Every behaviour has a purpose and is a way of communicating a message.
You might use certain behaviours, for example, to communicate what you want, a need that’s not being met or something you want changed in your environment.
Sometimes, these behaviours can cause harm to you or others and impact your quality of life. They may be called behaviours of concern.
If you need behaviour support because of your disability, we may fund behaviour support for you.
The aim of behaviour support is to understand the reasons for your behaviour and implement positive strategies. These strategies will help you, and the people who support you, understand your needs and find better ways to support you.
Your NDIS behaviour support practitioner will work with you, your family, carers, providers, and support workers to develop a behaviour support plan that:
- meets your needs
- respects your dignity
- improves your quality of life.
This guideline outlines behaviour support, our focus on positive behaviour support, how we make decisions about behaviour support and the regulations we must follow.
Browse the guideline using the links or download a copy:
Note:
- When we say ‘your plan’ we mean your NDIS plan.
- If you’re aged between 9 and 65 years and are looking for information about Community Connections, go to Our Guideline – Community Connections.
- If your child is younger than 9 and you’re looking for information about early connections, go to Our Guideline – Early Connections.
- As part of the recent changes to the NDIS laws we are moving towards a new framework for planning. Rules need to be developed for this new framework. We’re working on how and when we’ll introduce these changes.
Until then, the information in this Our Guideline is about our ‘old framework’ for planning, which include the legislative changes that became operational when the law commenced. All current plans will be known as 'old framework' plans, and we will continue to develop these until all participants have transitioned to the new framework.