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Early connections make sure you get the right supports and services to help with your child’s individual needs. Your early childhood partner will talk with you about the different ways you and your child can receive supports.

If your child meets the eligibility criteria to become a NDIS participant then your early childhood partner will use information gathered about goals, assessments, and connections with community and mainstream supports to help create your child’s NDIS plan.

This page explains how an early childhood partner will gather information to work out if your child is likely to meet the criteria for developmental delay.

If your child has been diagnosed with a permanent hearing loss, your audiologist will refer you to Hearing Australia. Under the NDIS Pathway Hearing Stream, Hearing Australia can help you quickly apply to the NDIS at your first appointment.

Learn how some participants have achieved their home and living goals through supported independent living.

A participant’s SIL funding is not linked to a specific provider, existing service or a provider-determined support model. Once the participant has an approved plan, providers can discuss the exact supports to be delivered within the approved funding and manage support delivery.

There are 3 levels of support coordination that can be included in a participant’s plan.

A key role of a support coordinator is to help participants to connect to NDIS and other supports.

A key role of a support coordinator is to broker supports and services in line with a participants wishes and their plan budget.

A key role of a support coordinator is to help the participant to monitor their plan budgets and effectiveness of their supports.