Positive Behaviour Support Services in Penrith
Positive Behaviour Support Services in Penrith
Allied Health 2U provides Positive Behaviour Support services in Penrith and across Greater Western Sydney. 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 through to the Northern Beaches, with strong delivery into Penrith and the Western Sydney corridor.
Telehealth is also available right across Australia for participants outside our face-to-face zones.
A trusted Behaviour Support Service provider in Penrith
Our Penrith Behaviour Support Practitioners bring a mental health clinical background, specialist PBS training, and genuine experience supporting NDIS participants of every age and complexity across Western Sydney.
NDIS Registered
Fully registered NDIS provider, compliant with NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission requirements.
Penrith Experienced
Behaviour Support Practitioners with specialist PBS training and years of experience supporting Western Sydney 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 Penrith 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 Penrith participants need it.
Penrith and Western Sydney Coverage
Face-to-face PBS across Penrith, St Marys, Kingswood, Werrington, Cambridge Park, Glenmore Park, Jordan Springs, Cranebrook, the Hawkesbury, Blacktown, Mount Druitt, and the broader Western Sydney corridor.
Trusted Since 2015
Almost a decade behind us delivering PBS to Western Sydney participants, Support Coordinators, and families.
Positive Behaviour Support across Australia
Our Penrith team is part of a wider Positive Behaviour Support service. Allied Health 2U runs since 2015, with PBS face-to-face in Adelaide and 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. Penrith participants access PBS funding 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. Understanding the underlying causes of a behavior and developing strategies that have a long-lasting impact on daily life are more important than simply controlling a behavior in the moment.
What Does a Behaviour Support Practitioner Do?
A Functional Behaviour Assessment is the first of several tests that Behavior Support Practitioners use to determine each participant's needs.
Our Penrith practitioners build behaviour support plans grounded in Psychology, Counselling, Psychotherapy, Rehabilitation Counselling, and mental health Occupational Therapy, giving each behaviour support plan a strong clinical foundation.
Coordinated Care Across Allied Health Services
Our Penrith behaviour support practitioners work alongside our mobile Occupational Therapists and mobile Psychologists, keeping Penrith participants who need more than one service coordinated under one team.
When the people around a participant share the same goals, progress is faster. Stronger social connections are often one of the first changes families notice as behaviours reduce and confidence builds.
PBS Support for Older Penrith Participants
For older Penrith participants with behaviours of concern who have improved Relationships funding, our Penrith 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, or in supported accommodation.
Who Penrith Positive Behaviour Support is For
PBS is for any Penrith NDIS participant who experiences behaviours of concern, regardless of age or diagnosis. We work with children, adults and older participants right across Penrith and Western Sydney, in homes, schools, supported accommodation, and the community.
Penrith Children and Adolescents
PBS for Penrith children with developmental disability, autism, intellectual disability or behaviours of concern at home, school or in the community.
Penrith Adults
PBS for adults living independently, in supported accommodation or with family across Penrith, including complex behaviours and restrictive practice reduction.
Older Penrith Participants
Behaviour Support for older NDIS participants in Penrith, including those experiencing behaviours of concern alongside cognitive change.
Families and Support Workers
Training and coaching for Penrith families, support workers and SIL teams so the whole team can support the participant well.
A Penrith Behaviour Support Practitioner will initially come out to meet the participant who requires behaviour support intervention or a Behaviour Support Plan.
The first step involves the practitioner completing a thorough Functional Behaviour Assessment to identify the participant's behaviours of concern and note them all down. The practitioner communicates directly with the participant, as well as the people who spend the most time with them, family, support workers and the broader Penrith support team.
Once the behaviours of concern have been identified, the practitioner will determine which additional assessments the people around the participant may need to complete.
From there, the practitioner writes a behaviour assessment report detailing the relevant behaviours of concern. They then develop a Behaviour Support Plan that provides clear guidance on how to best support and respond to those behaviours across the Penrith participant's everyday environments.
There are a range of reasons why behaviours of concern may occur. All behaviours of concern happen for a reason. The reason depends on each individual. Some of the common reasons include:
- The individual may be in pain
- Their medication may not be agreeing with them
- The individual may be sick
- The individual has a condition such as autism, schizophrenia or Prader Willi syndrome
- The individual is not eating well
- Their hormones may not be working properly
- The individual may be hungry or thirsty and not know how to communicate that
- The individual may want to go somewhere, do something, or feel lonely and not be able to communicate effectively
- The individual may show behaviours of concern to get something they want, such as spending time with someone, accessing a preferred item, or avoiding a task they do not want to do
- There may be something about the environment they do not like, for example it is too noisy or too quiet, too hot or too cold, there are unpleasant smells, they cannot reach something, there are too many people around, or they are bored
Understanding the why behind the behaviour is the foundation of effective Positive Behaviour Support, and it is the first thing our Penrith practitioners work on with every participant.
As a registered NDIS provider operating in Sydney since 2015, our Penrith Behaviour Support Practitioners have the skills and experience to deliver behaviour assessment reports, Behaviour Support Plans, behaviour therapy and implementation support to NDIS participants across Australia.
Our team helps Penrith participants work toward their NDIS goals around independence, community participation and overall wellbeing.
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 Penrith?
Whether you are a Support Coordinator with a Penrith participant who needs PBS, or a Penrith family looking for the right team, we are here to help. No pressure, no jargon, just a clear conversation.
Our Penrith 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 Penrith NDIS participants.
Behaviour Support Plans
Practical, person-centred plans that guide consistent, supportive responses to behaviours of concern in Penrith participants' everyday environments.
Learn more →Functional Behaviour Assessment
Structured assessments across Penrith 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 Penrith carers, families, and support teams apply strategies confidently.
Learn more →Restrictive Practice Reduction
Rights-based, evidence-informed work alongside Penrith 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
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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