This FCA template and course is written from an Occupational Therapy perspective. While it may be suitable for use by other health professionals completing FCAs, some of the content included may be considered outside of normal scope of practice for non-OTs. It is recommended you seek supervision from an experienced health professional of your own discipline (if you are not an OT) to determine if any variations of this FCA are required.

The short answer is - nobody knows. While there are plans to comment Support Needs Assessments in mid-2026, there are still many unanswered questions about the roll out and logistics. There is potential that FCAs will continue to be required in some circumstances even once Support Needs Assessments commence, however the details are not known. Even if FCAs are no longer required, you may find this template and the comments provided within it, assist you to improve your report writing clarity for other NDIS and non-NDIS reports - so there will still be value even if it is not needed long term.

Yes, you can share the template within the same company - this is so the template can be used in a way that allows consistency across your workplace. BUT this doesn't mean you can share the template with your OT friend, physio mother-in-law, or that 'super nice person you met at a conference'. Access to the FCA course is per person only; please do not share your login details with the rest of your team! If you'd like your team to access the course, or if you'd like to recommend the template to someone else, please share my website with them, or ask them to reach out to me directly. As a solopreneur I rely on fair purchasing to keep providing my services and products at affordable prices. If in doubt, please feel free to ask.

When you purchase the template it will be immediately delivered to your email inbox and you will also be provided access to it via a Learning Management System; this is where your bonus webinar and video recordings will be kept. You'll be able to access the LMS content for 12 months, which means if there are any FCA template updates in that time, you'll be able to access the updated version for free!

You will have 6 months to access the FCA course content. But, it life gets busy, or you find you're still referring back to it yourself beyond 6 months, please get in touch and I can extend your access.

No, unfortunately not, due to the depth of the content within the template. The Your OT Tutor memberships are also targeted at any OTs, not just those working within the NDIS, so it has been excluded to keep costs down. After the initial launch, members will be able to purchase the template for a discounted price. The Alliance membership does however include access to some other NDIS resources, including the webinar "NDIS FAQs: What you're asking most in 2025" and the online course "Navigating the NDIS: A beginner's course for clinicians.

This template and course were created with examples, tips and links to extra resources with adult NDIS participants in mind. The overall structure of the template and many of the examples and principles will be applicable to a paediatric caseload, especially older adolescents, but there are no paediatric specific examples included within this template. Likewise the FCA process outlined in the course will be transferable to a paediatric population, however there are no paediatric specific case studies. Many paediatric OTs have completed the course and found it helpful, however I would recommend any new graduate paediatric OTs discuss this course with their supervisor before purchasing (I don't want it to confuse you!).