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Partners can also use this information to understand the person’s situation. This helps them to
support the person to connect with the right supports.
New assessment and manual assessment
A
new assessment refers to you completing a new PEDI-CAT or WHODAS assessment in
PACE. To learn more, go to articles:
Record assessment – PEDI-CAT
Record assessment – WHODAS.
A
manual assessment refers to any previously completed functional capacity assessments.
For example, a person might give you a report from their doctor. You will enter the scores from
the report in PACE.
The participant, their nominee or child representative, or their treating health professional can
provide the score of an external assessment.
Before completing the assessment
Before completing the assessment, check for any exceptions, including:
if the person does not want to complete assessment
if the person has a priority situation
if there are any identified risks
if they have reapplied within the last 6 months.
When contacting an applicant, participant, their provider, or authorised representative, you
must:
check their preferred communication method and authorisations
log an activity.
Read the articles:
Checking and updating a participant’s preferred communication method
Using the activity panel for logging an activity or internal note.
Complete a new assessment
You need to make the person feel comfortable when communicating. When you are talking to
them face to face or over the phone, make sure you:
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prepare for the conversation
understand the person-centred approach
understand the question you are asking
tailor wording from assessment questions
build
rapport
actively
listen
manage expectations with the individual that this does not mean they will get a funded
NDIS plan.
For more information, go to the Conversation Style Guide.
To begin a functional capacity assessment, you must create a new
Functional Capacity
Assessment case.
To do this, follow the steps in the article
Create a new functional
capacity assessment case.
Types of functional capacity assessments
There are many types of functional capacity assessments. We use them to help assess the
level of impact a person’s developmental delay or disability has on their lives.
For more information, go to articles:
General
Record information – life skills profile (LSP - 16)
Record assessment – WHODAS
Record assessment – PEDI-CAT
Hearing loss
Record information – Functional Impact of Hearing Loss
Vision loss
Record Information – Functional Impact of Vision Loss
Spinal Injury
Record Information – Level of Lesion
Traumatic brain injury
Record information – The care and needs scale
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