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01_653_0118_1_3
Speech Pathologist - Early Childhood - Core

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Support Category

PACE: 01: Daily Activities
MyPlace: 01: Daily Activities

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653
Sequence Number

653

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0118
Registration Group

0118: Early Intervention Supports for Early Childhood

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Outcome domain

1: Daily Living

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Support Purpose

3: Capacity Building

Where a support item does not have a price limit then the provider and participant should agree on the reasonable price for the support. If necessary, they should also agree on the billing schedule for the support. In the NDIS Support Catalogue marked under empty type.

Line Item Description

01_653_0118_1_3 Assessment Recommendation Therapy or Training - EC - Speech Pathologist
This NDIS support item is listed under the Core - Assistance with Daily Life support category. It has been temporarily duplicated into this category to provide participants with greater access to these supports if they are needed.

Support Details

This item is for capacity building supports in early childhood, designed to assist a child younger than 9 with a developmental delay or disability, along with their family or carers. The support is intended to help the child work towards increased functional independence and social participation. It can be provided in home, community, and early childhood education settings.

It is expected that these supports are delivered in line with the NDIS Commission's NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators for Early Childhood Supports.

This item can also be used for the assessment, planning, and delivery of Disability-Related Health Supports where these supports directly relate to a participant's significant and permanent functional impairment and assist them to undertake activities of daily living.

Provider Qualifications

This support item must be delivered by a Speech Pathologist. A Speech Pathologist is defined as a person who is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist (CPSP) as approved by Speech Pathology Australia.


Claiming Guidelines

This support item can be delivered to individual participants or to groups, subject to the rules for group-based supports.

In addition to direct service provision, providers can claim using this line item for the following activities:

Non-Face-to-Face Support Provision
Provider Travel
Short Notice Cancellation (2 clear business days)
NDIA Requested Reports

Providers can also claim for the non-labour costs of travel separately using the line item 01_799_0118_1_1.

Limited Access Description

Capacity Building Line Item in Core. Only to be used in exceptional situations. Unless explicitly written in participant's plan (Core) or with in writing permission from their NDIS planner (no LAC).

Line Item Parameters

  • Non-Face-To-Face

    Some activities can be delivered without the participant percent

  • Provider Travel

    Some providers can charge participants for the time it takes them to travel and deliver support

  • Quote Required
  • Short notice cancellations
  • NDIA requested reports
  • Irregular SIL reports