NDIS Goals Planning Worksheet
Template current as of July 2026. Provided by Lion Med Supplies as general information, not advice. Use it to draft goals in your own words before a planning meeting.
Goals describe what you want to work towards. They are personal, so there are no right or wrong answers. The prompts below help you turn everyday hopes into clear goals. The example is made up, to show the shape of a goal - yours will be different.
Worked example (fictional)
Sam is a made-up person used only to show how a goal can be written.
Area	What Sam wants	Written as a goal	
Independence	To catch the bus alone	"I want to travel to my TAFE course independently."	
Social and community	To join a weekend group	"I want to take part in a community activity each week."	
Your goals
Work through the areas that matter to you. Leave any that do not apply.
Area	What matters to you here	Your goal in your words	
Daily living and independence	 	 	
Social and community	 	 	
Learning and education	 	 	
Work	 	 	
Health and wellbeing	 	 	
Home and where you live	 	 	
Short, medium, and longer term
Note which goals you want to work on soon, and which are further off:
Soon: ________________________________________________
Over the next year: ________________________________________________
Longer term: ________________________________________________
Bring to your planning meeting
Your draft goals, anything that helps explain them, and questions you want to ask.

Your goals are yours. A support coordinator, planner, or plan manager can help you shape them. See ndis.gov.au for how goals fit into a plan.