Ivy Psychology
NDIS & Positive Behaviour Support
Ivy Psychology is a registered NDIS provider for Positive Behaviour Support. Our behaviour support practitioners are assessed against the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission's Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework and deliver services across Sydney and Melbourne, both in-home and via telehealth.
What Positive Behaviour Support involves
Positive Behaviour Support is more than therapy with the participant. It is a structured, ongoing process of understanding why behaviours of concern are occurring, designing a strategy to address them, training the people who implement the strategy, and reviewing it over time.
- Functional Behaviour Assessment (FBA) - gathering information from family, support workers, school or day program, allied health, and the participant themselves, alongside direct observation in the settings where behaviours occur.
- Behaviour Support Plan - a written plan, lodged with the NDIS Commission, that sets out the strategy, the proactive and skill-building elements, and the response to behaviours of concern. The plan is written in plain language so everyone in the participant's life can follow it.
- Training and implementation - working with parents, support workers, teachers, and other professionals to ensure the plan is implemented consistently.
- Regulated restrictive practice documentation - documented and reported within the Commission framework, with a clear strategy to reduce and eliminate restrictions over time.
- Ongoing review - formal review at defined intervals and after any significant changes.
Who we work with
NDIS participants of all ages, with diverse and complex needs, including intellectual disability, autism, ADHD, mental health conditions, and acquired brain injury. We work with participants funded under Self-Managed, Plan-Managed, and NDIA-Managed plans.
How to refer
Self-referrers, families, and support coordinators can start a referral here. We will typically arrange a first conversation with you and the participant to understand what is needed before proposing a plan.