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NDIS capacity building · ages 9 to 64

Six weeks. Everyday life. Practised for real.

Impact6 is a functional capacity program for NDIS participants aged 9 to 64. It builds the life skills you want to do yourself, like cooking, catching the bus or managing money, practised with a registered allied health practitioner where they happen.

Up to $6,984 from your plan1Pay only for what's delivered. Stop any time.
What 6 weeks includes
36 hours24 face to face in real places, plus up to 12 scoring, tailoring, planning and reporting.
Built around you
Your goal, developed.

Chosen by you, within an area of life your program builds, and practised every week.

Continuity of care
The same practitioner, start to finish.2

Registered with AHPRA or accredited by their professional body.

What Impact6 is for

Less help needed. More life, lived your way.

Independence isn't doing everything alone. It's doing what you want, when you want, without waiting on someone else to make it happen.

  • Head out when you're ready.
  • Choose what's for dinner.
  • Speak up at work.
  • Pay your own bills.

Every task you no longer need help with is a choice back in your hands. That's what functional capacity means, and it's what Impact6 builds. The NDIS looks at functional capacity across domains: areas of everyday life, like running a home or getting along with people. Impact6 builds every domain that practice can change, and each program develops the ones that matter most at that stage of life.

What's different: a set 6 weeks, practice in real places, the same practitioner throughout, and a score at the start and the end.

Find your 6 weeks

Start from the moment you're in.

Leaving school. Starting work. Moving out. Something changed. Life doesn't run to a timetable. Each program is built around what a stage of life asks of you, and the ages are only a guide. Choose the one that fits what you're facing now. The domains each one builds are listed on its card.

Typically ages 9–14

FOUNDATIONS

Routines, friends and first trips out.

Domains developed
  • Self care
  • Community life
  • Learning
  • General tasks
  • Relationships
See FOUNDATIONS →
Typically ages 15–18

TRANSITION

Life after school, ready before it starts.

Domains developed
  • Community life
  • Learning
  • Lifelong learning
  • General tasks
  • Relationships
See TRANSITION →
Typically ages 19–24

LAUNCH

Your place. Your money. Your say.

Domains developed
  • Domestic life
  • Community life
  • Communication
  • General tasks
  • Relationships
See LAUNCH →
Typically ages 25–44

ESTABLISH

Keep home, work and people running.

Domains developed
  • Domestic life
  • Community life
  • Lifelong learning
  • General tasks
  • Relationships
See ESTABLISH →
Typically ages 45–64

SUSTAIN

New ways to do familiar things.

Domains developed
  • Self care
  • Domestic life
  • Community life
  • Communication
  • General tasks
See SUSTAIN →
+ Ages 16 and over

WORK

Interviews, phone calls, asking for what you need, and getting on with the team. 6 weeks of practice for the parts of work that feel hardest.

Runs alongside or after any program. Paid from your Finding and Keeping a Job budget, not your daily living funds.

Domains developed
  • Communication
  • Learning
  • Lifelong learning
  • General tasks
  • Relationships
See WORK →

Not sure which one fits? The 2-minute plan check points you to the right program and shows which budget pays.

Impact6™. Get to can™.

I can catch the bus.I can cook dinner.I can ask for help.I can pay the rent.I can keep the job.

Can is the moment a task becomes yours. Not done for you. Done by you, because you practised it where it happens. Every can is a step toward the independence you choose.

Check if my plan covers it →Up to $6,984 from your plan1. Pay only for what's delivered.
Why it works

6 ways people learn, built into every session.

  1. 1Show, try, coach. See it, try it, get feedback.
  2. 2Track your own progress. Notice it, then manage it.
  3. 3Practise where it happens. At home and in your community, where you're comfortable and the goal matters.
  4. 4Solve it yourself. You plan the practice between sessions.
  5. 5Spaced, not crammed. Two sessions a week.
  6. 6Your goal, your drive. Goals you choose are goals you keep.

Taught your way. Your diagnosis shapes how we teach, and every activity comes in three levels, from more support to more challenge. The work starts at what you can do now and steps up as each skill becomes yours.

Each one is backed by decades of research and our team's 12 years of delivering programs one to one, and each program is shaped by life-stage research. See the evidence and sources →

How it starts

Three steps. No phone tag.

1

Check your plan

6 quick questions show which program fits and which budget pays.

2

Pick your start week

Choose a week that suits you. We confirm your practitioner.

3

Start week 1

Your first session finds where you're starting, and you set your goal.

Your 6 weeks

  1. Week 1We find your starting point and you set your goal.
  2. Weeks 1 to 6Practise in real places, twice a week.
  3. Week 6We score where you finished.
  4. Within 5 working daysYour Outcome Report arrives.
Check if my plan covers it →Next start week: Monday 2 November. Up to $6,984 from your plan1. Pay only for what's delivered.
Outcome Report

Every change documented. Confirmed.

Therapy shouldn't end with a guess. Your Outcome Report scores your 5 domains at the start and the end, in the functional capacity language the NDIS uses, so everyone can see what changed.

