Positive Behaviour Support for teenagers in Prestons.
NDIS behaviour support for young people aged 12 to 20 in Prestons and the growing suburbs around it. We come to your home, your young person's school, or wherever they feel comfortable.
Same-day acknowledgment on every referral. Free 15-minute chat before anything is signed.
Behaviour support for young people in Prestons
Prestons is one of the youngest suburbs in the Liverpool area. At the 2021 Census, its median age was just 34, and 17.9% of its 15,694 residents were aged 10 to 19, well above the NSW average of 11.9%. A lot of families in Prestons are raising teenagers right now.
When a young person’s behaviour is causing stress at home or getting them into trouble at school, Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) offers a different approach. Rather than reacting to the behaviour, we work out what need sits underneath it. Then we build skills, adjust routines and environments, and coach the adults around the young person to respond in ways that help.
The move to high school
Prestons has primary schools but no public high school of its own, so most young people travel to secondary schools in nearby suburbs such as Casula and Lurnea. For many families, the jump from primary to high school is when behaviour concerns become harder to manage: bigger campuses, more teachers, new friendships, more independence.
Behaviour support can help a young person get through that change. With consent, we can share a plan with the new school, meet the support staff, and make sure the strategies that work at home travel with the young person.
Where sessions happen
We meet young people at home, at school, or out in the community. In Prestons, that might be a local park such as Amalfi Park, or a trip to a nearby library in Casula or Carnes Hill. The goal is a setting where the young person feels relaxed enough to build trust.
A diverse, growing community
Prestons is home to families from many cultures. At the 2021 Census, Arabic, Hindi, Turkish and Urdu were among the most common languages spoken at home after English. We work with the whole family, respect your culture and values, and will plan with you how to keep everyone informed.
Connected to the wider area
Prestons sits right beside the M5, M7 and Hume Highway interchange, and young people often use Edmondson Park or Glenfield stations or buses into Liverpool. Because we come to you, getting to appointments is one less thing to worry about.
Free local supports, such as headspace Liverpool for mental health and Liverpool City Council’s programs for young people aged 12 to 24, can sit alongside behaviour support. With consent, we coordinate with the people already supporting your young person.
Behaviour support in Prestons is led by Yosmerys Aparicio Cuencas, an NDIS behaviour support practitioner with eight-plus years of frontline experience 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 Prestons.
We also work in Casula, Lurnea, Miller, Hinchinbrook, Hoxton Park, Horningsea Park, Edmondson Park, 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 Prestons.
Do you provide behaviour support in Prestons?
Yes. We are based in Liverpool, close to Prestons, and work only with young people aged 12 to 20. We visit young people at home, at school and in the community.
There is no high school in Prestons. Can you still work with my teenager's school?
Yes. Most young people from Prestons travel to high schools in nearby suburbs such as Casula or Lurnea, or further afield. With consent, we work with whichever school your young person attends.
My young person is about to start high school. Is this a good time for behaviour support?
It can be. The move to high school is a big change in routine, expectations and friendships. A plan that is ready before the move, and shared with the new school, can make the transition much smoother.
Do you support families who speak languages other than English?
Yes. Prestons is a diverse community with many families who speak Arabic, Hindi, Turkish, Urdu and other languages. Tell us how your family prefers to communicate and we will plan around it.
How do I start?
Use the referral form, call 0480 800 521, or book a free 15-minute chat. Every referral gets same-day acknowledgment.
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 Prestons.
Free 15-minute chat. Same-day acknowledgment. No commitment.