Support for Better PBS Practice

The PBS Practitioner Place provides supervision, training and consultation for Behaviour Support Practitioners and PBS providers across Australia.

Whether you're preparing to become a practitioner, developing your capability in practice, supporting a team of BSPs or strengthening the quality of your PBS service, our services are designed to help you think through the challenges, build capability, and put good Positive Behaviour Support into practice.

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Supervision

Individual and small-group supervision for prospective and practising BSPs.

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Training

Practical, case-based professional development designed around real PBS practice.

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Business Consultation

Specialist consultation for PBS providers looking to strengthen practice, capability and service quality.

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Supervision

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1-on-1 Supervision

$193.99 for unwaged / prospective practitioners

$222.99 for waged and practicing practitioners

A focused 60-minute video call to discuss concerns, questions, goals, and anything else you need. You may also choose to use supervision time to work through document reviews together.

Prior to your first session, a Supervision Agreement will be emailed to you to accept.

Your Supervisor will support you to work through and regularly review your Learning Goals together. A free template for this can be found in our ‘Store’.

All prices shown are inclusive of GST.

Have someone in your corner

We know being, or becoming, a PBS Practitioner is a difficult job. It can leave you feeling stressed, discouraged, or even wondering whether Positive Behaviour Support is right for you. That’s why it’s so important to have a PBS Supervisor who you know will be in your corner; we’ll be your best ally and supporter as you navigate this important but tiring work.

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Group Supervision

$126.99 per participant

A collaborative 60-minute video call with others from your organisation where each person brings an agenda item for discussion.

This option is also open to practitioners who have others they want to share with outside of an organisation (max. 3 people). Please be aware this will require an appropriate level of confidentiality which will be detailed within your Supervision Agreement. You must let us know the details of all attendees so each person can receive their own Agreement.

In your first session, your Supervisor will discuss with you how you would like group sessions to be run, including dividing up time, shared topics of interest, meeting different Learning Goals, etc.

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Document Review

$193.99 per hour for unwaged / prospective practitioners

$222.99 per hour for waged and practicing practitioners

  • Quality Assurance of Positive Behaviour Support Plan (PBSP): We recommend allowing a return timeline of 3-5 business days. PBSPs requiring sign off sooner than this will incur a rush fee. You don’t have to be a current supervisee for this service; just get in touch and we’ll review it for you. You can also let us know if you want this to be scored against the BSPQEII tool for quality assurance.

  • Support with PBS Practitioner Registration Application: You must be an active supervisee with us for this service. It includes ad hoc support, including documentation, professional development plan, and application review.

  • Review of PBS Capability Framework portfolio: Template for Self-Assessment Tool provided within our Member’s Area (free to join) as this must be completed for the Supervisor to commence the review.

    Review includes some or all of the following: Review of portfolio and Self-Assessment Tool, PBS Capability Portfolio Feedback Report, Endorsement Tool, and Certificate of Recognition.

Why choose supervision with me?

I want great people to enter Positive Behaviour Support, become excellent practitioners, and still want to be here years from now.

That's a big part of why I offer supervision the way I do.

I've worked in the disability sector since 2009 and have experienced PBS from a number of perspectives — as a Behaviour Support Practitioner, Senior Practitioner and Clinical Lead, as well as supervising individual practitioners and PBS teams across Australia. That experience means our supervision can go beyond talking about theory. We can work through the realities of practice: the decisions that aren't straightforward, the situations that don't quite fit the textbook, and the professional judgement that develops over time.

I've supported many practitioners through NDIS practitioner registration and progression through the PBS Capability Framework, and I understand how overwhelming those processes can feel when you're trying to find your feet in a new field. We can use supervision to work through your development needs, build evidence of your capability, strengthen your practice and identify what you need to focus on next.

Supervision with me can also include practical PBS training. Using the case studies I've developed for practitioner training, we can work through particular areas of the PBS process or Capability Framework together. Rather than only talking about how you might approach something, you'll have opportunities to practise assessment, reasoning, planning and PBSP development in a safe learning environment before applying those skills in your own practice.

I also know that accessing good supervision can be expensive — particularly when you're trying to enter the field and may not yet be earning an income as a BSP. That's why I offer discounted supervision rates for people entering the profession, to make getting appropriate support a little more achievable.

And I don't want every quick question to become another bill. Up to 15 minutes of my time between sessions each week is included at no additional cost, so if something comes up and you need to check something with me, you can reach out rather than feeling like you have to wait until our next session.

