Worried About Your NDIS Planning Meeting? Consider The Following Tips

Living with a disability can be difficult for the person involved and their families. That’s why, when someone has applied for NDIS funding, it’s best to prepare to get the best possible support. 

NDIS support coordination providers recommend the following tips to consider before your meeting: 

It is always good to have someone with you when you go for your first NDIS meeting. This person should be someone who you can trust and one who understands you and your requirements well. That someone could be from your family, friends, current service provider or an advocate.

Take a good amount of time and think about all the activities that you perform and the support you require to carry out those activities. For example, first make a list of all the activities that you do regularly, that have a fixed schedule like going to school or work, your daily routine, going to the gym or swimming, etc. Then you can make a list of those things that you do on weekends or socially. It will also be good to prepare a draft of those things that you would like to change, do more of or stop doing completely.

An NDIS support coordination provider asks about your goals in various aspects of your life, things that are important for you to achieve. Clarity about this information helps you to determine which support you need the most to meet those goals and only based on that support will be funded.

For instance, if visiting your disability peer support group each month is important for you then it can be related to your goal of “social and community engagement and inclusion”.

In the NDIS Planning meeting, you must also bring all the relevant documents supporting your needs and requirements, like your Client Support Plan(CSP) or Person Support Plan, Lifestyle Plan, Health Support Plan and Behaviour Support Plan. If your disability requires you to see a therapist then it is helpful to take a Therapy assessment and get a letter from the therapist highlighting your needs. Some other documents to carry along are information about your needs from your workplace or school,  activity schedules, recreation programs, family background, the current service provider etc. 

The NDIS support coordination meeting is an opportunity for you to clarify all your concerns related to NDIS to get the maximum benefit from this scheme. Therefore, take some time before this meeting to think about the above-mentioned aspects of your disability and prepare a list of questions to ask.

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