The laws for the NDIS determine what we can and can’t fund. Things we can fund are called NDIS supports.
You can use the funding in your plan to buy NDIS supports if they are related to your disability and are in-line with your plan.
Like other NDIS supports, we can only include behaviour support in your plan if it meets all the NDIS funding criteria.
Learn more about how we include the reasonable and necessary supports in your plan.
Behaviour support we fund should also be in line with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission’s and our requirements for positive behaviour support.
What types of behaviour support do we fund?
Behaviour support that is an NDIS support must be provided by professionals with specialist skills in behaviour support. Behaviour support can only be provided by registered NDIS providers.
We can only include NDIS supports in your plan if they meet all the NDIS funding criteria.
Supports we can fund include:
- behaviour support assessments
- behaviour support plans that aim to reduce and manage behaviours of concern
- training and monitoring staff who are using a behaviour support plan
- positive behaviour support training for a family member, friend or carer
- interim behaviour support plans
Learn more about who can provide behaviour support.
You can find a list of specialist behaviour support providers using our Provider Finder tool. You can also talk to your my NDIS contact, support coordinator or early childhood partner.
Behaviour supports that are not NDIS supports
Under the laws for the NDIS, there are things we can’t fund or provide. We can’t fund goods and services that are not NDIS supports. For example, we can’t fund:
- supports that include restrictive practices that are not allowed in your state or territory
- seclusion rooms
We can’t fund behaviour support given by:
- providers that are not registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
- behaviour support practitioners that aren’t approved by the Commission
For more information on what we can and can’t fund, go to What does NDIS fund?