Topic

Choice and control

Supporting people to make their own choices and decisions.

25 resources

Plus membersTemplates and planning tools

For NDIS providers and support coordinators

Assistive Technology Exploration Planner

A participant-led planner for exploring assistive technology: everyday tasks that are hard, ideas to explore, trials, professional input and next steps.

Assistive technology · Choice and control

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For NDIS providers and support coordinators

Changing Providers Checklist

A participant-led checklist for changing NDIS providers smoothly: reasons and goals, checking the service agreement, finding a new provider, handover and avoiding gaps in…

Choice and control · Service coordination

Plus membersTemplates and planning tools

For Positive behaviour support practitioners

Choice-Making Opportunities Plan

A plan for building more real choices into a person's day, mapping current choices, new opportunities, how choices are offered and how the person's…

Choice and control · Proactive support strategies

Plus membersPrintable worksheets

For NDIS providers and support coordinators

Choosing Where I Live Planner

A participant-led planner for thinking about home: who I want to live with, where, what matters in a home, the support I need and…

Choice and control · Home and living

FreeVisual supports

For Speech pathologists

Everyday Choice Board

A printable choice board with twelve original symbols for everyday needs and responses, plus blank spaces and practitioner guidance on modelling and personalising.

Choice and control · Functional communication

Plus membersPractitioner and facilitator guides

For Speech pathologists

Growing Choice-Making

A guide for families and teams to build choice-making skills step by step, from choosing between two real objects to choosing from symbols and…

Choice and control · Choice-making

Plus membersChecklists

For NDIS providers and support coordinators

Hiring My Own Support Workers Checklist

A checklist for self-managing participants considering hiring support workers directly, covering roles, recruitment, screening, agreements, employer obligations, insurance and ongoing management.

Choice and control · Employing your own workers

Plus membersPrintable worksheets

For NDIS providers and support coordinators

Housemate Compatibility Reflection

A participant-led reflection for thinking about sharing a home: routines, noise, interests, privacy, visitors and support, to inform choices about who to live with.

Choice and control · Home and living

FreeEasy Read resources

For NDIS providers and support coordinators

How I Like My Supports (Easy Read)

An Easy Read support preferences profile that helps a participant tell new workers and providers how they like to be supported, what matters to…

Choice and control · Service coordination

Plus membersTemplates and planning tools

For NDIS providers and support coordinators

Interview Questions for Support Workers

A participant-led set of interview questions for choosing support workers, covering experience, values, communication, reliability and fit, with a simple scoring sheet.

Choice and control · Employing your own workers

Plus membersTemplates and planning tools

For NDIS providers and support coordinators

Leaving Support Coordination Plan

A capacity-building plan for participants working towards coordinating their own supports, mapping skills, practice tasks, supports needed and how responsibility will be handed over.

Capacity building · Choice and control

FreeVisual supports

For Disability support workers

Leisure Choice Board

A visual board of leisure activities for supporting choice, with blank tiles for the person's own favourites and a simple record of choices and…

Choice and control · Leisure and recreation

FreePrintable worksheets

For NDIS providers and support coordinators

My Goals in My Words

A participant-led goal exploration guide that works through life areas, what is working and what the person would like to change, then shapes their…

Choice and control · Goal setting

FreeTemplates and planning tools

For Positive behaviour support practitioners

One-Page Person Profile

A one-page profile capturing who the person is, what matters to them, what a good day looks like, how they communicate and the support…

Choice and control · Person-centred planning

Plus membersPrintable worksheets

For Disability support workers

Personal Care Preferences Profile

A respectful profile that records how a person likes to be supported with showering, dressing, grooming and other personal care, with privacy and dignity…

Choice and control · Personal care and dignity

Plus membersPrintable worksheets

For NDIS providers and support coordinators

Plan Management Options Reflection

A neutral reflection tool to help participants think through self-management, plan management and agency management, considering choice of providers, paperwork, control and support.

Choice and control · Plan management

FreeChecklists

For NDIS providers and support coordinators

Planning Meeting Preparation Pack

A practical pack that helps participants and supporters prepare for a planning or review meeting: what has changed, what to bring, questions to ask…

Advocacy and self-advocacy · Choice and control

Plus membersTemplates and planning tools

For Positive behaviour support practitioners

Preference Exploration Record

An informal landscape record for offering choices and noting how the person responds, to discover what they genuinely enjoy and build more of it…

Choice and control · Preference exploration

Plus membersChecklists

For NDIS providers and support coordinators

Questions to Ask a New Provider

A participant-facing question guide for meeting a possible new provider, covering the support, workers, costs, communication, cancellations and concerns, with space to compare providers.

Choice and control · Choosing providers

Plus membersPractitioner and facilitator guides

For NDIS providers and support coordinators

Risk Enablement Conversation Guide

A guide for supporting participants to take reasonable risks that matter to them, exploring benefits, possible harms, ways to reduce harm and the participant's…

Choice and control · Dignity of risk

FreeEasy Read resources

For NDIS providers and support coordinators

Service Agreements Explained (Easy Read)

An Easy Read explainer about service agreements: what they are, what they usually say, questions to ask before signing and what to do if…

Choice and control · Service agreements

Plus membersChecklists

For NDIS providers and support coordinators

Support Coordination Checklist

A stage-by-stage checklist for support coordinators covering plan start-up, connecting providers, ongoing coordination and preparing for review, plus a provider tracker.

Choice and control · Service coordination

Plus membersPractitioner and facilitator guides

For Disability support workers

Supported Decision-Making Guide for Support Workers

A practical guide for support workers on supporting people to make their own decisions, with the key principles, a six-step process and a simple…

Choice and control · Supported decision-making

Plus membersChecklists

For NDIS providers and support coordinators

Worker Induction Checklist for My Home

A participant-led induction checklist for new support workers, covering getting to know me, my routines, my home, my preferences, safety information and how I…

Choice and control · Person-centred planning

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