Positive Behaviour Support Services in Hornsby
Positive Behaviour Support Services in Hornsby
Allied Health 2U provides Positive Behaviour Support services in Hornsby. Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is an evidence-based approach for participants with disability who experience behaviours of concern.
PBS focuses on understanding why a behaviour is happening, building skills, improving quality of life, and reducing the use of restrictive practices. Our registered Behaviour Support Practitioners have been delivering PBS face-to-face across Greater Sydney since 2015, from the Inner West to the Northern Beaches, Western Sydney to the Sutherland Shire, including Hornsby and the wider Upper North Shore.
Telehealth is also available right across Australia for participants outside our face-to-face zones.
A trusted Behaviour Support Service provider in Hornsby
Our Hornsby Behaviour Support Practitioners bring a mental health clinical background, specialist PBS training, and genuine experience supporting NDIS participants of every age and complexity across Sydney's Upper North Shore.
NDIS Registered
Fully registered NDIS provider, compliant with NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission requirements.
Hornsby Experienced
Behaviour Support Practitioners with specialist PBS training and years of experience supporting Upper North Shore NDIS participants.
Mental Health Backgrounds
Practitioners hold qualifications in Psychology, Counselling, Psychotherapy or Mental Health Occupational Therapy.
Person Centred
Every Behaviour Support Plan is shaped around the individual, their family, and the people who support them.
Restrictive Practice Reduction
We work alongside Hornsby families and support teams to reduce and eliminate restrictive practices over time.
Coordinated Care
Seamless collaboration with our Sydney Occupational Therapy, Psychology and Counselling teams when participants need it.
Upper North Shore Coverage
Face-to-face across Hornsby, Wahroonga, Turramurra, Pymble, Waitara, Asquith, Berowra and the wider Upper North Shore. Telehealth NSW-wide.
Trusted Since 2015
Almost a decade supporting NDIS participants, Support Coordinators, and families.
Positive Behaviour Support across Australia
Our Hornsby team is part of a wider Positive Behaviour Support service. Allied Health 2U delivers PBS face to face in Adelaide, and via telehealth right across Australia. For the full picture of how we work, have a read of our main Positive Behaviour Support page.
What Is Behaviour Support and How Is It Funded?
Allied Health 2U is a registered Behaviour Support Service provider with the NDIS Commission, supporting Hornsby participants through the NDIS support category, Improved Relationships.
Behaviour support involves working with NDIS participants who have behaviours of concern and require structured behaviour support interventions. It is not just about managing a behaviour in the moment. It is about understanding what is driving that behaviour and building the practical strategies that make a lasting difference in everyday life.
Hornsby sits on the northern edge of Sydney metro, and we know from experience that participants in the Upper North Shore often deal with a smaller pool of available providers than participants closer to the CBD. Our practitioners deliver face-to-face sessions across the region on a scheduled cadence, supported by telehealth between visits, so consistent access is genuinely maintainable rather than dependent on last-minute availability.
What Does a Behaviour Support Practitioner Do?
Behaviour Support Practitioners carry out a range of assessments to understand each participant's needs, starting with a Functional Behaviour Assessment.
Our Hornsby practitioners hold backgrounds in Psychology, Counselling, Psychotherapy, Rehabilitation Counselling, and mental health Occupational Therapy, giving each behaviour support plan a strong clinical foundation. For paediatric participants, our practitioners coordinate with Hornsby schools and Diverse Learning teams to make sure the plan works consistently across home and school.
Coordinated Care Across Allied Health Services
Our Hornsby behaviour support practitioners work alongside our mobile occupational therapists and mobile psychologists, keeping participants who need more than one service coordinated under one team. Given the Upper North Shore's distance from most Sydney allied health hubs, coordinated care through a single provider is often the most practical option for Hornsby families juggling multiple appointments. When the people around a participant share the same goals, progress is faster.
PBS Support for Older Hornsby Participants
For older Hornsby participants with behaviours of concern who have Improved Relationships funding, our positive behaviour support practitioners work most closely with our mental health Occupational Therapists. Ageing can bring change, and behaviours that were once settled may shift as communication, memory, or physical health change over time.
Our approach stays the same at any age. We take the time to understand what is driving the behaviour, then build practical strategies that suit the person's everyday life, whether they are living at home with family, in an established household of long standing, or in supported accommodation across the Upper North Shore. Many of our Hornsby older participants have been in the same community for decades, and the plans we build take that continuity into account.
Who Hornsby Positive Behaviour Support is For
PBS is for any Hornsby NDIS participant who experiences behaviours of concern, regardless of age or diagnosis. We work with children, adults and older participants right across the Upper North Shore, in homes, schools, supported accommodation and the community.
Hornsby Children and Adolescents
PBS for Hornsby children with developmental disability, autism, intellectual disability or behaviours of concern at home, school or in the community.
Hornsby Adults
PBS for Hornsby adults living independently, in supported accommodation or with family, including complex behaviours and restrictive practice reduction.
