Prepare for your child’s NDIS check-in, plan change or decision review

An upcoming check-in, a request to change a plan and an internal review of a decision are different processes. Choose what you need help with.

Guidance checked 25 October 2026. The NDIS is updating its guidance; use the official links and confirm your next step with your NDIS contact.

What brings you here?

A regular check-in or reassessment is coming upSupport needs have changed significantlyI disagree with an NDIS decisionI’m not sure which process I need

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The main thing you want them to understand A recent example

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Main thing: the help needed to join in at school. Example: in three group activities this week, a teacher’s aide broke the instructions into one step at a time.

A note against a report task might read: “School support plan, October 2026. Ask the school for a more recent example before the meeting.”

Official sources

Checked against these pages on 25 October 2026.

This is general information to help you prepare, not financial, legal or NDIS eligibility advice. Services Australia and the NDIA make every decision, and their rules change, so check the official pages linked here before you apply.

Prepare for your child’s NDIS check-in, plan change or decision review

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