Behaviour support guides
Plain-English guides to positive behaviour support for Australian families, participants and support coordinators. Each one is checked against the NDIS Commission, the NDIS and state government sources, and links to them.
Guides
- Questions to ask a practitionerWhat to ask a behaviour support practitioner before you sign: registration, experience, family and school, telehealth, progress, restrictive practices and fees.
- Getting behaviour support fundedHow to get behaviour support into your NDIS plan: the evidence to gather, who to talk to, plan changes and reassessments, and what to do if it isn't funded.
- Changing providerChanging your NDIS behaviour support provider or practitioner: notice periods, what happens to your plan and restrictive practices, who to tell and complaints.
- Plan reviewsHow NDIS behaviour support plans are monitored and reviewed: the 12 month rule, triggers for an early review, what to expect and what to do if it isn't working.
- PBS Capability FrameworkThe Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework in plain English: the four practitioner levels, how the NDIS Commission uses it, and what it means for you.
- Behaviour support at schoolHow NDIS behaviour support and school supports fit together, sharing a behaviour support plan with the school, and who sets the rules on restraint at school.
Behaviour support explained
- Costs and price limitsWhat NDIS behaviour support costs in 2026-27: the $252.99 hourly price limit, remote rates, what practitioners can bill for and which part of your plan pays.
- Behaviour support practitionersWhat an NDIS behaviour support practitioner does, how the NDIS Commission approves them, how to check one and find one near you, and how to become one.
- Behaviour support plansWhat goes in an NDIS behaviour support plan, how interim and comprehensive plans differ, the 1 and 6 month timeframes, who writes it and when it gets reviewed.
- Functional behaviour assessmentWhat happens in a functional behaviour assessment (FBA) under the NDIS, who's involved, how information is gathered, and how it shapes a behaviour support plan.
- Interim behaviour support plansWhat an interim behaviour support plan is, when one is needed, the 1 month rule when restrictive practices are used, and what happens next under the NDIS.
- Restrictive practicesThe five regulated restrictive practices under the NDIS, when they can be used, how they're authorised (including in South Australia) and how they're reduced.
- How behaviour support is fundedHow positive behaviour support is funded by the NDIS: which budget it comes from, getting it into your plan, and what changes if you self, plan or NDIA manage.
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