Positive Behaviour Support Services in Sydney
Positive Behaviour Support Services in Sydney
Allied Health 2U provides Positive Behaviour Support services in 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 to the Northern Beaches, Western Sydney to the Sutherland Shire. Telehealth is also available right across Australia for participants outside our face-to-face zones.
A trusted Behaviour Support Service provider in Sydney
Our Sydney Behaviour Support Practitioners bring a mental health clinical background, specialist PBS training, and genuine experience supporting NDIS participants of every age and complexity across Greater Sydney.
NDIS Registered
Fully registered NDIS provider, compliant with NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission requirements.
Sydney Experienced
Behaviour Support Practitioners with specialist PBS training and years of experience supporting 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 Sydney 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.
Greater Sydney Coverage
Face to face from the CBD to the outer suburbs, including Western Sydney, the Hills District and the Sutherland Shire. Telehealth NSW wide.
Trusted Since 2015
Almost a decade supporting Sydney NDIS participants, Support Coordinators and families.
Positive Behaviour Support across Australia
Our Sydney team is part of a wider Positive Behaviour Support service Allied Health 2U has run 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. Sydney 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. 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.
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 Sydney practitioners hold backgrounds 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 Sydney behaviour support practitioners work alongside our mobile occupational therapists and mobile psychologists, keeping 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 Sydney Participants
For older Sydney 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, or in supported accommodation.
Who Sydney Positive Behaviour Support is For
PBS is for any Sydney NDIS participant who experiences behaviours of concern, regardless of age or diagnosis. We work with children, adults and older participants right across Greater Sydney, in homes, schools, supported accommodation and the community.
Sydney Children and Adolescents
PBS for Sydney children with developmental disability, autism, intellectual disability or behaviours of concern at home, school or in the community.
Sydney Adults
PBS for adults living independently, in supported accommodation or with family across Sydney, including complex behaviours and restrictive practice reduction.
Older Sydney Participants
Behaviour Support for older NDIS participants in Sydney, including those experiencing behaviours of concern alongside cognitive change.
Families and Support Workers
Training and coaching for Sydney families, support workers and SIL teams so the whole team can support the participant well.
A Sydney 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 Sydney 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 Sydney 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 Sydney practitioners work on with every participant.
As a registered NDIS provider operating in Sydney since 2015, our Sydney 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 Greater Sydney.
Our team helps Sydney 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 Allied Health 2U in relation to Positive Behaviour Support services in Sydney?
Whether you are a Support Coordinator with a participant who needs PBS, or a family looking for the right team tu provide support, we are here to help you get started.
Our Sydney Positive Behaviour Support Services
Our Sydney PBS service is delivered across four connected areas of practice. Each works together to create lasting, person centred change for Sydney NDIS participants.
Behaviour Support Plans
Practical, person centred plans that guide consistent, supportive responses to behaviours of concern in the Sydney participant's everyday environments.
Learn more →Functional Behaviour Assessment
Structured assessments across Sydney homes, schools and support settings to understand why behaviours of concern happen and what factors maintain them.
Learn more →Implementation Support & Carer Training
Hands on coaching and training to help Sydney carers, families and support teams apply strategies confidently.
Learn more →Restrictive Practice Reduction
Rights based, evidence informed work alongside Sydney families and SIL 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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