MODULE 2 — COLLECTING REPORTS

Collecting High-Quality Reports

How to request reports that contain the right clinical content and explicit recommendations decision-makers can act on.

What to ask clinicians to include

Clear functional assessment — how the condition affects daily tasks
Concrete examples of need (dates, tasks, severity)
Explicit recommendations: the support, frequency, duration, and expected outcome
Clinical reasoning and evidence (tests, observations)
Therapist credentials and signature

Template: Requesting a decision-ready report

To: [Clinician]
Subject: Report request — [Participant name] — Purpose: NDIS/School decision

Please include: functional assessment, daily examples, explicit recommendation (what, frequency, duration), link to goals, and a short clinical rationale. Please highlight the sections most relevant for decision-makers. Thank you.

Activity — Draft a report request

Use the template above to write a short request to a clinician, highlighting the decision the report must support.

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