  • See the change. Progress you can see, not just feel.
  • Get your support team on the same page. Family and supports keep building on it. You choose who sees it.
  • Know what's next. What to keep practising.
Outcome ReportEXAMPLE ONLY · NOT A REAL PARTICIPANT
Domains developed · LAUNCHStart → end
  1. 1Domestic life3 → 2
  2. 2Community, social and civic life3 → 2
  3. 3Communication2 → 1
  4. 4General tasks and demands4 → 3
  5. 5Interpersonal interactions and relationships2 → 2

Type of Support: 0 Independent to 5 Pervasive. Lower means less help needed.

Goal, under Community, social and civic lifePay rent and bills on the day they're due.AchievedProgressedNot yetEvery goal gets one of these three readings at the end.

Support coordinator?

A published price, standard NDIS items and an Outcome Report within 5 working days of the last session. Refer online in a few minutes and choose the start week. We'll confirm within 24 hours.

Proud to receive referrals from support coordinators across Australia.

  • West End Support Services Ballarat
  • Meliora Life
  • Trinity Adventure Projects
  • OnSide
  • PALS
  • Ohana Specialist Support Coordination
  • Tender Loving Care Disability Services
  • Justus & Co
  • itec Group
  • Rocky Bay
  • iCoordinate Disability Services
  • Hope Life Care Services
  • Extended Families
  • Field of You
  • Care at Ngurra
  • Blooming Supports
  • cosupport
  • Community Solutions
  • afford
  • OKay Care
  • Arise Services
  • ARK Support Coordinators
  • Allinto
  • Access4u
  • Affinity SC
  • able2
  • Ability Hub Services
  • Urban Support
  • Life Caring WA
  • JP Trusted Advisor
  • Future Focus
  • Connect4U Australia
  • Aspire disAbility
  • omnia Community Health
  • Alara QLD
  • Coastlink
  • Disability Support Link
  • axis supports
  • Disability Services Ipswich
  • 9D Care
  • Uniting SA
  • MultiLink Community Services and Empowering Support Services
  • Empower Ability
  • Nganana Inc
  • Thrive Disability Collective
  • Gladys&Co
  • Holistic Care Support
  • Lifely
  • Yooralla
  • Auscare
  • Andurance Care Service
  • Affective Care
  • Total Support Services
  • Trinity Disability Care
  • Sunflower Disability Coordination
  • Inclusive Community Navigation
  • mcm
  • Ability 2 Bloom
  • Wellspace Australia
  • WISE life
  • Affinity Disability Services
  • Peak Coordination
  • Support Agency
  • Tide Assist
  • InMotion Group
  • myintegra
  • Auscare Support
  • Holistic Futures
  • Keylinks Community Services
  • Gateways
  • All About Recovery
  • Fortify Health Group
  • Raya Healthcare
  • Melbourne Pro Care

Quick answers

Who pays?

Your NDIS plan. The life-stage programs use Capacity Building: Improved Daily Living. WORK uses Finding and Keeping a Job. The plan check shows you where to look in your plan.

What if it isn't working?

Stop any time. You pay only for the sessions you've had, billed after each one. There's no exit fee.

Where do sessions happen?

Where your goal happens: at home, in your community or at work. Every session is face to face.

Why at home and not in a clinic?

That's deliberate. People learn best where they feel comfortable, and home and the local community are where the goal actually matters. A skill practised in your own kitchen or on your own bus route is one you can use the next day, not one you have to work out again somewhere else.

Why 8 domains and not all 12?

Mobility, behaviours of concern, mental and emotional health, and physical health need a different kind of support than 6 weeks of practice in real places. So Impact6 doesn't work on those 4, but anyone who wants the 8 it does build can take part.

Who comes to our home?

A registered allied health practitioner, such as an occupational therapist, developmental educator, speech pathologist, social worker or psychologist. They're registered with AHPRA or accredited by their professional body. Every practitioner holds a current NDIS Worker Screening clearance and, for participants under 18, a Working with Children Check where state law requires one. We keep the same practitioner throughout wherever possible.

Can family or support workers be there?

Yes. Parents, guardians and support workers are welcome at any session, or every session, with the participant's OK. They see what's being practised and learn how to back it up between visits. For a participant under 18, a parent, guardian or adult carer must be present for the whole of every session, including outings.

What if they won't join in?

Every session follows the same predictable shape, the work starts at a level they can manage, and they can say no to any activity. If it still isn't working, stop any time and pay only for the sessions delivered.

Does this replace our current therapist?

No. They do different jobs. Ongoing therapy supports you over the long run. Impact6 is a short, focused block: twice a week for 6 weeks, the same practitioner, one goal practised in the places it matters, and a score at the start and the end. You can keep your regular supports going and add Impact6 as a concentrated push, if your plan has room for both. With your consent, we'll share the Outcome Report with your therapist so everyone builds on the same progress.

Can I talk to someone first?

Yes. Book a call time that suits you and we'll ring you then. Book a call time →

Can NDIA-managed plans use Impact6?

Yes. Impact6 works with self-managed, plan-managed and NDIA-managed plans.

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