Practical writing on youth mentoring, positive behaviour support, and NDIS capacity building. Written by the people doing the work.
A practical 2026 guide to Positive Behaviour Support in the Illawarra. What PBS is, how it works for young people 12 to 20, what to look for in a provider, and how to fund it.
What makes a good behaviour support plan: the function, the young person's voice, adults who can run it, and what the NDIS Commission's 2026 plan quality snapshot found.
A behaviour support practitioner for children and young people on why she's building her practice in public: the method, the tools, the privacy line and what v0.1 means.
A practitioner reflection on why good plans fail between appointments, and the feedback loop that turns a struggling plan into real independence.
A practical checklist for choosing an NDIS provider in Western Sydney for a young person aged 12 to 20: questions to ask, red flags to watch for.
The two years before a young person leaves care are the highest-leverage window in Out-of-Home Care. What to build, what to stop delaying, and where mentoring fits.
Youth mentoring and Positive Behaviour Support solve different problems. Getting the wrong one is a common reason a young person plateaus.
What NDIS Improved Daily Living actually funds when the participant is a young person aged 12 to 20. A plain-language guide for families and support coordinators.
Most OOHC placement breakdowns are not about a bad young person. They are about unmet needs, unmanaged patterns, and skills nobody has taught yet.
What separates a Positive Behaviour Support plan a family actually uses from one that sits in a drawer. A guide for parents, carers, and support coordinators in NSW.
