NDIS EXTERNAL PROVIDER INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES

We are doing what we can to support families with the NDIS process. As a school, we provide the following:

• A letter for families to include in their NDIS application to support the process;
• With parental consent:
• observation of the student in the classroom by an external Allied Professional engaged by the student’s family (external provider);
• communication between school therapy team and external providers via termly information exchange meetings ( these must be applied for and booked through the school assistant principal

DET guidelines indicate that for an external provider to meet with a student on a school site, the student requires staff supervision (for Duty of Care).

As a result, the following is not possible at Bayside Special Developmental School in or outside of school hours:

• 1:1 student sessions, such as therapy, counselling, etc... with an external provider;
• Provision of a space for an external provider to meet with a student 1:1

NDIS information exchange Pre meeting form.docx.doc