use their plans effectively. This section explores the purpose and levels of support coordination, connecting services, building participant capacity, and managing funding and payments. It reinforces informed choice and control in plan implementation.

Environmental modifications support safety, accessibility, and independence. This section examines home modification purposes, design and construction processes, assessments, approvals, and coordination with builders and allied health professionals. It focuses on ensuring modifications meet functional, safety, and accessibility needs.

Interpreter and communication supports are essential for inclusive practice. This section explores identifying communication barriers, using interpreting and translation services, supporting alternative and augmentative communication, and ensuring informed consent. It highlights cultural and linguistic responsiveness in all aspects of planning and implementation.

Innovative and allied services allow flexibility to meet unique participant goals. This section examines innovative community participation, non-traditional supports, allied professional services, and evidence requirements. It focuses on tailoring supports and monitoring effectiveness to achieve meaningful outcomes.

Ongoing monitoring and review ensure supports remain effective and responsive. This section explores continuous monitoring, reviewing goals and outcomes, adjusting supports, meeting documentation requirements, and preparing for plan reviews. It emphasises continuous improvement in service delivery.

Ethical practice and quality assurance underpin all NDIS supports. This section examines the NDIS Code of Conduct, duty of care, dignity of risk, safeguarding, incident management, compliance obligations, and reflective practice. It reinforces professional accountability and the importance of high-quality, ethical support delivery.

By the end of this course, you will be equipped with the knowledge, frameworks, and practical understanding required to plan, implement, monitor, and continuously improve supports that uphold participant rights, promote independence, and deliver meaningful outcomes under the NDIS.

Each section is complemented with examples to illustrate the concepts and techniques discussed.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

By the end of this course, you will be able to understand the following topics:

Introduction to NDIS Support Planning and Implementation

• Overview of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
• Purpose and principles of participant-centred support planning
• Rights, choice, and control in planning and implementation
• Roles and responsibilities of participants, providers, and stakeholders
• Overview of NDIS support categories and funding structures
• Practice considerations in support delivery

Understanding Participant Goals, Needs, and Functional Capacity

• Interpreting participant goals and aspirations
• Assessing functional capacity across life domains
• Identifying informal, community, and funded supports
• Aligning supports with participant strengths and preferences
• Cultural, linguistic, and personal considerations in planning
• Reviewing assessments and evidence to inform supports

Assistance With Daily Life

• Assistance with Daily Personal Activities
• High Intensity Daily Personal Activities
• Assistance with Daily Life Tasks in Group or Shared Living Arrangements
• Development of Daily Care and Life Skills
• Household Tasks (meal preparation, cleaning, laundry, yard maintenance)
• Accommodation and Tenancy Assistance to obtain and maintain housing
• Promoting functional independence in daily routines
• Supporting dignity, privacy, and participant choice in daily life supports

Travel and Transport Supports

• Assistance with Travel and Transport Arrangements
• Transport to access community, employment, and education
• Training to use public transport independently
• Building confidence and safety in travel
• Coordinating transport with other funded supports
• Addressing environmental and accessibility barriers to travel

Consumables

• Assistive Products for Personal Care and Safety
• Assistive Products for Household Tasks
• Consumable disability-related aids such as continence products
• Ongoing assessment of consumable needs
• Storage, replacement, and appropriate use of consumables
• Aligning consumables with participant health and safety requirements

Assistive Technology

• Assistive Equipment for Recreation and Leisure
• Communication and Information Equipment
• Mobility and transfer equipment
• Customised Prosthetics and Orthotics
• Vehicle Modifications
• Other Assistive Technology and Specialised Equipment
• Assessment, prescription, and trial processes
• Training and maintenance requirements

Capacity Building Supports

• Overview of capacity building within the NDIS
• Building independence, skills, and social participation
• Linking capacity building supports to long-term goals
• Measuring outcomes and progress over time
• Collaboration with informal and mainstream supports

