Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)

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At Brighter Outcomes, we only utilize evidence-based practices to assess, understand and modify behaviours that might be causing distress and hindering a child's personal growth. Our approach is also informed by the Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Capability Framework. PBS is a research-based approach to increase quality of life and decrease behaviours of concern by teaching new skills and changing the person's environment. It's designed to understand why certain behaviours occur and help build on the person's strengths and abilities.​At its core, an NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner (BSP) is responsible for understanding why a person with disability behaves in certain ways and designing ethical, person-centred support around that understanding.

 

Key aspects of the role:

 

• Assessment - conducting functional behaviour assessments, gathering information about each person's triggers, environment, and support needs. This involves developing a thorough understanding of the individual through observation, medical reports, and collaboration with those around them. 

• Behaviour Support Planning - developing Behaviour Support Plans (BSPs) that outline proactive and responsive strategies designed to reduce behaviours of concern, with strict guidelines on any use of restrictive practices. The goal is always to work toward reducing and ultimately eliminating restrictive practices over time. 

• Training and Capacity Building - guiding family members, carers, and support workers to implement the recommended strategies effectively. This is a significant part of the role — the plan is only as good as the people implementing it day to day. 

• ​Monitoring and Review - using data analysis to monitor the progress and effectiveness of the intervention implementation, review of challenging behaviour, and making changes and adjustments when required.

• Compliance and Reporting - BSPs carry significant reporting responsibilities under the NDIS Commission's restrictive practices framework, including interim and comprehensive behaviour support plans, and mandatory reporting of unauthorised restrictive practice use. 

• Practitioner Levels - The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission assesses practitioner suitability against the Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework, which includes Core, Proficient, Advanced, and Specialist levels. Practitioners must demonstrate capability through evidence of experience, knowledge, and supervision, rather than simply holding a qualification