Training / Workshops

This one-day, skills-focused workshop is designed for people who want to feel more confident, capable, and calm when supporting individuals who present with challenging behaviours.

Whether you work in psychology, disability, education, allied health, or support roles, this training moves beyond surface-level strategies to help you truly understand why behaviour occurs and how to respond in ways that are ethical, evidence-based, and sustainable.

Grounded in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) principles, the workshop provides a clear framework for interpreting behaviour, reducing risk, and responding in ways that support safety, dignity, and long-term behaviour change for clients and for the people supporting them.

This is not about control or compliance. It’s about understanding, prevention, and skilled response.

What we’ll cover

  • Common forms of challenging behaviour and how they present across settings

  • Interpreting behaviour as communication: what behaviour is telling us

  • Understanding the functions of behaviour

  • Practical strategies for responding to challenging behaviours in the moment

  • Foundations of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)

  • Proactive approaches to reduce escalation and minimise risk

  • Supporting regulation, safety, and wellbeing for both clients and staff

You’ll leave with:

  • Increased confidence when working with complex or high-risk behaviours

  • A clearer framework for understanding and responding to behaviour

  • Practical tools you can apply immediately in your role

  • Greater alignment with PBS and best-practice approaches

  • Improved capacity to reduce risk while maintaining therapeutic relationships

This workshop is ideal for people who want practical, real-world skills without jargon, judgment, or one-size-fits-all solutions.

This course is delivered both online and in-person. Check dates when booking to see the delivery type.

Prefer in-person and don’t see your city on the list? Email us to see when we are next visiting you.

$349.00

Two-day practical workshop

Writing a Positive Behaviour Support Plan (PBSP) is more than completing a template — it’s about translating understanding into ethical, effective support. This two-day workshop is designed for practitioners who are new to the PBS space, or who want a clear, structured approach to writing PBSP’s.

This training focuses on building strong foundations: understanding behaviour, identifying function, and developing proactive, person-centred strategies that actually work in real-world settings. You’ll learn how to move from assessment and observation to a coherent, detailed plan that prioritises dignity, safety, and quality of life.

Grounded in evidence-based Positive Behaviour Support principles and aligned with best practice, this workshop demystifies PBSP writing and replaces overwhelm with clarity and confidence.

What we’ll cover

  • The purpose and core principles of Positive Behaviour Support

  • Understanding behaviour through a functional lens

  • Identifying functions of behaviour and maintaining factors

  • Conducting and analysing functional behaviour assessments

  • Developing proactive, skill-based and reactive strategies

  • Structuring interim and comprehensive PBSP’s that are practical, person-centred, and defensible

You’ll leave with:

  • A clear, step-by-step framework for writing PBSP’s

  • Increased confidence in analytical thinking and plan development

  • Practical tools, templates and examples you can apply immediately

  • Greater alignment with PBS values and ethical practice

  • The ability to write plans that are clear, usable, and genuinely supportive

This workshop is ideal for psychologists, allied health professionals, behaviour support practitioners, and support workers who want to build strong PBS foundations before moving into more complex planning or restrictive practice considerations.

Please note: This course does NOT cover the use of restrictive practice or cover more complex presentations. This information is provided in Part 2.

This course is delivered both online and in-person.

Prefer in-person and don’t see your city on the list? Email us to see when we are visiting you next!

$1,499.00

1.5 day advanced workshop

Part 2 is designed for practitioners who already have a solid grounding in Positive Behaviour Support and are ready to work with more complex presentations, higher risk behaviours, and restrictive practice considerations.

This one and a half day advanced workshop builds on the foundations established in Part 1 and focuses on writing robust, detailed PBSP’s for individuals whose behaviours pose increased risk to themselves or others. The emphasis is on ethical decision-making, clinical reasoning, risk assessment and plan quality — not defaulting to restrictive practices, but understanding when and how they may be considered within a rights-based framework.

You’ll learn how to refine functional hypotheses, strengthen proactive strategies, and develop interim and comprehensive behaviour support plans that balance safety, dignity, and quality of life, while meeting NDIS and regulatory expectations.

This is not about using restrictive practices because they’re familiar or convenient. It’s about thoughtful, proportionate, and evidence-informed planning — with the clear goal of reduction and elimination over time.

What we’ll cover

  • Advanced functional assessment and hypothesis refinement

  • Writing PBSP’s for complex, high-risk behaviour presentations

  • Understanding restrictive practices and when they may be considered

  • Ethical and analytical decision-making in PBS

  • Developing robust proactive, skill-building, and reactive strategies

  • Incorporating restrictive practices within a rights-based framework (where required)

  • Writing clear risk management and safety components

  • Linking restrictive practices to reduction and elimination strategies

  • Strengthening plan quality, clarity, and defensibility

You’ll leave with:

  • Increased confidence working with complex and high-risk behaviours

  • A clearer framework for ethical restrictive practice decision-making

  • Practical strategies and templates to strengthen PBSP quality and implementation

  • Greater confidence balancing safety, rights, and quality of life

This workshop is ideal for behaviour support practitioners, psychologists, and allied health professionals who are already writing PBSP’s and want to deepen their skills, clinical reasoning, and ethical confidence when working with more complex cases.

This course is delivered both in-person and online. Check dates when booking to see delivery method.

Prefer in-person and don’t see your city on the list? Email us and see when we are visiting next.

$990.00