Early Childhood Partners deliver the ECEI approach, which helps children aged between 0 and 6 years who have a developmental delay or disability.

Early Childhood Partners employ ECEI Coordinators who help children and their families access supports and services that are tailored to the child’s needs.

This includes:

• helping children who need long term support to gather evidence and apply for the NDIS
• helping with connections to other services, such as community health services, playgroups or other activities available in the community

Providing support to a person, either a child or an adult, as early as possible to reduce the impacts of the disability or developmental delay and build skills and independence.

Partners in the Community employ Local Area Coordinators (LAC).

For most people aged seven years and older, an LAC will be their main point of contact for the NDIS.

An LAC will connect people with disability to supports, services, activities in their community and other government services. LACs also work in communities to help them become more accessible and inclusive for all people with disability.

This is the Commonwealth government agency responsible for the NDIS

In Basic Terms the scheme that enables funding directly to people with a disability.

Under the NDIS, there are 2 types of nominee:

• a plan nominee and
• a correspondence nominee.

A single person can be appointed as both plan nominee and correspondence nominee. Either type of nominee can be appointed either indefinitely or for a specified term

Partners in the Community are community-based organisations working with the NDIA to deliver the NDIS. These partners provide Early Childhood Early Intervention (ECEI) or Local Area Coordination; some organisations provide both

A permanent and significant disability means a disability is likely to be lifelong and has a substantial impact on a person’s ability to complete everyday activities

Can help implement your plan and build your ability to connect with supports and services. Your NDIS Planner may also consider a Support Coordinator if your situation is more complex or you have specific goals you need help to achieve.

In order to be considered reasonable and necessary, a support or service:

• must be related to a participant’s disability
• must not include day-to-day living costs not related to your disability support needs, such as groceries
• should represent value for money
• must be likely to be effective and work for the participant, and
• should take into account support given to you by other government services, your family, carers, networks and the community.

Assistance or products that help a person to complete everyday tasks, to work or participate in the community, and reach their goals.