Suggested
Improved daily living
Daily routines, regulation, communication, readiness, and independence need practical skill support.
Review pathwayFunding pathways
Match Phil to thesupport need.
Start with what is hard for the person, then use the pathway cards to decide what to review with a plan manager, support coordinator, OT, or allied-health professional.
NDIS-aligned
Practical
Evidence-first
General information only. Funding decisions depend on the participant, their plan, evidence, and how the support is used.
Support question
What feels hard right now?
Start with the support need, then use pathway language as a conversation starter with a plan manager, support coordinator, OT, or allied-health professional.
1. Need
What is hard now?
2. Pathway
What may fit?
3. Evidence
What helps review?
4. Wording
What needs checking?
Support need triage
Step 1 of 4May also fit
Assistive technology
The person you support needs software support to do disability-related tasks more independently.
Review pathwayBoundary stays visible: General information only. Review against the person's plan, evidence, current NDIS guidance, and professional judgment before using wording or invoice language.
Matched review
Show the next decision without promising funding.
The strongest pathway page keeps caution visible while helping parents, supporters, and professionals know what to discuss next.
Conversation order
A safer order for the pathway conversation.
Start with the support need. Move to pathway language after the person, evidence, and wording are clear.
Relevant categories
Relevant NDIS categories.
Use these as conversation starters once the support need is clear.
General information only. Review against the person's plan, evidence, and current NDIS guidance.
Assistive technology
Software that helps do disability-related tasks more independently.
Improved daily living
Daily routines, regulation, communication, and independence.
Improved relationships
Social interaction, repair, emotion regulation, and positive support.
Increased social and community participation
Joining activities, communication confidence, and participation.
Finding and keeping a job
Interviews, feedback, workplace communication, and work readiness.
Support coordination / supporter context
Shared context, next support moves, and team coordination.
Pathway details
What to say when someone asks how Phil may fit.
Each section keeps the language tied to functional support, evidence, and accurate wording.
When this may fit
Assistive technology
This may be the discussion when you use Phil as disability-related software that helps the person you support do tasks more independently, safely, or consistently.
Wording to review
Assistive technology software used to support functional communication, readiness, routines, and participant independence.
What Phil supports
Readiness prompts and support profiles that make patterns easier to understand.
Conversation and regulation practice that can be repeated outside a session.
Shared support context for the people helping someone use the tool consistently.
Evidence that may help
Useful evidence may include the functional task being supported, the disability-related barrier, why ordinary software is not enough, and observations from a trial.
When this may fit
Improved daily living
This may fit when the person you support is building practical routines, communication, independence, emotional regulation, or daily living skills.
Wording to review
Capacity-building support tool used to practise daily living skills, regulation routines, functional communication, and participant independence.
What Phil supports
Sensory, routine, communication, transition, and body-state support profiles.
Steady Space resets for emotional regulation and readiness.
Short practice loops that convert support insight into daily action.
Evidence that may help
Useful evidence may include goals, daily support observations, routine barriers, and notes about what helps the person act more independently.
Official sources
When this may fit
Improved relationships
This may fit where the person you support needs structured practice for social interaction, communication repair, emotional regulation, or behaviour-related support goals.
Wording to review
Disability-related software support for social conversation practice, communication repair, emotional regulation, and relationship skill development.
What Phil supports
Practice for hard conversations across home, school, friendships, work, conflict, repair, and asking for help.
Mentor-guided context so practice reflects real support goals.
Support notes that show what communication strategies appear to help.
Evidence that may help
Useful evidence may include relationship or behaviour-support goals, examples of communication pressure, and observations from a parent, teacher, support worker, or allied health professional.
Official sources
When this may fit
Increased social and community participation
This may fit when the person you support is preparing to join activities, communicate in groups, manage participation pressure, or build confidence in community settings.
Wording to review
Capacity-building support used to practise social participation, communication confidence, emotional regulation, and community participation skills.
What Phil supports
Scenario practice for joining in, asking questions, planning a transition, or recovering after a difficult interaction.
Interest-led learning and practice examples that make participation more motivating.
Evidence of repeated practice, confidence-building, and support moves over time.
Evidence that may help
Useful evidence may include the participation goal, what currently blocks participation, trial notes, and the support strategies that make joining in more likely.
Official sources
When this may fit
Finding and keeping a job
This may fit where disability-related communication, readiness, feedback, interview, or workplace pressure affects work preparation.
Wording to review
Disability-related support tool for workplace communication practice, interview readiness, feedback rehearsal, and work-readiness confidence.
What Phil supports
Interview practice, feedback rehearsal, and workplace communication preparation.
Role-specific pressure practice for explaining needs, asking for help, and repairing misunderstandings.
Practice history and confidence signals that can support work-readiness planning.
Evidence that may help
Useful evidence may include employment goals, examples of work-related communication barriers, mentor or support-worker observations, and a practice plan.
Official sources
When this may fit
Support coordination / supporter context
This may fit where your main need is coordinated support context across parents, carers, teachers, allied professionals, support workers, or mentors.
Wording to review
Support context tool used alongside informal and professional supports to coordinate communication, readiness signals, support notes, and next support actions.
What Phil supports
A shared signal trail for readiness, routines, support profile actions, and practice history.
One useful next support move so your team can coordinate without overloading the person you support.
Mentor-guided context that connects participant goals to practical support actions.
Evidence that may help
Useful evidence may include who uses the shared context, what coordination problem it solves, how it reduces support friction, and how it aligns with the plan.
Official sources
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