People who are eligible for funding will need to go into a planning meeting ready to explain what they need to reach their goals and the support required. When it’s your turn, start thinking about what is important to you. You could start by thinking about:

• what supports you currently access and whether these meet your needs
• what you want to learn
• where you want to live
• what sort of work or community activity you want to do
• whether you have enough support to do these things.

Think about ways that you can gather information about things you want to do. Make lists, gather flyers and pamphlets or perhaps take photos with your phone or tablet so you can prioritise what is important to you.

When you develop your plan with the NDIS, let them know if you’d like some support to implement your plan.

The NDIS might refer to a Local Area Coordinator (LAC) or fund Support Coordination in your plan.

A LAC is someone from the NDIS or a partnered organisation who helps you to implement your plan at a basic level. If you require extra help you will be funded for a Support Coordinator. This could be because your plan is more complex. There are three types of support coordination:

• Support Connection – short term assistance to find services and develop service agreements. This is the level of support that a LAC will generally provide.
• Coordination of Support – can also help you to find services and develop service agreements, but there may be some extra complexity
• Specialist Support Coordination – for participants with very complex needs, that require coordination by specialists.

People who are eligible for funding will need to go into a planning meeting ready to explain what they need to reach their goals and the support required. When it’s your turn, start thinking about what is important to you. You could start by thinking about:

• what supports you currently access and whether these meet your needs
• what you want to learn
• where you want to live
• what sort of work or community activity you want to do
• whether you have enough support to do these things.

Think about ways that you can gather information about things you want to do. Make lists, gather flyers and pamphlets or perhaps take photos with your phone or tablet so you can prioritise what is important to you.

When you develop your plan with the NDIS, let them know if you’d like some support to implement your plan.

The NDIS might refer to a Local Area Coordinator (LAC) or fund Support Coordination in your plan.

A LAC is someone from the NDIS or a partnered organisation who helps you to implement your plan at a basic level. If you require extra help you will be funded for a Support Coordinator. This could be because your plan is more complex. There are three types of support coordination:

• Support Connection – short term assistance to find services and develop service agreements. This is the level of support that a LAC will generally provide.
• Coordination of Support – can also help you to find services and develop service agreements, but there may be some extra complexity
• Specialist Support Coordination – for participants with very complex needs, that require coordination by specialists.