Positive Behaviour Support

Positive Behaviour Support is an evidence-based approach that primarily aims to increase a person’s quality of life with a secondary goal of decreasing the frequency and severity of challenging behaviours.

While a person’s behaviours may be challenging for family, carers, and support individuals, they are typically not challenging for the person themselves. In fact, all behaviours serve a purpose and convey a message, indicating that something is wrong or missing and they need help to improve the situation. They may be experiencing pain, anxiety, frustration, or a lack of control.

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is a comprehensive approach to assessment, planning, and intervention that focuses on developing a shared understanding about why a person has a need to engage in challenging behaviour, and addressing the person’s needs, their home environment, and overall quality of life.

How can we help?

Our neuropsychologists have extensive training and experience in functional behaviour assessments, the development of comprehensive behaviour support plans, and in providing training and support.

Our approach focuses on:

• Person-centredness
• Including the person’s support system in the intervention
• Utilising a ‘Behaviour Support Plan’ to guide intervention
• Reducing restrictive/punitive approaches
• Focusing on skill-building – both for the person and those around them
• Encouraging a re-design of the environment

We have chosen to currently not register with the NDIS as Behaviour Support Practitioners, but are able to provide services under Improved Daily Living funding or to individuals funded privately or under other funding sources, such as TAC (Victoria), Lifetime Care (NSW), and NIISQ (Queensland).