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Positive Behaviour Support

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is a person-centered framework for providing support in situations where there is, or there is a risk of, challenging behaviour. PBS is an evidence-based approach with a primary goal of increasing a person’s quality of life and a secondary goal of decreasing the frequency and severity of their challenging behaviour.

Our PBS Services

Challenging/difficult behaviour is persistent behaviour that puts the physical safety of the person or others at risk or that causes difficulties and limits a person’s ability to a good life.

Difficult behaviours are messages that can tell us important things about a person and the quality of his or her life. People can sometimes engage in difficult/challenging behaviours because they are trying to communicate something.

Positive Behaviour Support is a comprehensive approach to assessment, planning and intervention that focuses on addressing the person’s needs, their home environment and overall quality of life. Positive Behaviour Support is about working with families, carers and significant others to develop a shared understanding of why the person has a need to engage in challenging behaviours.

Understanding Positive Behaviour Support

Ways in which Positive Behaviour Support can help include:

Helping the person be understood through learning communication strategies.
Changing aspects of the person’s environment, i.e. in their home to make them feel at ease.
Improving the person’s lifestyle to add community connections, and ensure they have access to activities that they find fun.
Ensuring the person has meaningful and positive relationships with others.
Providing an encouraging, fun and understanding support environment.

Common questions

Interim Behaviour Support Plans

This process involves determining the level of risk associated with the behaviour and the potential impact or adverse outcome.

A risk assessment may also be completed for people whose behaviour has been identified as presenting a significant risk to themselves and others.

Functional Behavioural Assessments

This process involves determining the level of risk associated with the behaviour and the potential impact or adverse outcome.

A risk assessment may also be completed for people whose behaviour has been identified as presenting a significant risk to themselves and others.

Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plans

This process involves determining the level of risk associated with the behaviour and the potential impact or adverse outcome.

A risk assessment may also be completed for people whose behaviour has been identified as presenting a significant risk to themselves and others.

Safety Planning/Risk Assessments

This process involves determining the level of risk associated with the behaviour and the potential impact or adverse outcome.

A risk assessment may also be completed for people whose behaviour has been identified as presenting a significant risk to themselves and others.

Service Provider Outcome/Progress Reports

This process involves determining the level of risk associated with the behaviour and the potential impact or adverse outcome.

A risk assessment may also be completed for people whose behaviour has been identified as presenting a significant risk to themselves and others.

Information about behaviour support from the NDIS Commission

This process involves determining the level of risk associated with the behaviour and the potential impact or adverse outcome.

A risk assessment may also be completed for people whose behaviour has been identified as presenting a significant risk to themselves and others.

Next steps

We’d love to tell you more about the program.

The team are available to take your call any 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday.
If you prefer, please send us a message using the enquiry form here.
And, if you’re ready to make a referral for a client, the button below will take you to our online referral form.

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Calm at home, confidence everywhere else.

When Maya’s behaviours began escalating, everyday routines became overwhelming for the whole family. Through Positive Behaviour Support with YesAbility, her parents gained practical strategies that focused on understanding why the behaviours were happening — not just managing them. With consistent support at home and collaboration with Maya’s school, routines became calmer and communication clearer. Today, Maya feels more secure, her family feels supported, and moments of connection are replacing moments of stress.

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