NDIS Support
Supporting children and families to build understanding, skills, confidence and participation in everyday life.
From the Start is a registered NDIS provider offering practical, development informed support for children, young people, parents and carers.
We help families understand what may be happening underneath everyday challenges and identify practical ways to support development, regulation, participation and growing independence.
We support eligible self-managed, plan-managed and NDIA-managed participants.
We recommend checking that the service aligns with your plan and funding before booking.
Supporting Development in Everyday Life
Children learn, grow and develop skills through the everyday experiences and interactions that shape their world.
From getting ready in the morning and sharing mealtimes to playing, navigating transitions, participating at school and spending time with family, these everyday moments provide valuable opportunities to build confidence, independence and new skills.
At From the Start, our NDIS support focuses on understanding each child's unique strengths, developmental needs and experiences. We work alongside children, families and the important people in their lives to develop practical, individualised strategies that support learning, participation and wellbeing.
Our goal is to help children build meaningful skills in familiar environments, while giving the adults around them the understanding and tools to support their development with confidence.
From the Start supports NDIS participants and their families where our services are appropriate to the participant's goals, funded supports and individual needs.
Support may be helpful when
Helping parents and carers better understand their child's development, strengths, challenges and everyday support needs.
The focus is on building the confidence, understanding and practical skills of the adults around the child.
Helping families understand emotional regulation, co regulation, nervous system responses and the demands that may contribute to overwhelm.
Support focuses on practical changes that can be used during everyday family life.
Practical support for the thinking skills children use all day, such as:
Support around the moments that shape family life, including:
Looking beyond the behaviour you can see and considering the developmental, environmental, emotional, sensory, communication and executive functioning factors that may be contributing.
The aim is shared understanding, so the support you put in place fits the child in front of you.
With participant and family consent, and where appropriate, we can work alongside:
Our focus is not simply on asking, “How do we stop this behaviour?”
We want to understand what may be making the situation difficult and what support will help the child participate, develop skills and feel understood.
Consider development, regulation, executive functioning, communication, sensory needs, environment and the demands being placed on the child.
Identify skills the child is still developing and work out how adults can scaffold those skills in everyday situations.
Help parents and carers build the confidence, knowledge and practical skills to support their child throughout the week, not just during appointments.
When children feel connected and understood, they are better supported to learn, grow and build new skills. Adults can provide clear guidance while keeping the relationship at the centre.
We talk about your child, their strengths, your current concerns, everyday life and the goals you would like support with.
Together we consider the different factors that may be contributing to what is happening. This may include development, regulation, executive functioning, communication, sensory needs, environment and everyday demands.
We identify realistic supports, changes and strategies that fit naturally into family and community life.
As children develop and circumstances change, support can be reviewed and adjusted around new goals, strengths and emerging skills.
From the Start is a registered NDIS provider.
Our role is focused on child and family capacity building, developmental understanding, parent and carer coaching, and practical support for everyday participation.
Jodie Moar is not an NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner.
From the Start does not provide Specialist Behaviour Support, undertake NDIS functional behaviour assessments or develop NDIS Behaviour Support Plans.
If your child requires Specialist Behaviour Support, this should be provided by an appropriately registered provider and an NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner.
Where appropriate and with your consent, From the Start can work alongside your child's Behaviour Support Practitioner and other members of their support team.
For younger children, support can focus on building skills and participation within the routines and relationships that are already part of everyday life.
This may include
From the Start is a registered NDIS provider.
Whether a particular service can be funded through a participant's NDIS plan depends on the participant's individual plan, goals, available funding, funding management arrangements and current NDIS funding requirements.
Before ongoing services commence, we will discuss
A service agreement will be provided for ongoing NDIS services where required.
If you are unsure whether your funding can be used for the support you are looking for, we encourage you to check with your plan manager, support coordinator or the NDIA.
Flexible support for families across Australia.
Available in Brisbane and surrounding areas where appropriate.
Some supports may be provided within the child's everyday environment where appropriate to their goals, service agreement and location.
NDIS service fees will be discussed before support begins and clearly documented in the service agreement.
Where applicable, fees will be set in accordance with the current NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits and the supports From the Start is registered to provide.
Yes. From the Start is a registered NDIS provider.
From the Start helps children and families understand behaviour, development, regulation and everyday support needs, but Jodie is not an NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner.
We do not provide Specialist Behaviour Support, functional behaviour assessments or NDIS Behaviour Support Plans.
Where Specialist Behaviour Support is required, we can work alongside the participant's Behaviour Support Practitioner where appropriate.
Yes. With consent and where useful, we can collaborate with your child's existing professionals so that everyone has a shared understanding of the child's strengths, needs and goals.
Where appropriate and with consent, collaboration with educators may form part of the participant's support.
This depends on your individual plan, goals, available funding, funding management and the type of support requested.
We can explain the service we provide, but we cannot guarantee that the NDIS will fund a particular service.
From the Start is a registered NDIS provider.
Eligibility to provide a particular support will depend on the participant's plan and whether the requested support falls within the registration groups and supports From the Start is approved to deliver.
If you are unsure, contact us and we can discuss the service being requested before you book.
Supporting a child through the NDIS can involve a lot of services, terminology and different professionals.
You do not need to know exactly what type of support you need before getting in touch.
Tell us a little about your child, their goals and what you are hoping to make easier, and we can discuss whether From the Start is an appropriate fit.