Positive Behaviour Support in South East Melbourne

Get started with Positive Behaviour Support in South East Melbourne by making a referral on our website. It’s a quick form that helps us understand your needs and how we can help. Our behaviour support practitioners support NDIS participants throughout South East Melbourne, from Richmond through to Hawthorn, Canterbury, Mount Waverley, Chadstone, Dandenong and Brighton.

Positive Behaviour Support in South East Melbourne

We support NDIS participants with person-centred Positive Behaviour Support, helping individuals improve quality of life in a way that is important to them.

What is Positive Behaviour Support?

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) transforms quality of life by building new support strategies, skills and behaviours to meet a person’s needs and goals.

Your behaviour support practitioner will seek to understand your existing routines, values, social connections and personal strengths. They also seek to understand your needs and goals and behaviours that might be challenging.

We build a PBS plan with you and your team to help you live your best life. Here’s a short video where Belinda explains Positive Behaviour Support: 

Who can benefit from Positive Behaviour Support in South East Melbourne?

Positive Behaviour Support transforms the quality of life of individuals living with disability.

We support individuals of all ages, including children, teenagers, adults and seniors with intellectual disabilities, psychosocial disabilities, cognitive, neurological or physical disabilities.

Most of our clients are NDIS participants located throughout Australia, however we also support individuals who are not able to access the NDIS.

How can Positive Behaviour Support improve quality of life?

Your behaviour support practitioner will work with you to identify what is important to you and how they can help you achieve your goals. When required, we help reduce restrictive practices and help with crisis situations, and other times we support individuals, families and communities to achieve goals such as creating more independence, greater fulfilment, stronger relationships and easier access to the community.

Here’s an example of how Positive Behaviour Support can improve quality of life:

Peter, aged 26

One of Peter’s favourite pastimes is building birdhouses at his weekly woodworking class, however he experiences a few challenges when it comes to travelling to the workshop. Once Peter is ready to go to the workshop, he often refuses to get into the car, pushing away his carer.

The role of Peter’s behaviour support practitioner is to understand why Peter is pushing away his carer, that is, what is Peter trying to communicate? Peter’s behaviour support practitioner might identify that Peter is reluctant to travel to his workshop by car due to the heat: the car is often parked in the sun and Peter becomes very uncomfortable when he enters the car and sits on the hot leather seats.

Peter’s behaviour support practitioner might suggest small changes to help Peter’s comfort level, such as parking the car in the garage or under shade, placing a blanket on the chair and cooling the car before Peter gets in.

Identifying what a person is trying to communicate through behaviours of concern is usually more complex. Your behaviour support practitioner will use evidence-based approaches including observation, interviews and assessments.

Collaboration is also a key part of Positive Behaviour Support — your behaviour support practitioner will work in partnership with you and your support team, including family, carers, medical and allied health providers, support workers, accommodation and aged care providers.

Where we provide Positive Behaviour Support in South East Melbourne

We support NDIS participants throughout Melbourne, including:

• Inner Melbourne, including Melbourne city, Richmond, South Yarra, South Bank, Toorak, Cremorne, Burnley, Prahran, Armadale, St Kilda, Port Melbourne, South Melbourne, North Melbourne, Carlton, Northcote, Brunswick, Flemington, Moonee Ponds and Essendon.
• Inner East Melbourne, including Ashburton, Camberwell, Hawthorn, Canterbury, Kew, Surrey Hills, Box Hill, Balwyn, Blackburn, Doncaster, Templestowe and Bulleen.
• South East Melbourne, including Mount Waverley, Glen Waverley, Ashwood, Chadstone, Huntingdale, Clayton, Clarinda, Wheelers Hill, Springvale, Noble Park, Dandenong, Keysborough, Endeavour Hills, Narre Warren and Berwick.
• Inner South Melbourne, including Glen Iris, Malvern, Caulfield, Glen Huntly, Murrumbeena, Moorabbin, Hughesdale, Brighton, Bentleigh, Hampton, Sandringham, Mentone, Beaumaris, Parkdale and Moorabbin.
• Outer East Melbourne, including Wantrina, Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Knoxfield, Scoresby, Rowville, Heathmont, Ringwood and Croydon.

How to access Positive Behaviour Support in South East Melbourne

You can benefit from Positive Behaviour Support in South East Melbourne by making an online referral on our website. It’s a short form that helps us understand your needs and only takes a few minutes to complete.

You can also bookmark our website for easy access to our referral form.

If you have any questions about Positive Behaviour Support in South East Melbourne, please feel welcome to call our team on 1300 694 625 or send a message using our contact form.

About Ability Consultants

Ability Consultants is a registered NDIS provider. We transform quality of life through easy access to Positive Behaviour Support. We’re a team of over 130 behaviour support practitioners supporting NDIS participants throughout Australia, in NSW, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.

Click here for information about behaviour support careers and click here to access FREE Positive Behaviour Support Training.

More information about Positive Behaviour Support

You might like these resources:

• What is Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)?
• What is an NDIS Positive Behaviour Support Plan (PBSP)?
• NDIS funding and Positive Behaviour Support

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Inclusive recreation activities in South East Melbourne

We love to shine a light on inclusive, accessible recreation activities in each city — here’s a list of activities in South East Melbourne you might enjoy!

• LEGOLAND Discovery Centre in Chadstone is an indoor, accessible recreation activity in South East Melbourne. If you have a carer or companion card, book their free entry online or organise a free annual pass on the LEGOLAND website. Wheelchairs can be hired from the concierge in Chadstone and LEGOLAND offers wheelchair accessibility. Click here to find out more about accessing Merlin’s Apprentice Ride and Kingdom Quest ride. Occasionally, LEGOLAND offers low sensory mornings for children and adults with special needs, with quiet spaces, reduced lighting, lower sound and specially trained staff.
• Twisted Science in Moorabbin offers hands-on science activities. Most of the centre is wheelchair accessible, with a ramp from the carpark and elevator to the second floor. Each exhibit is designed for exploration, with minimal text instructions, reducing participation barriers.
• Richmond Recreation Centre offers an Access All Abilities program which includes small, guided gym sessions for individuals with chronic conditions as well as tailored swimming programs for adults and children aged 5 and over. The Richmond Recreation Centre includes accessible parking, ramps, elevator, accessible change rooms and a pool hoist.

• Dandenong Ranges National Park can be accessed with free, all-terrain wheelchairs. The all-terrain wheelchairs are electric-assisted, and can be adjusted to your needs. The Parks Victoria website offers more information including how many operators are required for each type of trail. If you need extra operators, Parks Victoria offers a TrailRider Volunteer program. It’s free to book and Parks Victoria recommends booking in advance. Find the All-Terrain TrailRider at Grants Picnic Ground in Kallista.
• Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is a leader in accessibility, offering a mobility shuttle service, sensory space, hearing loops, accessible bathrooms, a Changing Places facility, accessible parking, accessible seating and you can also collect a free Sunflower Lanyard at the MCG. The MCG’s sensory space was designed with Autism Spectrum Australia and can be found in the Australian Sports Museum on Level 1. You can also find social stories on the MCG website for visits in preparation for visits to the footy, cricket or concerts.