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The National Disability

Insurance Scheme for your

Child

Easy English

The National Disability Insurance

Scheme is also called the NDIS.

This book tells you how to get ready for the NDIS

if your child has a

disability

or

developmental delay. This is a type of

disability too.

The NDIS for your child | 1

You can ask someone to help you to read this

book.

Some words in this book are in blue. You can

find out what these words mean at the end of this

book. Go to page 63.


63

Bluewords

What is in this book?

About the NDIS 6About the NDIS 6

What the NDIS means for your child 8

Who you can talk to about support for your child 9

How to get NDIS funding for your child 12If your child is getting funding for their disability now 13

If your child does not get funding for their disability now 14

children 6 years old or younger 15

children 7 years old or older 22

What if your child used to get funding for support? 23


Starting the NDIS planning processWhat happens if your child is eligible for the NDISAbout NDIS plansWhat the NDIS will pay forWhat the NDIS will


not pay forWhen to start getting ready

Getting ready for the planning meeting

How to get ready for your child’s planning meetingSome


things you should think aboutHow to decide goals for your childChecklist of things important to your child and your family

The planning meeting


At the planning meetingInformation you can take to the meetingDeciding how to pay for your child’s support


Using your child’s NDIS plan

After the planning meetingHow to start using your child’s planGetting help to start using


your child’s planChoosing service providers

Using the same service providerIf you want Yooralla to help you use your child’s planHow long your child’s plan goes forWhat


to do if you are not happy with your child’s planUsing the plan even if you are not happy with it

More Information

How Yooralla can help you get ready for


the NDISMore about YoorallaWhat do these words mean?

About the NDIS

About the NDIS

The NDIS is the new way that

children

and

adults

with disability will be supported in Australia.


The NDIS means you can choose

what support your child needs

and

who you pay to support your child.

The NDIS should give a child the support they

need as they grow.

The NDIS has rules about who can access the

NDIS.

Access means to use the NDIS to get funding

and support.

You can find out more about the access rules on

page 12.


What the NDIS means for your

child

If your child gets funding now because they have

a disability they will move to the NDIS.

If your child does not get funding now they may

still be able to access the NDIS. Your child must

be eligible. You can find out more this on page

14.


Who you can talk to about

support for your child

The NDIS works with organisations that

specialise in working with children. This means

their staff have special

skills

and

experience

to work with children. These organisations are

called Early Childhood Partners.

You can talk to an Early Childhood Partner

if you think your child may have a disability

and

about the best support for your child.


There is a list of

Early Childhood Partners

and

where they are in Victoria

on the next page.

You can ask Yooralla about your nearest Early

Childhood Partner.


Early Childhood Partners

Barwon Barwon Child, Youth and Family

Central Highlands Latrobe Community Health Service

Inner Eastern Melbourne Link Health and Community

Inner Gippsland Link Health and Community

Loddon Intereach

North Eastern Melbourne Brotherhood of St Laurence

Outer Eastern Melbourne Link Health and Community

Ovens Murray Merri Community Health Service

Wimmera South West Latrobe Community Health Service


How to get NDIS funding

for your child

To access the NDIS your child will need a NDIS

plan. You can find out more about NDIS plans on

page 26.

There are different ways of accessing the NDIS

for children who are

getting funding for their disability now

and

not getting funding for their disability now.


If your child is getting funding for

their disability now

Most children in Australia who get funding for

disability support now will move to the NDIS.

It is a good idea to start

thinking about the support your child will need

in the future

and

to collect information about the support your

child gets now.

The NDIS knows about your child because they

get funding for their disability now. You do not

need to contact the NDIS.

If you are not sure if the NDIS knows about your

child it is OK to contact them.


When it is time for your child to move to the

NDIS someone will contact you.

They will help you start the planning process.

You can find out more about this on page 24.

If your child does not get funding for

their disability now

There are different steps for children who are

6 years old or younger. You will find out more

about this next.

or

7 years old or older. You can find out more

about this on page 22.


Children 6 years old or younger

If your child is 6 years old or younger you

must meet with an Early Childhood Partner to

talk about the type of support your child needs.

The Early Childhood Partner will decide if your

child

needs a NDIS plan. You can find out what a

NDIS plan is on page 26.

or

can get the support they need in the local

community. For example from a playgroup.

If the Early Childhood Partner decides your

child needs a NDIS plan they will talk to the

NDIS. If the NDIS agree then the Early

Childhood Partner will work with you to make a

NDIS plan for your child.