Cognitive and Life Skills Development

• Skills development for daily living
• Support to improve independence and decision-making
• Developing problem-solving and adaptive skills
• Peer support and mentoring
• Support to access mainstream community services
• Building routines, confidence, and self-management skills

Economic Participation

• Assistance to Access and Maintain Employment or Higher Education
• School-to-work transition supports
• Workplace readiness and job supports
• Skill development for employability
• Coordination with education and employment services
• Supporting long-term economic independence

Social and Community Participation

• Participation in community, social, and civic activities
• Building social skills and relationships
• Exercise physiology and personal wellbeing supports
• Group and centre-based activities
• Reducing isolation and increasing community inclusion
• Supporting meaningful participation aligned with interests

Disability-Related Health Supports

• Overview of disability-related health supports under the NDIS
• Integration with mainstream health systems
• Supporting ongoing health and wellbeing needs
• Training and supervision requirements for support workers

Specialised Disability-Related Health Supports

• Continence supports
• Dysphagia and swallowing supports
• Nutrition and diet management supports
• Diabetes management supports
• Respiratory supports
• Wound and pressure injury care
• Podiatry and foot care
• Monitoring and review of complex health supports

Community Nursing Care

• Community nursing for complex care needs
• Clinical oversight and care planning
• Training and capacity building for support workers
• Coordination with allied health and medical professionals
• Risk management and clinical governance considerations

Behavioural and Specialist Supports

• Specialist Positive Behaviour Support
• Behaviour intervention and reduction strategies
• Functional behaviour assessment
• Development and implementation of behaviour support plans
• Training and monitoring for plan implementation
• Safeguards, restrictive practices, and compliance requirements

Early Childhood Supports

• Early Intervention Supports for Early Childhood
• Key worker models and coordinated service delivery
• Therapy supports for children aged 0 to 9 years
• Family-centred practice approaches
• Supporting developmental milestones and transitions
• Monitoring outcomes and adapting supports over time

Support Coordination and Plan Management

• Role and purpose of support coordination
• Levels of support coordination
• Connecting services and providers
• Building participant capacity to manage supports
• Plan management and financial administration
• Managing funding, invoices, and provider payments
• Supporting informed choice and control in plan use

Environmental Modifications

• Purpose of environmental and home modifications
• Home modification design and construction
• Structural modifications such as ramps and bathroom supports
• Assessments and approvals for modifications
• Safety, accessibility, and functionality considerations
• Coordination with builders and allied health professionals

Interpreter and Communication Supports

• Identifying communication barriers
• Interpreting and translation services
• Supporting independent communication
• Use of alternative and augmentative communication
• Ensuring informed consent and participation
• Cultural and linguistic responsiveness

Innovative and Allied Services

• Innovative Community Participation
• Non-traditional and flexible support options
• Allied professional supports not covered elsewhere
• Tailoring supports to unique participant goals
• Evidence and justification for innovative supports
• Monitoring effectiveness and outcomes

Monitoring, Review, and Continuous Improvement of Supports

• Ongoing monitoring of support effectiveness
• Reviewing participant goals and outcomes
• Adjusting supports in response to changing needs
• Documentation and reporting requirements
• Preparing for plan reviews and reassessments
• Continuous improvement in service delivery

Ethical Practice, Safeguards, and Quality Assurance

• NDIS Code of Conduct
• Duty of care and dignity of risk
• Safeguarding participants from harm
• Incident management and reporting
• Quality assurance and compliance obligations
• Reflective practice and professional accountability

COURSE DURATION:

The typical duration of this course is approximately 5-6 hours to complete. Your enrolment is Valid for 12 Months. Start anytime and study at your own pace.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

You must have access to a computer or any mobile device with Adobe Acrobat Reader (free PDF Viewer) installed, to complete this course.

COURSE DELIVERY:

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ASSESSMENT:

A simple 10-question true or false quiz with Unlimited Submission Attempts.

CERTIFICATION:

Upon course completion, you will receive a customised digital “Certificate of Completion”.