How we can support you.

We are a team of NDIS registered professionals who work together to provide a network of support that helps people feel empowered, achieve positive outcomes and live their best lives. 

As members of our teams, NDIS registered Positive Behaviour Support Practitioners help to reduce behaviours of concern and improve quality of life.

Positive Behaviour Support is an approach that uses principles of person centred practice and upholds a person’s human rights.  Behaviours that impact a person’s quality of life and opportunity to participate in their local community are often referred to as ‘challenging behaviour’ or ‘behaviour of concern’.  We support the enrichment of your life and choice in your decisions.

We can help you explore why behaviours are happening and ways to do things differently. With your guidance, we support you to implement new ways to learn skills and strategies to help with difficulties you may be experiencing. We may create effective communication strategies or provide help to work towards life goals. Our support plans are unique for each person.

As members of your team, we will work with you, your families and networks to ensure you feel supported.

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What are the Positive Behaviour steps?

  • Understanding

    The first step in Positive Behaviour Support is to try to understand the reasons behind challenging behaviours by considering factors such as communication difficulties, sensory sensitivities, or unmet needs that may be driving the behaviour.

  • Seeing each person as an individual

    Positive Behaviour Support recognises that each individual has unique strengths, preferences and needs. It focuses on their strengths, preferences, and needs and involves them in the decision-making process.

  • Building skills

    Positive Behaviour Support emphasises the teaching of new skills as an alternative to challenging behaviours and provides appropriate support and training to help people learn more effective ways to communicate, manage their emotions and interact with others.

  • Modifying environments

    Positive Behaviour Support looks at modifying the environment to make it more accommodating and supportive. This could involve changes in physical surroundings, daily routines or communication.

  • Collaborating with others

    Positive Behaviour Support collaborates a consistent and positive support system by collaborating with families, support workers and professionals.

Ready to get started?

1

Contact us

Contact us by phoning 8273 7190 or sending us an email.

2

Discuss goals

Our Positive Behaviour Specialist will discuss your goals with you and how we can work together.

3

Create a plan

Together, we will create plan to achieve your goals.

4

Manage & support

Together, we will take steps to achieve your goals and continue to monitor how things are going and support you, to make the most of every day.

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  • "There’s something special about my Behaviour Support Practitioner, Marco. He is very gentle."

    Kerrie

  • "I love working with the young people in our programs and supporting them to unlock their true potential."

    Alex

  • "I love working at Baptist Care SA. We provide great service. I feel I contribute to supporting our clients get great outcomes."

    Deborah

  • "My son has Down Syndrome and lives independently with support from Baptist Care SA. I don’t worry about him because I know he is happy and being taken care of."

    Janet

  • "There is no greater joy than seeing people’s independence and confidence grow as you support them to reach their goals."

    Kim

  • "What I love most about Baptist Care SA is their support workers. They’ve helped unlock my potential."

    Jarred

  • "Baptist Care SA has helped me get things done and use my NDIS funding better."

    Aaron

  • "With support from Baptist Care SA, I can live on my own and take care of myself."

    Tristian

Frequently asked questions

A Behaviour Support Practitioner is someone who has been trained to effectively develop a range of Behaviour Support Plans and complete functional assessment of behaviour. For NDIS participants they are also registered with the Quality and Safeguard Commission.

A Positive Behaviour Support plan is a tailored set of actions created in consultation with the participant and their support network to address behaviours of concern.

  • Communication skills (eg: recognising and expressing emotional distress and learning to set healthy interpersonal boundaries etc).
  • Social skills training and building social connections.
  • Emotions recognition and regulation.
  • Goal setting and working towards goals.
  • Holistic keeping well strategies (eg: relaxation, helpful thinking, sleep, hygiene, stress and anger management, eating well, building self-confidence/self-esteem etc)
  • Together, we will implement these ideas in your home and community while continuing to monitor how things are going and support you and your network, to make the most of every day.

Baptist Care SA provides Positive Behaviour Support to  people aged 7 and above.

Other Disability and NDIS services.

In-Home Supports

Live independently in your own home, with a bit of support with everyday activities.

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Developmental Education

Develop and enhance your social, emotional, behavioural and self-care skills in all areas of your life.

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Supported Independent Living

Higher levels of support to live independently in your own home or one of ours, by yourself or with other NDIS participants, with the option of having a Support Worker stay overnight.

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Occupational Therapy

Promoting improved health and wellbeing through participation in meaningful day-to-day activities.

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Baptist Care SA, lives, works and walks on Kaurna, Peramangk and Boandik lands. We acknowledge Aboriginal people as the state’s first peoples, recognise their traditional ownership, and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs, deep connection and continued guardianship of land and waters. We value the contributions of Elders past and present, and are committed to learning from those emerging.