What a Positive Behaviour Support Plan does
A PBSP is a structured, person-centred plan that responds to behaviours of concern by understanding their function and changing the conditions around the person — not by trying to suppress the behaviour through consequences alone. The work begins with a Functional Behaviour Assessment to understand what the behaviour is doing for the person, and proceeds through skill-building, environmental change, and (where required) restrictive-practice authorisation.
Functional Behaviour Assessment
Every plan begins with an FBA — a structured assessment that gathers information from the person, their family, their support workers and where appropriate their school or workplace. We map antecedents, behaviours and consequences (the A-B-C of behaviour) and we identify what unmet need the behaviour is meeting. This is the foundation everything else is built on.
Plans that live in real environments
A plan that lives only on paper does not change anyone's day. We invest as much in implementation as in the plan itself — training family members and support workers, walking through high-risk scenarios, and reviewing the plan against what is actually happening.
- Functional Behaviour Assessment (FBA) — observation, interview, file review
- Interim and comprehensive Positive Behaviour Support Plans
- Restrictive-practice authorisation in line with NDIS Commission requirements
- Family and support-worker training tailored to the plan
- Regular plan reviews — usually every 6 to 12 months
Working with families and support teams
Behaviours of concern almost always sit inside a wider system — family relationships, support-worker rosters, school or day-program environments. We coordinate across these systems with consent, so the plan is consistent across the person's day. Where families need their own support to implement the plan, we make that available.