NDIS Progress Reports for Psychologists

An NDIS progress report requires participant information, therapy approach, standardised outcome evidence, functional impact across six NDIS domains, goal progress, risk analysis, and funding justification. ClientForms structures all 12 required sections and auto-fills outcome evidence from your assessment data.

Start with validated outcome measures (PHQ-9, GAD-7, K10, etc.), document score changes across sessions, map improvements to NDIS functional domains, and justify ongoing funding with Section 34 criteria. ClientForms automates the outcome evidence and functional mapping — you focus on clinical narrative.

The most commonly used outcome measures for NDIS psychology reporting are PHQ-9 (depression), GAD-7 (anxiety), K10 (psychological distress), and DASS-21 (depression/anxiety/stress). The NDIA values validated instruments administered at regular intervals to demonstrate clinical change over time. ClientForms supports all of these with automatic scoring and trend tracking.

The Reliable Change Index (RCI) is the minimum score change on a validated assessment that represents genuine clinical improvement, not measurement error. For example, a PHQ-9 score must change by at least 6 points to indicate reliable improvement. NDIA planners use RCI to distinguish real progress from statistical noise. ClientForms calculates RCI automatically using published psychometric thresholds.

ClientForms captures your client's severity timeline chart — including clinical severity bands — and embeds it directly into the Word document as a high-resolution image. No screenshots, no copy-paste, no resizing. The chart renders at print quality and shows the full assessment trajectory.

Yes. The report downloads as a .docx Word document. Auto-generated sections (outcome evidence, functional impact starting text, risk analysis) are pre-filled. Clinical narrative sections include guided prompts for you to complete. Save as PDF when finished and upload to the myNDIS portal.

The six NDIS functional domains are Communication, Social Interaction, Learning, Mobility, Self-Care, and Self-Management. NDIS progress reports should address how therapeutic progress maps to each relevant domain. ClientForms auto-generates starting text for each domain based on your client's assessment severity levels.

The PACE system shifts NDIS from activity-based to outcome-based reporting. Providers who demonstrate measurable clinical improvement with validated tools will see participant funding maintained or increased. Data-rich progress reports with embedded outcome evidence can override low algorithm scores in the new system.

Section 34 of the NDIS Act defines the criteria for support funding: the support must be related to the participant's disability, represent value for money, be likely to be effective, and take account of informal supports. ClientForms includes an interactive Section 34 checklist that must be completed before report download, ensuring compliance.

A comprehensive NDIS progress report typically takes psychologists 2-4 hours per client when written manually. With ClientForms, outcome evidence and functional impact text are auto-generated — you add clinical narrative to pre-structured sections. Most clinicians complete their report in 30-45 minutes.

Yes. ClientForms also generates outcome summary reports (email, Word, PDF, CSV) for GP letters, supervisor case reviews, insurance reports, and general clinical documentation. The NDIS report template is one of several export options.

ClientForms auto-embeds trend charts in editable Word documents, auto-fills functional impact across 6 NDIS domains, and includes a Section 34 compliance checklist — features NovoPsych does not offer. ClientForms uses deterministic scoring (no AI hallucination risk) and starts at $9/month versus NovoPsych's $30/month.

ClientForms is hosted in Australia (Sydney region), encrypted with AES-256 at rest and in transit, and compliant with Australian Privacy Principles. All report exports are logged with a 7-year audit trail, meeting NDIS record-keeping requirements. Row-level security ensures clinicians only access their own client data.

NDIS progress reports are included in the Starter plan ($9/month) and Professional plan ($19/month) at no extra cost — it's a built-in feature, not a separate product. The Free plan includes assessment scoring and trend tracking so you can evaluate the platform. Upgrade to Starter to unlock report generation and all export features.