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Regulated Restrictive Practice

DARU
Wednesday 3rd March, 2021
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission released the Regulated Restrictive Practices Guide in November 2020 that supports a contemporary positive behaviour support framework and explains what a restrictive practice is.
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Government response to the NDIS Planning Final Report,

Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Wednesday 24th February, 2021
The Government supports, or supports-in-principle, 26 of the recommendations made in the Committee’s report. Given the ongoing reforms to the planning process being progressed by the NDIA, the Government notes
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My Allied Health space

Victoria Government
Monday 22nd February, 2021
This free website is set up to provide information, tools and training resources to ensure that people with significant disabilities can confidently choose the allied health services needed to improve
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The NDIS and what independent assessments could mean for participants

Hillary Harper
RN Life Matters
Thursday 11th February, 2021
There are some big changes coming this year for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. A legislative update is due later in the year, including a service guarantee aimed at providing
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Vital support for Australians with disability cancelled during COVID-19 pandemic

Fran Kelly
Monday 1st February, 2021
Disabled and other vulnerable Australians were among the worst affected when parts of the country shut down to defeat COVID-19. Its estimated around a third of people living with disability
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NDIS Worker Screening Check

Victoria Government
Wednesday 27th January, 2021

The National Disability Insurance Scheme Worker Screening Check (NDIS Check) will start on 1 February 2021. The NDIS Check is a way to ensure that people who work with NDIS…

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The right to sex when you live with disability

Erica Vowles
RN Life Matters
Thursday 17th December, 2020
If you live with disability, sexual intimacy can become less straightforward and, if the barriers are significant enough, you might need some assistance from trained professionals. The NDIS has sought
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Regulated Restrictive Practices Guide

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
Monday 30th November, 2020
This guide explains what a restrictive practice is, assists in identifying each regulated restrictive practice and provides practice advice consistent with a positive behaviour support framework and contemporary evidence informed
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Report: General issues around the implementation and performance of the NDIS

Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Parliament of Australia
Wednesday 9th December, 2020

The report provides an update on the committee’s recent activities and makes 10 recommendations to improve the NDIS for participants, providers and other key stakeholders. The activities focus on independent

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NDIS Workforce Interim Report

Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Parliament of Australia
Wednesday 9th December, 2020
This is an interim report which makes 14 recommendations to address key issues facing the NDIS workforce. The committee will continue to consider these issues next year and intends to
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Flexibility in individual funding schemes: How well did Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme support remote learning for students with disability during COVID‐19?

Sophie Yates, Helen Dickinson, Catherine Smith & Massimiliano Tani
Wednesday 25th November, 2020
This research abstract reports on a survey of over 700 families that explored how Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) supported children and young people and their families to learn
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NDIS Planning Final Report

Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Commonwealth of Australia
Tuesday 1st December, 2020
For years, participants, advocacy groups and the sector have been calling for reform in the planning arena. This inquiry, including the committee's interim report tabled in December 2019, and the
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