Positive Behaviour Support
Behaviour always means something. It is a person reaching for a response that works, often saying what words cannot. We begin by understanding what a behaviour is doing for someone, then build the skills and the supports around them so a steadier way of living has room to grow.
Our work is person-first, strengths-based, and neurodiversity-affirming. We look for the meaning in a behaviour rather than trying to make someone fit a mould. We work in person across Melbourne, meeting people where life actually happens, at home, at school, and in the community.
Who Positive Behaviour Support is for
We work with children, young people, and adults whose behaviour is affecting their safety, wellbeing, or everyday life. Our support is grounded in neurodevelopmental and trauma-informed practice, so we look at the whole person, never just the behaviour. We support people living with a wide range of needs, including:
Neurodivergence
Working alongside people who experience autism and ADHD, starting from how they experience the world.
Intellectual Disability
Following the pace and goals of people with intellectual disability and developmental differences, and building on the strengths already there.
Genetic Conditions
Seeing the whole person first, where genetic conditions like Down syndrome, Fragile X, and Prader-Willi syndrome are one part of who someone is.
Neurological Conditions
Protecting dignity, choice, and quality of life for people living with acquired brain injury, dementia, and neurodegenerative conditions.
Psychosocial
Working with people living with schizophrenia and other complex mental health conditions, seeing the person before the label.
Ways We Can Help
Understanding Behaviour
We start by getting to know the person and what sits beneath a behaviour, looking at their environment, their relationships, and what the behaviour is achieving for them. This is the functional behaviour assessment, and everything else builds on it.
Behaviour Support Plan
From there we create a behaviour support plan shaped around the person's own goals, focused on building real skills like emotional regulation and improving everyday quality of life, alongside practical strategies for tougher moments.
Supporting Supports
Change lasts when everyone is on the same page, so we train and support the people around a person, families, carers, and teams, in both proactive and reactive strategies, so everyone knows how to help day to day and in harder moments.
Change Starts with a Conversation
Tell us a little about what you are looking for, and we will be in touch to talk about next steps.