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Behaviour Support

Positive Behaviour Supports

Positive Behaviour Supports are a person-centred approach that seeks to protect a person’s human rights and improve their quality of life through enrichment and choice.

Positive Behaviour Supports are used when a participant demonstrates behaviors that can place themselves or others at risk of harm. It is important to understand the reasons behind these behaviours as the participant is communicating an unmet need.

We believe that when a participant’s support network understands what the participant is trying to communicate and the environment is adapted to meet these needs, the behaviours of concern will be managed so that the participant can live their life to the fullest.

When a client has behaviours of concern, the positive behaviour support practitioner will;

  • Consult with the participant’s family and support network to understand the behaviours of concern.
  • Conduct assessments and analyse results to uncover the reasons behind the behaviours of concern in terms of what the participant is communicating and what triggers such behaviours.
  • Prepare a behaviour support plan that explain the function of the behaviours of concern, what triggers these, how they escalate and how they can be managed in a positive manner.
  • Work with the participant’s support network to identify strategies that manage the environment proactively to reduce triggers.
  • Identify strategies to manage behaviours when they escalate.
  • Train the participants’ support networks in relation to the implementation of strategies.
  • Collect data on the effectiveness of the strategies to review and revise strategies as needed.

Positive Behaviour Supports are available to participants who want to improve their relationships or manage behaviours of concern and have funding under;

Capacity Building

  • Improved Relationships (for all participants under and over 7 years old)
  • Improved Daily Living (for participants under the age of 7 if they do not have funding under Improved Relationships)
  • Letter of Recommendation

A Behaviour Support Practitioner will meet the participant’s support network to gather information and understand the participant’s needs. This will involve reviewing documentation, conducting interviews and observing the participant to prepare a letter of recommendation that provides evidence for further behaviour support funding.

  • Interim Behaviour Support Plan with Functional Behaviour Analysis

The Behaviour Support Practitioner will collect data through consultations, observations and assessments to prepare a draft Interim Behaviour Support Plan which will then be shared with stakeholders for their feedback. Once approved by stakeholders, the Interim Behaviour Support Plan will be submitted to the NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Commission if any restrictive practices have been identified.

Please note that an Interim Behaviour Support Plan is used as a short-term risk management strategy until the Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plan is completed.

  • Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plan

A Behaviour Support Practitioner will expand on the Interim Behaviour Support Plan to include the following;

  • Conduct further assessments to identify strategies in the development of teaching skills.
  • Identify replacement behaviours for the behaviours of concern.
  • Develop resources that can be used to support the replacement behaviours.
  • If restrictive practices are identified in the Interim Behaviour Support Plan, the Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plan will include a fade out plan that will discuss how these restrictions will be reduced over time.
  • Train the participant’s support network so that the strategies are implemented in a consistent manner.
  • Collect data and analyse the effectiveness of strategies and make changes as needed.
  • Revise the behaviour support plan as behaviours change over time.

BILLABLES:

Face to face interactions: Any time you as the NDIS participant interact with Entrust Supports behaviour support team, via in person (face-to face) interactions.

Non-face-to-face interactions: Any time the Entrust Supports behaviour support team members spend time with you via emails and phone calls; developing, reviewing, and evaluating individualised plans; completing assessment, reports; conducting meetings with relevant stakeholders, or conducting research directly relevant to you; (and any other activities based on the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits).

Travel: any time the Entrust Supports therapy team member spends travelling to you at a location of your choosing, parking road tolls and public transport fares (as outlined by the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits).

Last minute cancellations: short notice cancellations of appointments with less than 2 days’ notice including not showing up to the session with/without any notice, or not arriving to the appointment within a reasonable time frame in accordance with the appointment’s start time.

NON-BILLABLES:

Administrative tasks such as invoicing, developing quotes and booking appointments.

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