If the Early Childhood Partner

decides your child can get support in the local

community then they will tell you about this

support.

The Early Childhood Partner will also meet with

you and your child regularly to see how things

are going.

To access the NDIS your child must meet the

criteria. This means you must be able to

say yes to some important questions about

your child

and

show things about them. For example

o how old they are

and

o what disability they have.


There are many ways you can

show things about your child. For example

you can

o ask your doctor to write a letter

or

o show your child’s birth certificate.

These are some of the criteria that your child

must meet.

Your child must

live in an area where they can get the NDIS

be an Australian citizen

or

have a visa that says they are a resident.

There are different criteria for children who have

a

disability

and


developmental delay.

If your child

has a disability that is listed on the NDIS

website

and

you can answer yes to those questions

they have met the criteria to access the NDIS.

You will not need to give extra information to the

NDIS to help them decide.

If your child has a developmental delay there

are more criteria your child will need to meet.

You will need to show that your child’s

developmental delay means that they

have

o mental impairment

or

o physical impairment

or


o both.

This may mean they

cannot take care of themselves. For example

o get dressed

o feed themselves

or

o tell you when they need the toilet.

cannot understand or reply when someone

speaks to them.

are learning much slower than other children

that are the same age.

cannot control their body as well as other

children that are the same age.


You will need to ask a

doctor

paediatrician

maternal health care nurse

or

therapist

to look at your child to decide if they have a

developmental delay. They will need to show

that your child has a developmental delay.

There are people who work at Yooralla who can

help you with this.


Remember

If your child

does not get funding for their support now

and

can meet the criteria

you will need to speak to an Early Childhood

Partner. You can find out about your nearest

Early Childhood Partner on page 11.


Children 7 years old or older

If your child is 7 years old or older you will need

to do the NDIS Access Request form.

There is a Yooralla booklet to help you do this. It

is called

A guide to Accessing the National Disability

Insurance Scheme. It is in Easy English.

You can

find it on the Yooralla website.

Go to www.yooralla.com.au

or

ask your Yooralla contact person about it.


If your child used to get

funding for support

If your child

used to get funding for support

but

does not get funding now

the NDIS will not know about them.

This means they will not move to the NDIS

straight away. You will need to find out if they are

eligible for the NDIS.

You can talk to the NDIS or an Early Childhood

Partner about this.


Starting the NDIS

planning process

If your child is eligible for the NDIS

The NDIS will call you if your child is eligible.

They will call you if

they know about your child because your child

already gets funding and support

and

an Early Childhood Partner has told the

NDIS that your child needs funding and

support.

The NDIS will

ask if you want your child to access the NDIS

ask

o your child’s name

and

o the date they were born.


The NDIS will

talk about how your child is eligible to

access the NDIS

and

ask if your child is getting support for their

disability now.

You will need to say Yes to these questions if you

want your child to move to the NDIS.

After this someone will call you to organise a

meeting to talk about your child’s NDIS plan.

This may be someone from the

NDIS

or

an Early Childhood Partner

or

a Local Area Coordinator.


About NDIS plans

A NDIS plan is a list of

goals you have set for your child

and

the support they need because of their

disability.

The NDIS will use this plan to work out how much

funding your child needs. They will write this in

the plan.

Your child’s NDIS plan will list

the support you and your family give to your

child

the support the local community gives to your

child.

For example a

o scout group

or

o a playgroup.


Your child’s plan will also list

what the NDIS pays for. For example

o therapy

or

o equipment.


What the NDIS will pay for

The NDIS will pay for support that

helps your child meet their goals

or

meets the reasonable and necessary

criteria. This is a list of questions about the

support your child gets. You must be able to

say yes to these questions.

For example the support must

o be written in their NDIS plan as a goal

o be something they need because of

their disability

o be good value

o help to improve your child’s skills

o help your child to get out and about


The support must

o be based on evidence.

This means it has been tried by other

people and it worked well.

o include informal supports. Informal

supports are supports that your child

gets from

you and your family

your friends

or

the local community.

Here are some examples of the types of supports

the NDIS will pay for.

support from people like

o physiotherapists

o occupational therapists

and

o speech pathologists.


The NDIS will pay for

support with daily living. For example

o getting dressed

o eating

o travel to school

and

o getting out and about.

support for people in your family. For example

o someone to talk to if they are finding life

hard because your child has a disability

things your child may need because they have

a disability. For example

o continence products

o a wheelchair

or

o a special pram.


