Positive Behaviour Support for teenagers in Moorebank.
NDIS behaviour support for young people aged 12 to 20 in Moorebank, Chipping Norton, Hammondville and Wattle Grove. Trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming, and built with the young person.
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Behaviour support for young people in Moorebank
Moorebank sits on a plateau above the Georges River, just east of Liverpool’s city centre. It is a family suburb: at the 2021 Census, 13.7% of its 11,408 residents were aged 10 to 19, above the NSW average.
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) helps when a young person’s behaviour is making daily life hard for them or for the people around them. Instead of focusing on stopping the behaviour, PBS asks what the behaviour is communicating. Is the young person overwhelmed, trying to escape a demand they cannot meet, looking for connection, or reacting to something that reminds them of a hard experience? Once we understand that, we can teach new skills and change the environment so the behaviour is needed less.
Built around the teenage years
We only work with young people aged 12 to 20. That focus matters in a suburb like Moorebank, where many young people are juggling high school, sport, part-time work and growing independence.
Local young people attend schools including Moorebank High School, which has both selective and non-selective streams. With consent, we work with schools to make sure the plan does not only live at home. We meet with teachers and support staff, explain strategies in plain language, and help everyone respond in the same calm, consistent way.
Where sessions happen
Young people engage best in places that feel normal to them. In Moorebank, that might be at home, at school, at Moorebank Library and Community Centre, or outside around Clinches Pond Reserve or the Hammondville Park sports grounds. We come to the young person, so there is no need to travel to a clinic.
Families from many backgrounds
At the 2021 Census, just over half of Moorebank residents spoke only English at home. Arabic, Vietnamese and Greek were among the most common other languages. We welcome families of every background and will work out with you the best way to keep you involved and informed.
Other local supports for young people
Moorebank is close to a number of free youth services. The Street University on Newbridge Road offers a safe space and programs for young people aged 12 to 25, and headspace Liverpool supports young people’s mental health. Behaviour support can sit alongside these services, and with consent we will coordinate with the people already in your young person’s corner.
Close to Liverpool
Moorebank is only a few minutes from Liverpool station and the city centre. Because our practitioner travels to you, distance is not a barrier, and we can see young people across Moorebank, Chipping Norton, Hammondville, Holsworthy and Wattle Grove.
Behaviour support in Moorebank is led by Yosmerys Aparicio Cuencas, an NDIS behaviour support practitioner with eight-plus years of frontline experience with young people, families and carers in Western Sydney.
From first call to a plan that holds.
Referral and getting to know the young person
What's being asked, how it's funded, consent, and time to understand the young person: their strengths, what a good day looks like, how they communicate, their health and sensory needs. Rapport comes first.
Functional behaviour assessment
Conversations with the young person, family, school and support team, records, observation and simple data, to understand what the behaviour is doing for them.
Interim plan, if needed
Within one month when there is an immediate need: safety, changes to the environment, and calm ways for adults to respond.
Comprehensive behaviour support plan
Within six months: the full picture, skills to teach with clear steps, proactive and response strategies, and a data plan a real team can keep up with.
Coaching and review
We model and coach the plan with family, carers, school and support workers until it holds, and review it at least every 12 months, or sooner if things change.
Also supporting young people around Moorebank.
We also work in Chipping Norton, Hammondville, Holsworthy, Wattle Grove, Liverpool, Casula, and across Western Sydney. See our Liverpool location page for every service we offer locally.
Related: our Positive Behaviour Support service, NDIS youth mentoring, positive behaviour support explained, and how PBS is delivered and registered.
Common questions about PBS in Moorebank.
Do you provide behaviour support in Moorebank?
Yes. We are based in Liverpool, just across the Georges River, and work only with young people aged 12 to 20. Sessions happen at home, at school or in the community.
Can behaviour support include my young person's school?
Yes, with consent. Whether your young person attends Moorebank High School or another school, we can meet the school team and help them use the same strategies that work at home.
My teenager won't talk to anyone in an office. What then?
That is common, and it is fine. We meet young people where they are comfortable, at home, at the local library, or somewhere outdoors. Rapport comes before any plan.
Do you work with families who speak other languages?
Yes. Moorebank has many families who speak Arabic, Vietnamese, Greek and other languages at home. Let us know how your family prefers to communicate and we will plan around that.
Can you work with headspace or other services my young person already sees?
Yes, with consent. Many young people see more than one service. We can coordinate with the rest of the team so the young person gets one consistent approach.
How is behaviour support funded by the NDIS?
It is paid from the Behaviour Support budget in the young person's NDIS plan (called Improved Relationships on older plans). If it is not in the plan yet, we can help you ask for it at plan review.
Who delivers behaviour support at SCA?
Yosmerys Aparicio Cuencas, an NDIS behaviour support practitioner who works only with young people aged 12 to 20. She does the functional behaviour assessment, writes the plan and coaches the family, school and support workers who use it.
Refer a young person for PBS in Moorebank.
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