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EC PEC – Capacity building – How to complete early childhood intervention supports questions

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1 Recent updates …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4

2 Before you start …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5

3 How to complete early childhood intervention supports questions ………………………… 6 3.1 Example: Billy ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6 3.2 PEC case questions for early childhood intervention at an intensive level …………………… 7 3.2.1 Question: Has the need for intensive early childhood supports been identified? …………………….. 7 3.2.2 Question: Who has recommended intensive early childhood supports? Please specify …………… 8 3.2.3 Question: Is an additional level of early childhood supports required to share strategies in mainstream settings? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8

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When we say, early childhood intervention supports we mean Early Intervention Supports for Early Childhood which is an NDIS support we fund in NDIS plans for children younger than 9.

This article provides guidance for early childhood partners and planner delegates on:

how to complete the Personal and Environmental Circumstances (PEC) case
capacity building questions relating to early childhood intervention including early childhood intervention at an intensive level.

Careful consideration should be made when completing the PEC case to best reflect the child and their family’s actual circumstances and NDIS funded support needs. The PEC case is used to inform the draft budget and planner delegate reasonable and necessary decision making.

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1 Recent updates

7 April 2026

Title change: Previously EC – PEC Capacity building – How to complete early intervention supports for early childhood questions
Recording information for assessing risk and implementing safeguards for children
Additional guidance to support answering PEC case questions for early childhood intervention at an intensive level
‘Billy’ example revised to include what is meant by delay in emotional development, how it is impacting on participation and examples of mainstream supports family could have tried before asking for NDIS support
Example free text field responses

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2 Before you start

You have read and understood:

article EC Early childhood intervention supports overview to learn more about what we mean by developmental areas of need, levels of early childhood intervention, including early childhood intervention at an intensive level.

For information on the PEC case Capacity building questions that relate to other areas, go to articles:

EC Early childhood intervention supports guide (EC Guide)
EC PEC – Capacity building – Health and wellbeing (Disability-related health supports)
EC PEC – Capacity building – Regulated restrictive practices
EC PEC – NDIS Pathway Hearing Stream.

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3 How to complete early childhood intervention supports questions

When working through the PEC case questions it is important that the early childhood partner or planner delegate:

considers all the available information, including information they have gathered from the family and other professionals who support the child. They should provide responses to the PEC case questions based on the child and family’s strengths and needs in the context of the responsibility of the NDIS. This might not align with the amount or type of funding a family is requesting.
ensures any requests for funding from a family are accurately recorded in the Activity Log – Internal Note
provides sufficient information to explain their responses to PEC case questions in terms of the family’s context and the information needed to satisfy the requirements of NDIS legislation
records information in the system about any concerns or factors which can provide further detail for NDIA staff and partners to assess potential harm at a future date. This information is important for assessing risk and implementing safeguards for children. For more information on safeguarding during the planning process go to article Guide – Safeguarding the participant’s interests.

Having accurate information is important as responses to PEC case questions will help inform the draft budget for first plans. For all plans, responses to PEC case questions provides important information to help planner delegates make funding decisions.

Sometimes, the person asking the PEC case questions will need to ask follow-up questions to draw out the information needed to help with a funding decision.

The free text fields have character limits. If more space is required, add the information to internal note in the Activity log.

For each developmental area that is identified as needing capacity building support:

select whether the NDIS support needed is medium to low or high
describe in the free text field what the child can do, or requires support to do, to indicate why you have selected medium to low or high.

Once a draft budget is generated, a planner delegate will consider it against the reasonable and necessary criteria. They will need to review all the available information to allow them to make an informed decision about funding in the plan.

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