The NDIS will pay for

changes to your home to make it easier for

your child with a disability to live there.

changes to your car to make it easier for your

child with a disability to use.


What the NDIS will not pay for

The NDIS will not pay for

support that is not to help with your child’s

disability

everyday things like

o food

o petrol for the car

or

o tickets for the train or bus.

support that your child can get in the local

community.


The NDIS will not pay for

things at school or kindergarten. For example

o extra people to help your child

or

o changes to school buildings so that your

child can go there.

Schools and kindergartens get money from the

government for these things.


When to start getting ready

It is a good idea to start thinking about what your

child needs now. This means you and your child

will be ready to move to the NDIS when it comes

to your area.

The NDIS starts in different places in Australia at

different times. The government has a plan for

where and when the NDIS will start.

The NDIS will be available in all parts of Victoria

by 30 June 2019.

You can find out more about when the NDIS

starts in your area on the Yooralla website

Yooralla www.yooralla.com.au /ndis


http://www.yooralla.com.au/

Getting ready for the

planning meeting

How to get ready for your child’s

planning meeting

To make sure that your child’s plan is good you

need to get ready for their planning meeting.

You need to think about what support your child

gets now

and

what support they will need in the future.

We have some sheets that can help you with your

child’s plan. They are called activity planners.

You can use these to remember all the things that

need to be in your child’s plan.


Some things you should

think about are

When your child needs support

You should think about all the things your child

needs help to do regularly. This might be

every day

more than once a day

or

at different times of the week or weekend.

What support your child gets now

You should also think about what support your

child gets now. For example support from

you and your family

friends

organisations or people in the local

community.

For example scouts or playgroup.


You should also think about

What support your child may need in the

future

What other support you think your child may need

that they are not getting now.

How to decide goals for your child

Goals are important because the NDIS will only

pay for things that will help your child meet their

goals.

First you should think about things that will make

your child’s life better. For example

learning to walk

going to school

or

learning to talk.

Then you can decide on goals for your child.


For example your child’s goals

could be to

walk on their own so that they can walk with

other children in the playground

or

talk more clearly so that they can talk to other

children and make friends.

These goals will help you to decide what support

your child needs. For example a

physiotherapist

and

walking frame

to help your child learn to walk

or

speech pathologist to help your child learn to

talk more clearly.


Checklist of things that are

important to

your child and your family

Here is a checklist to help you think about things

that are important to your child and your family. It

may help you decide on your child’s goals.

changes to your home

friendships and family

support with daily living

learning life skills. For example

o walking

or

o speaking more clearly.


Some more things that might be important to

your child and your family are

fun activities with friends and family

feeling healthy

getting out and about

equipment

therapy

learning new things.


The planning meeting

At the planning meeting

Your planner will make your child’s NDIS plan.

They will be

from the NDIS

from an Early Childhood Partner

or

a Local Area Coordinator.

To make your child’s plan your planner will ask

questions about

your child’s life

the support your child gets now

if this support works well for you and your

family

your child’s needs and goals.


Information you can take to

the meeting

This is a list of information that you can collect

and take to the planning meeting. It will help you

and the planner to make your child’s NDIS plan.

a letter from your child’s

o doctor

or

o therapist

about their needs.

any plans that have been made about your

child’s health in the past.

information about any funding your child gets

for their disability now.


information about the goals

that you have for your child.

You can have someone with you when you meet

your child’s planner. You can have more than one

person. They might be

family members

friends

or

a service provider.

You can take your child to the meeting if you want

to. If your child’s planner can meet your child it

may help them to make a better plan for your

child

and

family.


Deciding how to pay for your child’s

support

Your child’s planner will talk to you about how to

pay the

people

and

organisations

that support your child.

You can do the payments yourself

or

you can ask

the NDIS

or

a plan management provider

You might also want a mix of these people to do

the payments. You can choose.


Using your child’s NDIS

plan

After the planning meeting

After your planning meeting your child’s plan will

be approved by the NDIS. This means the NDIS

says it is OK.

After the plan has been approved you will get a

letter from the NDIS. This will say your child’s

plan has been approved. You will also get

a copy of your child’s plan.

These will be sent to you by

post

or

email.


The date that your child’s plan starts will be

written on the front of the plan.

