Behaviour Support Plans
Formal, NDIS compliant behaviour support plans written by an NDIS behaviour support practitioner.
A behaviour support plan Western Sydney families can actually use is a document, a training programme, and a working agreement, all at once. Our plans are written by an NDIS behaviour support practitioner, meet NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission requirements, and hold up on a hard Tuesday afternoon.
SCA delivers formal behaviour support plans for young people aged 12 to 20 across Western and South West Sydney, including Campbelltown, Parramatta, and Blacktown. Every plan is written by SCA’s founder Yosmerys Aparicio Cuencas, an NDIS behaviour support practitioner who works only with young people. Every plan is grounded in a proper functional behaviour assessment and meets NDIS Commission standards.
Who this fits
This service fits young people whose NDIS plans include behaviour support funding, whose behaviour is affecting safety at home, school, or in the community, or who are subject to regulated restrictive practices. It fits families who have been handed generic behaviour plans that were never explained, and support coordinators trying to find a practitioner who will actually complete the work on time.
How the sessions work
The process starts with a referral and an intake call. From there we usually move straight into an interim behaviour support plan if safety requires it, within one month, and start the full functional behaviour assessment in parallel.
The assessment involves observation across settings, interviews with the young person, family, carers, school, and support workers, a review of records, and where useful, direct data collection. We look at what the behaviour is communicating, what triggers it, what maintains it, and what skills the young person needs to have better options.
From there we produce a comprehensive behaviour support plan. It names the function of each behaviour, the environmental changes, the skills to be taught, the strategies for prevention and response, and, where relevant, the reduction plan for each restrictive practice. Then we train the team. The plan is reviewed every six to twelve months, and we adjust it in between as we learn.
What makes our approach different
Our behaviour support practice sits inside the Elevate Youth Lab model. That means neuroaffirming, trauma informed, and honest. We do not write plans that pathologise autistic ways of being, and we do not treat behaviour as bad character.
Restrictive practices are always a last resort in our plans, never a first response. Where they are in place when we arrive, our job is to reduce them and eventually eliminate them. That is slower than shortcut compliance and it produces better lives.
Getting started with SCA
If you need a behaviour support plan written for a young person, call us on 0480 800 521 or send through the referral form. We will book a free intake call, ask a few structured questions, and give you a clear picture of timeframes and cost. Support coordinators are welcome to refer directly, and we will speak with DCJ caseworkers, schools, and residential teams as needed.
Right fit if...
- Young people aged 12 to 20 with behaviours of concern in their NDIS plan
- Young people subject to regulated restrictive practices, or at risk of them
- Families, carers, and support teams needing a written plan they can actually implement
- Support coordinators looking for a registered behaviour support practitioner
- Schools and day programmes needing a coordinated plan across settings
How the work happens.
Functional behaviour assessment across all relevant settings
Interim behaviour support plans within one month where safety requires it
Comprehensive behaviour support plans meeting NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission requirements
Training and coaching for everyone who will implement the plan
Reporting of regulated restrictive practices and a reduction plan for each one
What good looks like.
- A written plan the young person, family, and team can understand and use
- Reduced frequency and intensity of behaviours of concern
- Restrictive practices reduced and, where possible, eliminated
- Compliance with NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission reporting
- A plan that lives across home, school, and community, not just one setting
Common questions about BSP.
Who writes the behaviour support plan?
SCA's founder Yosmerys Aparicio Cuencas, an NDIS behaviour support practitioner. She writes each plan personally, and every plan meets NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission requirements.
What is the difference between an interim and a comprehensive plan?
An interim plan is a short, safety focused plan that can be produced within one month when there is an immediate risk or a restrictive practice in place. A comprehensive plan follows a full functional behaviour assessment and usually takes six to eight weeks to complete. Most young people will have both, in sequence.
My young person has restrictive practices in place, what happens?
Every regulated restrictive practice must be authorised, reported to the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, and paired with a reduction plan. If restrictive practices are in place without those steps, that is a compliance problem and we can help you fix it.
How long is a behaviour support plan valid?
A behaviour support plan must be reviewed at least every 12 months. In practice we review sooner when there is a significant change, and we adjust the plan continuously as new information comes in.
Do you deliver the plan too, or just write it?
We do both. A plan that sits in a folder does nothing. Our practitioner and the SCA mentoring team coordinate implementation across home, school, and community. If another provider is delivering the day to day support, we will train and coach them.