Older Hornsby Participants
Behaviour support for older NDIS participants in Hornsby experiencing behaviours of concern alongside cognitive change, often in long-established Upper North Shore households.
Families and Support Workers
Training and coaching for Hornsby families, support workers and SIL teams so the whole team can support the participant well.
Providing PBS in Hornsby begins with a Functional Behaviour Assessment in the participant's actual environment, whether that is the family home, school, day program, or community setting. From there, our practitioner develops a behaviour support plan tailored to the participant, their family, and the people supporting them day-to-day. The plan is then implemented through direct work with the participant, coaching of family and support workers, and ongoing review as progress unfolds.
Behaviours of concern almost always serve a purpose for the person. They might be communicating an unmet need, expressing distress when something feels overwhelming, responding to a sensory environment that is too much, or signalling that a routine has changed in a way the person cannot articulate. The job of behaviour support is to understand what the behaviour is communicating, then build the skills, environment and support around it so the participant has better ways to meet that need.
For Hornsby participants, PBS is typically delivered through scheduled face-to-face practitioner visits in the home, school, or community across the Upper North Shore, supported by telehealth sessions in between for plan implementation and review work with family and support workers. We schedule Upper North Shore visits on a consistent rhythm rather than fitting the region in around other bookings, so families get reliable access rather than ad-hoc availability.
What are some behaviours of concern that behaviour support therapists can assist with:
There are a range of different behaviours of concern. Below are the mind kinds:
- Hurting themselves
- Hurting others
- Breaking things
- Refusing to do things
- Hiding away from other people
- Doing things that other do not like for example a person may scream or swear or take their clothes off
Ready to talk to Allied Health 2U in relation to Positive Behaviour Support services in Hornsby?
Whether you are a Support Coordinator with a Hornsby participant who needs PBS, or a Hornsby family looking for the right team, we are here to help. No pressure, no jargon, just a clear conversation.
Our Hornsby Positive Behaviour Support Services
Our PBS service is delivered across four connected areas of practice. Each works together to create lasting, person-centred change for Hornsby NDIS participants.
Behaviour Support Plans
Practical, person-centred plans that guide consistent, supportive responses to behaviours of concern in Hornsby participants' everyday environments.
Learn more →Functional Behaviour Assessment
Structured assessments across Hornsby homes, schools and support settings to understand why behaviours of concern happen and what factors maintain them.
Learn more →Implementation and Carer Training
Hands-on coaching and training to help Hornsby carers, families and support teams apply strategies confidently.
Learn more →Restrictive Practice Reduction
Rights-based, evidence-informed work alongside Hornsby families and teams to reduce and eliminate restrictive practices over time.
Learn more →Why Families and Support Coordinators Choose Us
Positive Behaviour Support Service Areas
Positive Behaviour Support Service Areas
Positive Behaviour Support in Adelaide
Face-to-Face and Telehealth Services are available for the following areas:
Adelaide CBD, North Adelaide, Prospect, Norwood, Unley, Marion, Modbury, Salisbury, Elizabeth, Glenelg, Athelstone
Greater Sydney
Face-to-Face and Telehealth Services are available for the following areas:
Blacktown, Penrith, Ryde, Parramatta, Liverpool, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Bondi, Coogee, Manly, Hurstville, Bankstown, Chatswood, Hornsby
Central Coast
Face-to-Face and Telehealth Services are available for the following areas:
Gosford, Wyong, Terrigal, Woy Woy, The Entrance
Only Telehealth Services are available for these areas.
Face to Face Locations in Sydney
- Blacktown
- Penrith
- Ryde
- Parramatta
- Liverpool
- Campbelltown
- Castle Hill
- Bondi
- Coogee
- Manly
- Hurstville
- Bankstown
- Chatswood
- Hornsby
South Australia Service Regions
- Central Adelaide Northern
- Adelaide Suburbs Western
- Adelaide Suburbs Southern
- Adelaide Suburbs Greater
- Adelaide Region Rural/
- Remote South Australia (Via Telehealth)
Victoria Service Regions
- Central Melbourne Suburbs
- Western Melbourne Suburbs
- Eastern Melbourne Suburbs
- Northern Melbourne Suburbs
- Geelong
- Rural/ Remote Victoria (Via Telehealth)
Queensland Service Regions
- Central Brisbane and Surrounds
- Sunshine Coast
- Gold Coast
- Western Brisbane Subrubs
- Rural/ Remote Queensland (Via Telehealth)
Tasmania Service Regions
- Hobart
- Launceston
- Rural/ Remote Tasmania (Via Telehealth)
Western Australia Service Regions
- Central Perth Suburbs
- Southern Perth Suburbs
- Northern Perth Subrubs
- Eastern Perth Suburbs
- Greater Western Australia (Via Telehealth)
Northern Territory Service Regions
- Darwin
- Rural/ Remote Northern Territory (Via Telehealth
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