You must start using the NDIS plan as soon as

you get your letter from the NDIS. This is

because the funding your child had before will

have stopped when their NDIS plan was

approved. Your child will not be able to use their

old funding anymore.

How to start using your child’s plan

To start using your child’s NDIS plan you need to

go to a special website called myplace. On

myplace you can

see

and

look after your child’s NDIS plan.


You need two things to use the myplace

website. You need a

myGov account

and

a special NDIS code. Your special code is

written on your approval letter from the NDIS.

Getting help to start using your child’s

plan

If an

Early Childhood Partner

or

Local Area Coordinator

helped you to make your child’s plan

this person can also help you to

find service providers

start using myplace

and


start using your child’s plan.

If a NDIS planner helped you to make

your child’s plan then they will ask a

support coordinator to contact you.

The support coordinator will

help you to

o start using myplace

o find service providers

o understand service agreements.

and

help with any questions or problems you have

in the future about the NDIS.

Choosing service providers

After you have

got an approved NDIS plan

and

started using myplace


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you will be ready to choose your

service providers.

You will need to

contact the service providers you want to use

and

ask them to organise your services.

Using the same service provider

You can keep using the same service provider

that you were using before if you want to.

You will need to tell them that your child has an

approved NDIS plan

and

they will need to make a Service Agreement for

you.

The Service Agreement means they can give

your child supports. They may not be able to give


your child supports if they have

not made a Service Agreement

with you.

If you want Yooralla to help you use

your child’s NDIS plan

Yooralla can help you use your child’s NDIS plan.

Our staff have special training about how to help

children and families use their NDIS plan.

They can

talk to you about what is in your child’s plan

and how Yooralla can help

and

help you organise your child’s supports.

If you want Yooralla to help you use your child’s

NDIS plan you can contact us by

Phone 1800 966 725

Email [email protected]


How long your child’s plan goes for

Your child’s NDIS plan goes for 12 months.

Someone will contact you to review your child’s

plan before it ends. This might be

your planner

the NDIS

or

your Early Childhood Partner.

They will talk to you about

what support your child will need in the next

year

and

what changes need to be made to the plan.


You can ask for a review of your child’s plan

before the end of the 12 months. You can only

do this if something big happens that changes the

kind of support your child needs. For example

if your child gets very sick.

You will need to contact your planner to ask for a

review.


What to do if you are not happy with

your child’s plan

There are some things you can do to help make

sure you are happy with your child’s NDIS plan.

At your planning meeting

You should make sure your planner understands

your child’s goals and what supports they need.

When you get your NDIS letter and plan

You should

read it carefully

and

make sure it has all the supports your child

needs to meet their goals.


If you are not happy with your child’s plan

you can

talk to your planner about this

or

ask the NDIS to review your child’s plan. You

can find out how to do this on your NDIS

approval letter.

Using the plan even if you are not happy

with it

Even if you are not happy with your child’s plan

you should start using it. This is because the

funding your child had before will have stopped

when your NDIS plan was approved.


If you are not happy with your child’s NDIS

plan you should

start using the plan

and

ask for a review at the same time.

While you are using the NDIS plan you can

collect information about

why your child needs more support

and

why your child’s plan is not working.

You can give this information to the NDIS when

they review your plan.


More Information

How Yooralla can help you to get ready

for the NDIS

There are many ways Yooralla can help you get

ready for the NDIS.

You can ask us questions about the NDIS.

You can use our planning tools.

You can do the activity planners to help you get

ready for your planning meeting.

We have staff who can help you get ready for

your planning meeting. This is called planning

support.

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Yooralla can help you use your child’s NDIS plan.

We can give your child the services that are in

their NDIS plan.

If you have questions about

the NDIS

or

your child’s planning meeting

Phone 03 9666 4500


If your child has a NDIS plan and you want to

find out how we can support your child

or

book Yooralla services

Phone 1800 966 725



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You can find out what is happening with the

NDIS

on our website. Go to www.yooralla.com.au

or

sign up for our newsletter that we will send you

every 2 weeks. Go to

www.yooralla.com.au/subscribe

More about Yooralla

Yooralla has been providing services to people

with disability for a long time.

We know how to look after our customers and

keep them safe.

We have lots of different services for children with

disability.


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We have special services for children and

teenagers. These services are for people from 0

to 18 years old. We can give you and your family

all the supports you need in a way that is best for

you.

We have staff who have special training about

Early Childhood Intervention. This means

support for children so they will need less

support when they are older

and

people who need a lot of extra support.


