What is your method of communication? Verbal – fluent in English, use single words, simple sentences, or short phrases? Non-Verbal – Sign Language, pictorial system, electronic devices, gestures, body language, communication book, vocalisations/sounds? Comprehension of verbal directions/instructions? How do you make choices? Literacy – can the person write, read?
Ability to walk, go up and down stairs, long distances? Stand unsupported, used wheelchair/walker?
Water, roads, hot things, public places, stranger danger, can you swim in pool/beach/dam? How do you respond in crowds? Ability to manage water temperature, can you be left alone for short periods of time at home or in public?
Type of assistance (loading spoon, supporting elbows, full assistance)? What utensils are preferred, special equipment, left or right hand? Drinking - out of an open cup, spouted cup, use a straw? Ability to hold the cup and drink – without support, assistance with holding the cup/straw?) If meals are taken via a gastrostomy tube, please complete the Tube feeding management plan.
Sleeping (Ability to sleep a full night – requirements for complete darkness, night lights, closed/open door, favourite toys to take to bed, cd playing? Night routine, bedtime, and wake time in the morning? If you wake in the middle of the night, how should I respond?
Independent, nappies, continence aids, toilet training, menstruation, assistance required, prompted to go to the toilet, assistance with wiping?
Preference for shower or bath, independent with bathing, assistance required – full assistance, prompting, hair washing adjusting water temperature. Drying, tooth brushing, shaving?
Independent, assistance required – full assistance, picking weather appropriate clothes, buttons, shoelaces? Ability to choose clothes for the day?
Hearing Impairment, vision, mental health disorders
An emergency management plan needs to be developed and attached to the end of this document for the following areas: allergies, asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, gastrostomy tube feeding, medical condition
auditory, tactile (touch, pressure), proprioception (sensation from muscles/joints), vestibular (movement), visual, olfactory (smell), taste
Time away from family, can you manage your own money, can you have alcohol, and how much can, or should you drink? Inappropriate sexualised behaviours/public masturbation?
Please refer to NDIS plan