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Behaviour Support
Accepting new Behaviour Support referrals
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Immediate Availability
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Accepting new Behaviour Support referrals | Immediate Availability |
What is behaviour support?
Behaviour support is a validated, evidence‑based practice that helps people build the skills, routines, and environments they need for a safer, more stable, and more meaningful life. It begins by understanding why a behaviour is happening — every behaviour has a purpose, whether it’s communicating a need, responding to distress, or adapting to an environment that isn’t supporting the person well.
A Behaviour Support Practitioner is a trained professional who works alongside the person and the people in their life to understand this broader context: their relationships, history, environment, and goals. The practitioner’s role is to develop practical, evidence‑based strategies that expand quality of life, increase choice and control, and create conditions where positive behaviour can grow
Who can access behaviour support?
NDIS participants, and people funding support privately, along with their families, carers, and support teams. Whether or not you're an NDIS participant, if behaviour support would genuinely help, get in touch, we'll talk through what's the right fit.
What's included?
Functional behaviour assessments
Behaviour support plans (interim and comprehensive)
Practical, collaborative strategies for families, carers and support teams
Ongoing review and adjustment as circumstances change
Regulated restrictive practice reporting and management, where relevant
Collaboration with allied health, coordinators, and other supports already involved
How is it delivered?
For NDIS-funded behaviour support, services are delivered under a contracting arrangement with a registered NDIS provider, who provide governance and clinical guidance for our behaviour support work. This gives you the personal attention of a small practice, backed by the oversight of an established provider.
Depending on your plan and circumstances, you may deal directly with somaterra day-to-day, or the registered provider may be more involved. We'll explain exactly how this works for your situation before anything starts.
For clients funding support privately, somaterra delivers behaviour support directly, with the same clinical standards and person-centred approach.
Behaviour supports are delivered in-person (we travel to you), online or a mix of both - whatever suits you.
What’s somaterra’s approach?
Person-centred and evidence-based, with a strong focus on building quality of life, and genuinely sustainable strategies.
NDIS Positive Behaviour Support
1
Initial Contact.
Send a message or complete the referral form with a bit about your situation and what you're looking for. We will get back to you personally.
2
Onboarding.
We discuss your goals and needs, and check your eligibility for behaviour support.
Our registered NDIS provider is involved from the start, setting up a service agreement under their NDIS registration.
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Delivery.
Once the service agreement is in place, the day-to-day work, such as appointments, assessments, behaviour support plans, training and implementation, is mostly one-on-one with your practitioner.
4
Support & Review.
Your practitioner will work with you and your support network to implement your plan and provide mentoring.
We check in regularly and adjust the plan as things change, with the registered provider's oversight continuing in the background.
The governance behind our NDIS behaviour support work.
NDIS behaviour support services are delivered under a contracting arrangement with a registered NDIS provider, who provide expert governance and clinical guidance for our work.
What this means for you day-to-day depends on your plan and circumstances. Sometimes you'll deal directly with somaterra, sometimes the registered provider is more involved. We'll walk you through exactly how it works for your situation before anything starts.
People Accessing Behaviour Support Privately
1
Initial Contact.
Send a message or complete the referral form with a bit about your situation and what you're looking for. We will get back to you personally.
2
Onboarding.
We discuss your goals and needs.
Together we will set up a service agreement, outlining the services somaterra will provide, fees, timeframes, and any other arrangements to meet your needs.
3
Delivery.
Once the service agreement is in place, the day-to-day work, such as appointments, assessments, behaviour support plans, training and implementation, will be one-on-one with your practitioner.
4
Support &Review.
Your practitioner will work with you and your support network to implement your plan and provide mentoring.
We check in regularly and adjust the plan as things change.