We can provide therapy services such as

speech pathology

physiotherapy

occupational therapy

educators

nursing

psychology

and

family support and counselling.


We can provide other services such

as

recreation

support coordination

respite

and

information about assistive technologies.

We can support you and your child

at home

and

in the local community.


We have programs for people who are

leaving school. We can support your child to

move

from school

to

work and other activities.


What do these words mean?

developmental delayWhen a child does not do things at the same

age as most children. For example if a child

is slower to

move

talk

think

or

learn.

eligible To have the right to do something because you

meet the criteria. For example if you are 15

years old or older you are eligible to get a job.


organisations Groups of people who work together

for a purpose. For example

a business

government department

company

or

service.

Early Childhood Partner

An organisation that works with families

to support to children with disability

to move to the NDIS. The staff in

these organisations have special

skills

and

training

to work with children.

They are sometimes called an ECP.


local community The people and organisations that are

near where you live.

regularly When something happens

more than once

and

usually around the same time.

criteria Things about a child that help the NDIS

decide if they can access the NDIS.

For example how

much support they need for

their disability

or

old they are.


citizen a person who was born in

Australia

or

a person who was born

somewhere else but has been

made a citizen by the

government.

A person who is made a citizen by the

government has the same rights as a

person who was born in Australia.

visa When the government says a person

who was not born in Australia can

enter

leave

and

live here.

Some Visas say how long a person can

do this for.

A Permanent Visa says the person can


do this for as long as they want.

resident A person who lives in Australia and

was born here

or

has a Visa that says they can

live here for as long as they

want to.

mental impairmentWhen a child’s mind does not work as

well as most children that are the

same age.

For example they cannot

read

learn

or

understand things

as well.


physical impairment

When a child’s body does not work as well

as most children that are the same

age.

For example they cannot

walk

or

move

as well.

paediatrician A doctor who has special

skills

and

experience

to work with children.

maternal health care nurse

A nurse that looks after

mothers

babies

and

toddlers.


therapist A person who works with your child to

make everyday life easier. They might

help them

to move better

to use equipment

to talk to others or use talking

aids

with difficult feelings or

behaviour.

Local Area Coordinator

A person who can work with you and

answer your questions about the NDIS.

Local Area Coordinators work for other

service providers. These organisations

have been given the job of supporting

people to use the NDIS.

Local Area Coordinators are also called

LACs.


goals Things that

your child wants to do

or

you want your child to do

so they have a better life. These things

might be for now or in the future.

reasonable and necessary criteria

A list of questions about the support

your child gets. You must be able to

say yes to these questions. For

example the support must be

written in their NDIS plan as a

goal

or

something they need because

of their disability.

value If the cost of something is fair.

physiotherapist A person who can help your child to

move better

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have less pain.occupational

therapistA person who works with your child to

help make daily activities easier.

They might

help you make changes to

your home

or

teach you how to use

equipment.

speech pathologistA person who works with your child if

they find it hard to

speak

or

swallow.

continence products

Something your child may use if they cannot

control their bladder or bowel. For example

nappies

or


a special sheet for the bed.


equipment Things that your child may need because of

their disability. For example a

wheelchair

or

communication board.

service provider People and businesses that support people

with disability.

Yooralla is a service provider.

plan management provider

An organisation that looks after the

funding in your child’s NDIS plan.

They make sure your service

providers are paid for the work they

do.

myplace The page on the NDIS website where

you can

see your child’s plan

ask for payments

and


manage services.

myGov account A government website where you can

access all your government services.

You need a login and password to

access the myGov website. You need

to do this before you can use

myplace.

Service AgreementAn agreement or contract between you

and a service provider about the

support they give to your child. It is a

legal document.

organise To sort or arrange things. To put them in

order.

review To look at how something is working

and decide if you need to make

changes.

educators People who can teach your child. For


example a

teacher

or

learning assistant.

psychology Treatment for your child if they are

having difficult

thoughts

feelings

or

behaviours.

A person who is specially trained to

help with this is called a

psychologist.

counselling When a person talks through your

problems with you. This can help you

feel better.

recreation Activities your child does for fun. For


example

sports

or

art.


support coordination

To sort or arrange the

types

and

times

of your child’s support.

respite Activities that your child may do

or

a place they may stay

while their carer takes a break.

assistive technologies

Machines that may help your child do

things that they cannot usually do

because of their disability. For

example

talk

or

get around.


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