Part 2Child Disability Assessment Tool

Part 2 Child Disability Assessment Tool

2.1 Questionnaires

(1) Part 1 of Schedule 1 sets out a questionnaire (the claimant questionnaire) about the functional ability, behaviour and special care needs of a person aged under 16. (2) The claimant questionnaire may be completed only by a person (the claimant) wishing: (a) to claim a carer allowance under the Act for the care of a person aged under 16; or (b) to continue to be qualified for receiving a carer allowance under the Act, for the care of a person aged under 16. (3) Part 2 of Schedule 1 sets out another questionnaire (the professional questionnaire) about the functional ability, behaviour and special care needs of a person aged under 16. (4) The professional questionnaire may be completed only by a treating health professional.

2.2 Testing method

(1) The test for assessing a person’s functional ability, behaviour and special care needs is the assessment, under this Part, of the answers given in relation to the person in the 2 questionnaires mentioned in section 2.1. (2) The following steps are carried out for the test: (a) the Secretary must be satisfied that a completed professional questionnaire is an accurate reflection of the functional ability, behaviour and special care needs of the person concerned; (b) a score must be calculated: (i) using the rating method mentioned in section 2.3; and (ii) on the basis of the answers given in the questionnaire. (3) If the Secretary is not satisfied that the professional questionnaire is an accurate reflection of the person’s functional ability, behaviour and special care needs, the Secretary must ask for a replacement professional questionnaire to be completed by another treating health professional. (4) If the score calculated in paragraph (2) (b) is not greater than 0, the test is taken to be completed. (5) If the score calculated in paragraph (2) (b) is greater than 0, the test is taken to be completed only if a claimant questionnaire is completed. (6) If the score calculated under paragraph (2) (b) is greater than 0 and a claimant questionnaire has been completed, a score must be calculated on the basis of the answers given in that questionnaire using the rating method mentioned in section 2.3.

2.3 Rating method

(1) Steps 1 to 12 in Schedule 2 set out the method for rating a person, on the basis of the answers given in each questionnaire completed in relation to the person. (2) The method gives the person a score: (a) in accordance with the scale mentioned in subsection 38D (2) of the Act; and (b) that determines whether the person is a care receiver to which subparagraph 953 (1) (c) (ii) or paragraph 953 (2) (c) of the Act applies. (3) For all calculations in Schedule 2, numbers extending to more than 2 decimal places are to be rounded to 2 decimal places.