ALERT: NDIS new practice standards November 2021

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1. There are 3 new practice standards.

2. Additionally there are many amendmentss to the Core Module, Early Childhood and Module 1

3. Mealtime Managment , Emergency Management and Dysphagia Management are the NEW  Standards.

As well as the three new NDIS Practice Standards and their associated Quality Indicators, additional amendments have been made to Quality Indicators relating to the following existing NDIS Practice Standards that are relevant to emergency and disaster management:

Core module 

 · Person-centred Supports 

· Risk Management 

· Human Resource Management

· Continuity of Supports

· Support Planning 

· Service Agreements with Participants 

· Responsive Support Provision 

· Transitions to or from a provider (Previously Transitions to or from the provider)

· Safe Environment 

· Management of Waste

Module 3: Early childhood supports  

· The Child 

Verification module 

· Human Resource Management 

· Risk Management 

New High Intensity Skills Descriptor for severe dysphagia management 

To accompany the new NDIS Practice Standard for severe dysphagia management, a new high intensity skills descriptor has been developed. The new descriptor is detailed in the NDIS Practice Standards: Skills descriptors document.