Technical Advisory Branch Research Document Papers
Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,
I am requesting Research Documents the Technical Advisory Branch have with the following topics:
- GPS Tracking
- Locating OT assessment resources for TAB/AAT cases
- Government PBS Safety net considerations
- Group based pain management programs
- Neurofeeedback therapy
- Air conditioning
- Air conditioning maintenance costs
- Power subsidy schemes
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Therapy and sensory items (weighted/autism focused)
- Partners in recovery program
- Self reported functional capacity, perceived disability, and actual functional performance
- Recreational supports: barriers to participation (people with a disability vs people without a disability)
- SDA Vacancies search
- Matrix of entities responsible for authorisation of RRP
- Treatments to remedy Depression and chronic anxiety
- Evidence based treatments for chronic anxiety
- Determining personal care hours for a range of tasks
- Alternative funding options for medications not PBS approved
- Computer based interactive cognitive training
- Cost of meal preparation and delivery
- Adaptive behaviour assessment system
- Therapy best practice
- Dialectical behaviour therapy
- Exposure therapy for PTSD
- Ratios of direct support
- Restrictive practice - NDIS State based information
- Common home automations
- Long covid
- Gym membership in Australia
- Take away / Eating out habits of Australians
- Efficacy of equine therapy
- Sensory based therapy
- Pet ownership and mental health
- Home modifications and behaviours of concern
- Summary of evidence quality of 6 cooking skills related articles
- Mainstream and community transport options
- Efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation on functional outcomes for people with psychosocial conditions
- Psychometric scoring properties and criteria for ABAS 3rd edition
- Evaluation of CANS, ABAS-3, LSP-16 outcome measures
- Air conditioning and thermoregulation
- Myalgic encephalomyelitis - chronic fatigue syndrome
- Administering medication in Australia
Yours faithfully,
Brooke Bickley
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Emily Lacey left an annotation ()
Hi Brooke,
The ME/CFS document has already been released here: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/t...
Unfortunately, I think it's likely that the agency is going to refuse your request as the "resource impact of processing request would be substantial and unreasonable" due to the number of documents you have requested. Or they will to ask that you revise your request to include only a handful of documents at a time. https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/...
I've requested the thermoregulation/aircon documents in this request, if you want to exclude those from yours and follow along with mine: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/t...
And someone else has made a request that includes the autism focused therapy and sensory items document, if you want to do the same for that: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/t...
Fingers crossed they decide to be generous and do it all at once, but I just wanted to let you know that you might need to pick a few priority items and start from there.