This guidance is for anyone based at a local authority or health board who has been asked to provide supporting information.
As a general guide, supporting information requests will include no more than 5 questions. In some cases, there may be more questions.
In this section we ask about any conditions and sensory issues the child or young person has.
We consider these details in relation to what’s expected at the child or young person’s age.
If you’re waiting for the results of a test or diagnosis, you can tell us about any symptoms they have and how they are affected.
Sensory issues could include anything that affects their:
Examples of some conditions you might want to add:
For example, do their symptoms result in issues that prevent them learning, such as memory issues, trouble concentrating or emotional distress?
For example:
For example:
You can tell us if the help needed can vary at different times or in different situations. You can include any physical or mental problems caused by their hearing or what they can hear.
For example:
Tell us if the help needed can vary at different times or in different situations.
You can also tell us if the child or young person’s symptoms may also result in non-verbal communication.
For example:
Tell us if the help needed can vary at different times or in different situations. You can also tell us about anything we have not listed in the examples.
For example, if the child or young person:
For example:
For example, is the child or young person:
You can also include other conditions and sensory issues that may not be in the examples. Include the type of issues they have, how this affects them and any help or support they need because of these issues.
Examples of sensory issues might include issues with:
In this section we ask about any help, support or care the child or young person needs during the day or night. This includes:
Physical support, like:
And non-physical support, like:
Examples of fits, seizures or blackouts include:
You can also tell us things like whether the child or young person can:
You can tell us whether the child or young person:
Include how seriously they can be affected and how often it can happen.
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You can tell us about the help the child or young person needs going to or using the toilet during the day.
You can include how often they need help and how long it can take doing things like:
You can tell us about the help the child or young person needs eating or drinking. You can include how often they need help and how long it can take.
You can also tell us things like if they:
Tell us if the help needed can vary at different times or in different situations.
You should include how often they need help and how long it can take.
This may include any issues they have moving around in their home, a friend’s home, school or anywhere else inside. (Chairs can also mean wheelchairs.)
Below are some examples of things they might have issues with:
You should include how often they need help and how long it can take. For example, tell us if the help or support needed can vary at different times or in different situations.
You can also include further variations such as whether the child or young person falls when moving around indoors or outdoors resulting in the following or similar:
You should include how often they need help and how long it can take.
Examples of some hobbies:
Examples of activities:
Include:
If they do not take part in any activities, you can tell us about any activities or hobbies they would do if the right help or support was available.
This could include needing someone to keep an eye on them because of how they feel or behave, or how they react to people and things around them.
Supervision might include:
For example, tell us if the supervision needed can vary at different times or in different situations.
You could include how often they need supervision and how long it can take.
Night begins when the parent or guardian goes to bed. For example, if the child or young person goes to bed at 7pm and they go to bed at 10pm, then night begins at 10pm.
Help or support might include the child or young person needing help:
You can include:
Day begins when the parent or guardian gets up. For example, if they get up at 6am and the child or young person gets up at 8am, then day begins at 6am.
Help or support might include the child needing help:
You can tell us if the help needed can vary at different times or in different situations.
They may need help to:
This could include information about:
For example, you can tell us if the supervision needed can vary at different times or in different situations.
You can then tell us about your choices, or add other descriptions of the help they need with their development.
You should include how often they need help and how long it can take.
In this section, we ask about any medication the child or young person needs. You can tell us how often they need each medication and the level of support they need to take them.
If you answer is Yes, you can tell us:
You should write down as many as you need.
For example:
Medication can include:
For example, does someone else have to prepare it or give it to them?
Side effects can be anything that affects their daily life because of the medication, but that would not happen if they did not take the medication.
This could be anything we haven’t mentioned that you think may be relevant.
In this section we ask about any equipment the child or young person uses or any changes made to their home.
Equipment could support their physical, sensory or emotional needs.
For example:
They could use these at home, at school or anywhere else.
Changes to their home could be a number of things.
For example:
You can tell us how they use the equipment and what help they need to use it. You can add as many as you need.
Include:
For example:
For example:
For example:
This could be anything we haven’t mentioned that you think may be relevant.
In this section we ask about any treatments or therapies that the child or young person gets.
You can tell us:
For example:
Treatments and therapies can be given by:
Treatments and therapies can include:
You can explain what you have to do to help them and if this can change from day to day.
For example:
For example:
For example:
This could be anything we haven’t mentioned that you think may be relevant.
In this section, we ask you about how much help or support the child or young person needs moving around outdoors.
For example:
Include if how they walk can vary at different times.
For example:
For example:
These issues could include some of the below examples:
Include how seriously they can be affected and how often it can happen.
For example, the child or young person may have difficulty:
Or the child or young person may need guidance or supervision when moving around outside.
For example:
Include how seriously they can be affected and how often it can happen.
To qualify for Child Disability Payment, the child or young person must:
Please give us any relevant details below. For example, if you understand a condition is likely to: