NDIS Approved
Behaviour Support Gold Coast
NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioners
Our team of Behaviour Support Practitioners offer lasting behaviour change from our Robina clinic and on-site, through connection, skills building, empowerment and collaboration. Our services are also available Australia wide via Telehealth.
We empower teams to support positive and lasting behaviour change
At FABIC, we’re committed to lasting behaviour change by empowering the people who matter most – participants and their everyday support teams. Our Gold Coast based Behaviour Support Practitioners lead the way in assessments, planning, hands-on training, and ongoing guidance, with a strong focus on inclusion, cultural responsiveness, and making our own role redundant by supporting others with positive behaviour change strategies that last.
Our philosophy
1 participant = 1 community
We work with a community to support lasting change
Our Step-by-Step Behaviour Support Process
We follow a structured, best-practice approach to ensure that eligible participants receive a behaviour support plan tailored to their unique needs, and support teams are offered opportunities to equip themselves to deliver lasting, positive outcomes.
Step 1 – Interim Behaviour Support Plans
Immediate Support: When restrictive practices have been identified, we act with speed to develop Interim Behaviour Support Plans (IBSPs) within the first month, addressing Risk of Harm Behaviours and prioritising safety.
Risk Management: These plans outline strategies for immediate risk management and, as needed, include clear protocols for restrictive practices (always aiming for the least restrictive practice required to maximise safety).Â
Cost-Effective Delivery: Where possible, we coordinate appointments to minimise costs (e.g., shared travel or telehealth options).
Step 2 – Functional Behaviour Assessment
Understanding the Individual: Our Behaviour Support Practitioners take the time to understand each participant by conducting needs-based assessments, risk assessments, and functional behaviour assessments. We bring focus to a participant’s strengths, needs, and the reasons behind concerning behaviours.
I WONDER WHY is one of our favourite questions:
Holistic Approach: We consult with the participant, their family, and extended support team, review relevant data, and observe in natural environments to gather a comprehensive understanding of factors influencing behaviour use.
Inclusion-Focused: Assessments focus on how the participant functions in everyday routines and activities, promoting meaningful participation in family and community life.
Step 3 – Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plan
Individualised Planning: Within six months (often earlier) of beginning services, we develop a Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plan tailored to the participant’s goals, routines, and cultural background.
Strategies for lasting change: Plans include proactive/preventive supports, environmental adjustments, skill-building, and response strategies, always aiming for positive, lasting change.
Restrictive Practices: If restrictive practices are implemented for safety purposes, a restrictive practice protocol is developed and paired with strategies to reduce and ultimately eliminate their use over time, in line with NDIS and legislative requirements.
Culturally Responsive: Every plan is respectful of cultural beliefs and community connections, delivered in a clear, flexible, and accessible manner.
Step 4 – Training and Supporting the Support Team
The support team includes any formal Implementing Providers, as well as family, friends, and other on-the-ground supporters who assist the participant in everyday life. We recognise the on-the-ground support team is crucial to facilitating lasting change, as they often spend the most time with participants and are key to building skills, confidence, independence, and capacity for positive behavioural change.
Training the support team includes:
Behaviour Support Plan Training: The FABIC Behaviour Support team provides training for implementing both Interim and Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plans, ensuring support teams are equipped to deliver effective and consistent strategies. Participation in this training is an NDIS requirement for implementing providers, supporting compliance and best practice in behaviour support.
Hands-On Training: The FABIC Behaviour Support practitioners offer practical, participant-specific training, model strategies, and provide ongoing training and guidance to the on-the-ground support teams.
Collaborative Learning: Training can be delivered directly to the support team or with the participant present, always tailored to the participant’s and their support team’s specific requirements.
Building Capacity: We focus on developing the skills and confidence of the support team, recognising they are with the participant every day and are key to motivating and supporting the implementation of lasting change strategies
Step 5 – Collaborative, Team-Focused Support
Working Together: We see the participant, their family, and the support team as equal partners in the process. Plans are developed and reviewed collaboratively, with everyone’s input valued.
Community Links: We help build connections with community resources and other agencies, ensuring that supports are coordinated and comprehensive for the participant.
Ongoing Guidance: Our behaviour support practitioners provide ongoing support, regular reviews, and adapt strategies as needed to ensure the plan continues to effectively support the participant and their community of supports in everyday life situations.
NDIS referrals
How to get started with behaviour support on the Gold Coast
Getting started is simple. Anyone can make a referral with the participant’s (or their guardian’s) consent.
Check your NDIS plan
Behaviour support is funded from Capacity Building – Behaviour Support (previously called Improved Relationships). We support NDIA-managed, plan-managed and self-managed plans.
Complete our intake form
Fill in our initial enquiry form. It’s detailed, but it gives us everything we need to get started.
We’ll be in touch
Our intake team talks through the participant’s needs, matches a practitioner and develops a service agreement.
Your first appointments
At our Robina clinic, on-site or via telehealth. Where restrictive practices are in use, an Interim Plan will be completed within the first month.
Training & ongoing support
We train the support team to put the plan into practice and keep reviewing progress with everyone involved.
Helpful to have ready
- The participant’s current NDIS plan
- Recent reports – e.g. psychology, OT or speech
- Details of any restrictive practices currently in use
Who can refer? The participant, family, support coordinators, plan managers, providers and schools.
Why Choose FABIC?
Expert Senior Practitioners
Our team brings deep experience, best-practice knowledge, and a commitment to professional growth and has been an industry leader in behaviour specialist services since 2002.
Culturally Responsive & Inclusive
Empowerment & Sustainability
Our focus is always on supporting participants with increased independence, capacity, and quality of life, while also supporting the on-the-ground support team.Â
Compliance & Best Practice
Behaviour support from our Robina clinic
Many families like to meet us at our Robina clinic for assessment appointments, intervention support and support team training. Behaviour happens in everyday life, though, so our practitioners also come to you – at home, school or work, in supported independent living (SIL) homes and out in the community. All services are also available via telehealth.
Suite 54, 1 Laver Drive, Robina QLD 4226
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Where we work
Gold Coast suburbs we visit
From our Robina clinic, our Behaviour Support Practitioners travel across the Gold Coast to see participants where life happens – at home, at school, at work and in the community.
Robina & surrounds
RobinaVarsity LakesMudgeerabaMerrimacWorongaryReedy CreekCarrara
Central coast
Burleigh HeadsBurleigh WatersMiamiMermaid WatersBroadbeachBroadbeach WatersBenowaBundallSurfers Paradise
Northern Gold Coast
SouthportAshmoreLabradorNerangHelensvalePacific PinesOxenfordCoomeraUpper Coomera
Southern Gold Coast
ElanoraPalm BeachCurrumbinTugunCoolangatta
Not on the list? We also support families in Tweed Heads and Northern NSW, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Flagstone and Beaudesert, and anywhere via telehealth.
Meet Our Behaviour Support Practitioners Gold Coast
Talk to a Gold Coast Behaviour Support Practitioner
Whether you are a participant, a family member, a support coordinator or a provider, we’re here to help. Contact our team today to find out how FABIC can support lasting, positive change.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Behaviour Support Practitioner?
Behaviour Support Practitioners are professionals who provide positive behaviour support services as part of an NDIS registered organisation. They are responsible for writing, implementing, and monitoring behaviour support plans, as well as preparing reports and ensuring that strategies are effective for each participant.
A Behaviour Support Practitioner’s role is central to supporting participants, as they tailor interventions, develop clear and practical plans, and work closely with implementing providers, all while following the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission’s framework values.
What is a Behaviour Support Plan?
How do I get started with FABIC?
If you are a new client at FABIC, or are making a referral on behalf of a new client, the best way to get started is to complete our initial intake form here.
We appreciate that the form is very detailed, but provides us with all the foundational information that we need to get started.
Do you have any free resources to support lasting behaviour change?
Yes! FABIC offers a wide variety of free resources to support people of all ages and backgrounds to understand and change behaviour and live to their full potential, including videos, blogs, fact sheets, quotes, supportive memes, newsletters, audios and more.
Explore our vast library of free behaviour change resources here.
Which areas of the Gold Coast do you cover?
We see participants at our Robina clinic and visit homes, schools and workplaces right across the Gold Coast – from Coomera and Helensvale in the north to Southport, Nerang, Burleigh and Palm Beach, and south to Coolangatta. We also support families in Tweed Heads and Northern NSW, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Flagstone and Beaudesert, and anywhere via telehealth.
Can you come to our home, school or workplace?
Yes. Seeing behaviour in everyday settings is an important part of our assessments and training. Travel may be charged in line with the NDIS Pricing Arrangements, and we coordinate visits and use telehealth where we can to keep costs down.
Do I need a referral from a doctor?
No. You don’t need a GP referral to access behaviour support through the NDIS. What you need is funding for behaviour support in your NDIS plan, under Capacity Building – Behaviour Support (previously called Improved Relationships). Anyone can make a referral to FABIC with the participant’s consent.
Can you help with restrictive practices in Queensland?
Yes. Where a restrictive practice is needed for safety, we write a restrictive practice protocol into the Behaviour Support Plan, lodge plans with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, and work with implementing providers throughout the authorisation process. Every plan includes strategies to reduce, and ultimately remove, the need for restrictive practices.
We have NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioners Australia Wide
Gold Coast | Brisbane | Sunshine Coast | Melbourne | Perth | Flagstone | Beaudesert | Tweed Heads | Online via Telehealth
