Advice Support Tool

Theme: Capacity Building (can sometimes be linked to Assistive technology driver control requests also) Sub-Theme(s): Driving lessons References: [include any relevant referenced documents]

• NDIS Act 2013 Section 34.1(a) - (f) and 2.
• NDIS Support for Participant Rules 2013
• NDIS Operational Guidelines – Vehicle Modifications and Driving Supports

Note: All criteria need to be met for the supports to be funded through the NDIS.

Criteria for reasonable and necessary	Is criteria	Considerations (including evidence used)
supports	met?
34.1(a) Enabling the participant’s goals and objectives
(supports will assist the participant to pursue the goals and objectives in their plan)
☐ Yes	Does the participant have a goal to Drive to independently access the community?
redacted: s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies
34.1(b) Assist the participant’s social and economic participation
(supports will assist the participant to undertake activities to facilitate their social and economic participation)
☐ Yes	redacted: s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies
34.1(c) Value for money (supports represents value for money, ie the costs of support are reasonable, both in terms of the benefits achieved and the cost of alternative support)
Consider NDIS Support for Participant Rules 2013 Part 3.1(a) – (f);
s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies
☐ Yes	redacted: s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies

Criteria for reasonable and necessary supports

Are there comparable support options which would achieve the same outcome at a substantially lower cost? What alternative supports were considered?

Is there evidence that the support will substantially improve the life stage outcomes and be of long-term benefit to the participant?

Is there evidence that funding support is likely to increase independence and reduce funded support costs in the long-term?

Is there evidence the support will increase the participant’s independence and reduce the participant’s need for other kinds of supports?

(d)-certain operations of agency

Is there evidence the quoted support cost is comparable to expected cost of same kind of supports? sparen yageres

Is criteria met?	Considerations (including evidence used)
s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies	Driving is one of the most complex learned tasks humans perform as several physical controls are co-ordinated under time pressure while monitoring and safely responding to a fast paced constantly changing environment. It has high safety risks also.
s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies

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Criteria for reasonable and necessary supports	Is criteria met?	Considerations (including evidence used)
s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies
For new Learner drivers:
As per the NDIS Operational Guidelines : What other supports do we fund? When we fund vehicle modifications and driving supports, we may also fund other related supports. This includes help to: get specialised driving lessons if you need to learn to drive a modified vehicle or get additional driving lessons where your disability affects your ability to learn to drive. It’s important to remember that learning to drive often costs money whether or not you have a disability so we don’t fund all driving lessons.

s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies NDIS do not fund lessons for purpose of driving practice alone to achieve the required hours, this is an everyday responsibility provided by informal supports. | 34.1(d) Support is effective or beneficial for the participant (supports will be, or are likely to be, effective for desired effect and beneficial for the participant, having regard to current good practice) Consider NDIS Support for Participant Rules 2013 Part 3.2 and 3.3 What are the expected benefits of the support provision? How will effectiveness of achieved outcome be measured? When will effectiveness of achieved outcome be achieved? Are there other supports required to achieve or maximise the reported support outcomes for participant? | O Yes O No As per the NDIS Operational Guidelines : Are the vehicle modifications and driving supports effective and beneficial for you? You’ll need a driver trained occupational therapist if the modifications are specific to how you’ll drive the vehicle. They’ll work with you and assess your needs, including all the things you need to get your driver’s licence. A driver trained occupational therapist has extra qualifications to assess the task of driving, by looking at how you use your vision, body and thinking to drive. If you’ve had modifications in the past but your driving ability has now changed, the driver trained occupational therapist will also need to check whether your modifications need to be changed.

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Criteria for reasonable and necessary supports

Criteria for reasonable and necessary supports	Is criteria met?	Considerations (including evidence used)
s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies

34.1(e) Support coordinates with but does not replace informal support

(funding or provision of supports takes account of what it is reasonable to expect families, carers, informal networks and the community to provide) Consider NDIS Support for Participant Rules 2013 Part 3.4

	Yes	No
	s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies	redacted: s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies
redacted: NDIS do not fund lessons for purpose of driving practice alone to achieve the required hours, this is an everyday responsibility provided by informal supports.

As for all Australians purchase of a suitable vehicle with full participant access to this long term is also required to enable the final independent transport solution.

34.1(f) Support is most appropriately funded by the NDIS

(supports are not more appropriately funded or provided through other general service systems or universal service obligations) Consider NDIS Support for Participant Rules 2013 Schedule 1.

	Yes	No
	redacted: s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies	redacted: s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies
redacted: MIDI lessons for participants that have previously (or currently ) held a drivers license and now require MDI lessons due to their accessed disability would be funded by NDIS.

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Criteria for reasonable and necessary supports

Criteria for reasonable and necessary supports	Is criteria met?	Considerations (including evidence used)
s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies

Support does not duplicate other supports

(supports do not duplicate other supports delivered under alternative funding through the NDIS such as Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) funding.) Consider NDIS Support for Participant Rules 2013 Part 5.1

	Yes	No

Are all of the above criteria met for all supports?

	Yes	No

Version Control

Version #	Status	Date	Modified by	Brief Description of Modification
V1.0	Cleared	31/08/2023	MF0018	Production of initial V1.0
V1.0	Cleared	05/09/2023	JIF775	Transferred to Key Advisor Advice Resources repository

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