Recognising behaviour as an expression of unmet needs, we deliver support to reduce behaviours of concern and improve quality of life.
Hear how collaboration and tailored strategies have transformed Jacinta’s life, a participant and resident of an Aruma Supported Independent Living accommodation.
Reporting is streamlined to ensure positive behaviour strategies can be implemented promptly and meet States or Territories’ authorisation timeframes.
We develop personalised strategies that help your client better express their needs, and address the root cause of their challenging behaviours.
We ensure that everyone supporting your client understands how to integrate the Behaviour Support plan into their daily life, providing training and continuous support throughout the plan.
Our practitioners collaborate with and build the skills of your client’s therapy and support teams and connect with essential services, so that they have the opportunities and resources to reach their goals.
| Report | Expected Timeline |
|---|---|
| Interim Behaviour Support Plan (only issued to participants with restrictive practices) | Within 30 days of seeing a participant with a restrictive practice. |
| Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plan (includes a Functional Behaviour Assessment) | Within 6 months of seeing a participant. |
| Outcome Report | 8-12 weeks before your client’s NDIS plan review or as requested by them and their supports. |
The journey to making positive life changes starts by crafting a personalised Behaviour Support Plan with you and your trusted team. This plan becomes a go-to guide filled with solutions to tackle challenging behaviours and keep everyone safe. It ensures we’re all on the same page, focusing on skill-building.
Firstly, we’ll develop an Interim Behaviour Support Plan if there are restrictive practices being used, and you’ll receive this within 30 days of your assessment to share, review, and update regularly with your team. The interim plan clearly sets the preventative, or environmental changes needed, and ensures consistency and predictability of support.
Then, within six months of seeing you, we’ll create a Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plan. This plan benefits from the extra time we’ve spent with you, additional assessments, and tested strategies. We’ll dig into what the behaviours mean, what you’re trying to express, what’s working well, and what needs more focus.
Where a plan includes a restrictive practice, we’ll send it to the relevant states and territories’ Office of the Senior Practitioner for authorisation and the NDIS Commission for monitoring the use of restrictive practices.
Our goal is to make sure everyone knows the plan and how to use it in their daily lives.
Our behaviour support practitioners are specially trained and dedicated to supporting children, teenagers and adults who use challenging behaviours.
Selected for their skills and qualities, they offer exceptional therapy support with compassion and an open mind.
At Everyday Independence, our practitioners undergo continuous training and development to offer evidence-based, person-centered positive behaviour support to people of all ages.
A restrictive practice limits a person’s rights or freedom of movement. They’re typically used in response to challenging behaviours and should always be a last resort. Restrictive practices include chemical, physical, environmental, and mechanical restraints, and seclusion.
Our behaviour support practitioners are committed to reducing or eliminating restrictive practices; restoring the person’s dignity and independence, and enhancing their quality of life.
Under the NDIS, certain restrictive practices are regulated and must be authorised by the respective States or Territory, with monitoring and reporting to the NDIS Commission of Quality and Safeguards.
Yes, we report on the outcomes the participant has achieved with the funding utilised, including any barriers and outlining what’s needed in the next NDIS plan to achieve their desired outcomes.
To get started with positive behaviour support our practitioner comes to your client’s home to get to know them, their family and other members of their support team. They take a whole of life approach to set them on their pathway to positive change.
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