Positive Behaviour Support for children and adolescents.
Support that starts with understanding the child, and the people and environments around them.
ABOUT POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN
Some children need more support to be understood.
When a child is struggling, behaviour is often the part everyone can see. And families are often carrying a lot. Questions, worry and advice from every direction.
Positive Behaviour Support looks beyond the behaviour itself to understand the child, their environment, and the people around them. Once the why becomes clearer, the next steps usually do too.
Who this is for.
Children whose behaviour is creating real challenges at home, at school, or both. Examples we hear include meltdowns and shutdowns that don’t pass, aggression toward family or peers, school refusal, self-injury, distress around transitions, or behaviour that has escalated beyond what families or schools feel equipped to manage on their own. We work with children of any age, from early childhood through secondary school.
Positive Behaviour Support may be helpful when:
What our work looks like.
A practitioner spends time with the child, the family, and the people supporting them. That can be at home, in the classroom, in childcare or in the community. We spend time understanding what’s driving the behaviour through conversations, observations, and assessment. From there, we co-develop a plan with the people around the child, in plain language, and we work alongside them to put it into practice. We meet regularly, in person or by video appointment, and we review the plan every six months or when something changes.
What changes.
For the child: more ways to communicate, more confidence, more skills, and more room to be themselves without distress getting in the way.
For the family: better understanding, calmer days, fewer crises. For the school: a clearer picture of what helps, what to do when things escalate, and a partner in the work.
HOW IT’S PAID FOR
Funding and getting started.
Most Positive Behaviour Support is funded through the NDIS, typically under Capacity Building funding, particularly Improved Relationships.
We also work with families paying directly and through referrals from Early Childhood Partners.
If you’re not sure whether you have the right funding, or whether Positive Behaviour Support is the right fit, that’s okay. You don’t need to have everything worked out before getting in touch.
A Compass Session can help clarify what’s happening, what support may be appropriate, and what the next steps could look like. It’s a paid, one-hour consultation with an experienced practitioner designed to provide practical guidance and a clearer path forward.
What our clients say
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The Elvara team are an exceptionally knowledgeable and highly skilled group of behaviour practitioners. I greatly value their practical, realistic approach to behaviour management, even when working within complex and challenging environments. Supported by leaders who are experts in their field, I confidently and wholeheartedly recommend them.
FAQs
Questions we hear.
Yes, from early intervention age upward. Early intervention is one of the most effective places to do this work.
Yes, with your consent. School collaboration is part of how we work.