Positive Behaviour Support in South West Sydney, from Bankstown to Liverpool and Fairfield
Find out how to organise a Positive Behaviour Support Plan (PBSP) in South West Sydney and the areas we provide support.
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Find out how to organise a Positive Behaviour Support Plan (PBSP) in South West Sydney and the areas we provide support.
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We improve quality of life through easy access to Positive Behaviour Support in Blacktown, Parramatta and Penrith.
Thanks to Jess McGuire from ABC Western Plains for taking the time to speak with us about PBS in Central West NSW.
We talk about EATS and give you tools to help you as a PBS practitioner.
Positive Behaviour Support in Townsville just became easier to access! Click here to find out more about PBS in Townsville.
Your guide to NDIS funds and Positive Behaviour Support: which funds you can use and which funds have flexibility.
FAQs about NDIS funds and Positive Behaviour Support including how much funding you might need and how to secure PBS funding.
Positive Behaviour Support in Melbourne is now easier to find, with our team expanding to Victoria!
In this video, Belinda explains positive behaviour support and what it means to be person-centred.
Find out what's included and how an NDIS Positive Behaviour Support Plan can improve your quality of life.
Here are five facts you need to know if you're thinking of accessing Positive Behaviour Support on the Gold Coast.
If you're based in Brisbane, watch this video to see what positive behaviour support might look like for you.
You’re probably wondering why you might choose telePBS over in-person support or what it is in the first place!
TelePBS is about being supported at the right time and place. Similar to telehealth and telepractice, telePBS is when you participate in positive behaviour support (PBS) using technology.
You’ll have the benefit of flexibility and greater choice and control over your support. Sessions are tailored for you and your needs and your practitioner will work with you to find what you're comfortable with and what works best for you.
Are you a parent looking for positive behaviour support for your child? One of the questions you might be asked is, “Are you open to telePBS?”. Before you answer, it’s important to keep an open mind.
TelePBS isn’t all that different to receiving support through in-person visits. If you or your child are thinking of switching to telePBS or you’re new to behaviour support, check out this article to find out what to expect when support is delivered using technology.
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TelePBS calls can sometimes be as simple as a good old phone call. Other times, you might meet on a video call, which can be a straightforward experience once you’re used to it.
When it comes to video calls, if you have no idea where to start, then start here. We’ll guide you through a few steps to get you started!
If you live in the metro area, it can be easy to assume that in-person visits are the best option for your behaviour support.
With the need for social distancing and even in the absence of, telePBS can be a good option, and sometimes, the better option.
Find out how telePBS can help you by reading this article or downloading our Easy Read version.
Hopefully a few of our telePBS articles have been useful for you. If you’re looking for more answers, our telePBS frequently asked questions page might be the place to go!
Find out what to do if you don’t have a digital device, if we can meet in person in the future and what to do if you don’t like video calls. We’ll also answer your question about family joining a call from the other side of the world and what to do if you need an interpreter.
Before I started at Ability Consultants I worked for a school. Everything I did was done face to face, and it worked fine for me. When I moved across, I was given a Zoom account, which included a phone number, and released into the world as a tele-practitioner. In fact, the first client I was given at Ability Consultants is someone who lives in a different state to me, and I’ve never met them in the flesh. This service has worked fantastically well to date. The client is a very smart person looking to explore how to apply elements of Positive Behaviour Support in their life to help solve some of the problems they’ve been facing. In this particular situation, meeting on a digital platform has probably worked better than it would have to try to meet face to face. Many of our clients have diagnoses which predispose them to difficulties around social anxiety and social communication difficulties, and many of these people also have an interest and preference for technology. Meeting via Zoom allows clear, direct, focussed, 1:1 communication using cool technology, which is just perfect for situations like this.
Since the COVID-19 restrictions have come into place, Ability Consultants have quite rightly made the decision that we shouldn’t be meeting people in their normal environments in the community for the time being.
Starting out as a Behaviour Clinician in 1987, I have seen a wide variety of Behaviour Support Plans. Way back then the training was called the "Program Officers Course." The course was only open to nurses with Mental Retardation, Psychiatric, or Geriatric registration by the NSW Health Commission. It required attending 12 weeks of training, living-in at Stockton Hospital and staying in the Nurses Home, Monday to Friday.
Since this time, I have seen a wide variety of Behaviour Support Plans. Here is a list of 6 things I believe make a Behaviour Support Plan great.
A great new resource came out this week for people with Restrictive Practices.
When the NDIS safeguarding laws arrived in July 2018 there was a lot of reading to be done.
Finally... here are your Cliff Notes on Restrictive Practices in NSW. Thanks, FACS!
Watch this video and in 4.5 minutes, you'll know what a Restrictive Practice is, and what you need to do.
Sneak preview: you'll need a registered behaviour support clinician to write an Interim Behaviour Support Plan, and you'll need to do this within a month if there is a Restrictive Practice.
If you are in the greater Sydney area, please make an online referral today and we will see you in less than a month.
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Ability Consultants is a team of Behaviour Support Practitioners who work with clients all across Australia through virtual and in-person means.
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