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Plain-English guides for families, schools, support workers and providers.
What is Positive Behaviour Support?
Positive Behaviour Support is an evidence-based approach that looks for the reasons behind behaviours of concern and builds supports that improve quality of life. It combines understanding the person, changing environments, teaching skills and planning calm responses.
What is a Functional Behaviour Assessment?
A Functional Behaviour Assessment gathers information through observation, conversations and records to understand when, where and why behaviours happen. Its findings shape every strategy in the Behaviour Support Plan.
What is a Behaviour Support Plan?
A Behaviour Support Plan is a written, person-centred plan that sets out strategies to prevent distress, build skills and respond safely. A good plan is clear enough for every support person to use on a busy day.
What is an Interim Behaviour Support Plan?
An interim plan gives early, practical guidance while the full assessment is underway, especially where there are safety risks or restrictive practices already in use.
What are restrictive practices?
Restrictive practices are actions that limit a person’s rights or freedom of movement, such as seclusion or physical, mechanical, chemical or environmental restraint. Under the NDIS they need to be identified, authorised where required, reported and reduced over time.
How is Positive Behaviour Support funded through the NDIS?
Behaviour support is usually funded through Capacity Building supports in an NDIS plan. How it is paid depends on whether the plan is self-managed, plan-managed or NDIA-managed.
What does a Behaviour Support Practitioner do?
A Behaviour Support Practitioner assesses, writes and reviews Behaviour Support Plans, and coaches families and support teams. Practitioners are assessed by the NDIS Commission at different levels, such as Proficient and Specialist.
How can families support a child experiencing distress?
Stay close and calm, use few words, reduce noise and demands, and give time to recover before talking it through. Notice patterns over the following days and share them with your practitioner.
How can schools support a student with behaviours of concern?
Predictable routines, visual supports, quiet spaces, planned breaks and one trusted adult help a lot. Working from the same plan as home and the practitioner keeps support consistent.
Finding Positive Behaviour Support in Broome
Our Broome office has immediate capacity for in-person and telehealth referrals. Self-referrals and referrals from families, schools and professionals are welcome.
Accessing Behaviour Support in regional and remote WA
In-person visits, telehealth and coaching for local support teams bring specialist support to remote towns and communities. We have immediate capacity across the North West.