Behaviour Support

As Behaviour Support Practitioners, our primary role is to enhance the quality of life for children, young people, and adults exhibiting challenging behaviors. We conduct comprehensive assessments to identify factors influencing an individual’s behavior and develop evidence-based, targeted interventions to improve overall quality of life and reduce challenging behaviors over time. These interventions take into account the person’s physical environment, communication methods, and stimulus management to teach new functional skills and foster more positive behaviors.

We collaborate with key stakeholders, including family members, allied health practitioners, medical teams and specialists, educational teams, and direct support staff, to develop behavior support plans. These plans are based on person-centered practices and behavioral science, with a strong emphasis on protecting and upholding the human rights of the individual. For many, a Positive Behaviour Support Plan (PBSP) is crucial for safe and positive community participation, building strong and meaningful relationships, achieving a fulfilling life, and reducing or eliminating the use of regulated restrictive practices that can significantly infringe on a person’s rights.

AREAS OF SUPPORT OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS CAN ASSIST WITH

Conducting Functional Behavioural Assessments (FBA)
Developing Interim Positive Behaviour Support Plans.
Creating Comprehensive Positive Behaviour Support Plans.
Evaluations to determine if additional behavioral support and/or NDIS funding is needed.
Observational assessments in various settings such as home, school, clinic, day services, programs, and the community.
Enhancing environments to meet individual needs and reduce challenging behaviors.
Recognising and accommodating different and neurodiverse communication methods.
Recognising possible underlying health, pain, and communication considerations to behaviour.
Identifying proactive and reactive strategies to improve the physical, social, and psychological environment to prevent challenging behaviors.
Collaborating with stakeholders, including family members, support workers, NDIS, QCAT, Public Guardian, Child Safety, and other decision-makers, ensuring their involvement through assessment, planning, and implementation stages.
Assessing, prescribing, monitoring, and working towards reducing and eliminating the use of Regulated Restrictive Practices in compliance with National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) legislation and Behaviour Support Rules.
Providing support, coaching and training for the implementation of Positive Behaviour Support Plans to stakeholders.
Utilising an interdisciplinary approach, incorporating a range of supports, techniques, therapies, and strategies, often employing multiple components simultaneously.
Advocacy support to promote quality of life, participation, and inclusion.

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TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

Our Behaviour Support Practitioner has experience or involvement in the following areas:

Registered Behaviour Support Practitioner with the NDIS

Member of Behaviour Support Practitioners Australia

NDIS Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework, Practice Standards and Quality Indicators and Regulated Restrictive Practices framework for all age groups.

State and National Authorization Requirements for the use of Regulated Restrictive Practices

Maybo SAFER model, including de-escalation skills, personal safety, and post-incident management.

Dr. Ross Greene’s Collaborative & Proactive Solutions

Dr. Dan Siegel’s Whole-Brain Child Approach for Better Outcomes

Monash University’s Engaging in Positive Behaviour Support Practice

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) in Queensland Education

Parent Shop’s Tough Conversations Program

Dr. Erin Leif’s Strategies for reducing restrictive practices and upholding human rights in NDIS-PBS

Trauma-informed practices – Hope and Healing Framework

Collaboration with Kidsafe and Mobility and Accessibility for Children in Australia (MACA) to identify individualized, safe and least restrictive options for vehicle transportation

Complex communication needs, including the use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) tools like Key Word Sign, PODD Books, Speech Generating Devices (Proloquo2go, LAMP Words for Life, Touch Chat), Switch, and Eye Gaze systems

Liaison and referral knowledge for specialist community and hospital services

Collaboration and coordination with large stakeholder teams.

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At Leaps and Bounds Disability Services our company policies, like the Privacy and Confidentiality Policy is reviewed regularly, and where appropriate redefined to meet the changing needs and expectations of our clients.

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

SPEECH PATHOLOGY

PHYSIOTHERAPY

BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT

FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY ASSESSMENT