Ultimately, my aim isn't to keep you dependent on supervision. It's to help you develop the knowledge, confidence and professional judgement to become an excellent Behaviour Support Practitioner — while making sure you have someone in your corner as you get there.

“Thank you so much for all your support and guidance with the registration process. I’ve now successfully completed and submitted my application with all the evidence you mentioned.

I had so many doubts from logging into the portal right through to submitting everything, so your help really made the process much easier for me.”

From a Recent Supervisee

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Not sure which service is right for you?

Tell me a little about where you're at, what you're working towards, or what your organisation needs support with. We can have a free 20-minute chat to work out whether one of our services is a good fit.

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PBS Practitioner Training & Professional Development

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PBS training should do more than give you information — it should give you opportunities to practise using it.

Our PBS Practitioner Training is designed around realistic case studies, practical activities and reflection to help Behaviour Support Practitioners build their capability across the Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework and the PBS process.

Training can be completed as part of your ongoing supervision with me, allowing us to work through identified areas of development together over time. Alternatively, practitioners and organisations can choose standalone training in particular areas of the PBS Capability Framework or stages of the PBS process, depending on the capabilities they want to develop.

Rather than simply listening to a presentation, you'll work through a practitioner workbook alongside the training. You'll analyse information, make decisions, explain your reasoning and apply what you're learning to realistic PBS case studies.

Depending on the training you complete, this can include working through areas such as:

  • Engagement, consultation and information gathering

  • Interim response and Interim PBSP development

  • Functional behaviour assessment and formulation

  • Comprehensive PBSP development

  • Selecting proactive, skills-building and reactive strategies

  • Implementation and training of implementers

  • Evaluating whether your strategies are working

  • Restrictive practice

  • Professional judgement, reflection and supervision

Come Away With Evidence of Your Learning

The workbook isn't just there to take notes.

Activities are designed to provide written evidence of your learning and developing capability against identified areas of the PBS Capability Framework. You'll also receive a Certificate of Completion for the training you've undertaken.

Depending on the training pathway you choose, you'll have the opportunity to work through one of our case studies from referral and assessment through to behaviour support planning. This means you may finish your training having developed your own completed Interim PBSP, Comprehensive PBSP, or both, based on the information you've gathered and the professional decisions you've made throughout the case.

The aim isn't for us to show you the “right” PBSP and ask you to copy it. We want you to practise being the Behaviour Support Practitioner.

You'll need to interpret information, decide what matters, consider different explanations, select strategies, respond when new information changes your understanding, and explain the reasoning behind your decisions — with opportunities for feedback and reflection along the way.

Training for Individuals and Organisations

Training can be tailored to where you or your practitioners are currently at in their development.

For an individual practitioner, this might mean identifying capability gaps through supervision and selecting training that gives you an opportunity to build and demonstrate those skills.

For organisations, training can be delivered to practitioner teams and targeted towards particular stages of the PBS process or areas of the Capability Framework where further development is needed.

Looking for training for yourself or your PBS team? Get in touch to discuss the capabilities you'd like to develop and we can explore which training options might be the best fit.

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PBS Business & Clinical Consultation

Managing a Positive Behaviour Support service can be challenging — particularly when your own professional background isn't in PBS.

You might be responsible for recruiting and supporting Behaviour Support Practitioners, monitoring the quality of their work, or making decisions about how your PBS service operates without having worked as a Behaviour Support Practitioner yourself. It can be difficult to know what good practice should look like, what you should expect from your practitioners, or even which questions you should be asking.

Business consultation provides an opportunity to work through these questions with someone who understands both PBS practice and the realities of supporting a team.

Depending on what your organisation needs, consultation could include:

  • Understanding Positive Behaviour Support and the PBS Capability Framework

  • Understanding the different levels of practitioner capability and what you might reasonably expect at each stage

  • Identifying what to look for when recruiting or interviewing Behaviour Support Practitioners

  • Developing meaningful KPIs and performance expectations for BSPs

  • Thinking through practitioner workloads and sustainable caseloads

  • Developing supervision and practitioner-development structures

  • Reviewing the quality of PBSPs, documentation and clinical processes

  • Identifying practitioner capability gaps and professional development priorities

  • Developing practical resources, templates and workflows for your PBS team

  • Working through broader clinical governance or service-delivery challenges

You don't need to already know PBS to ask for support. Part of the consultation can simply be helping you understand the field you're managing so that you can make more informed decisions about your service and better support the practitioners within it.

Whether you're establishing a PBS service, stepping into management of an existing team, growing your practitioner workforce or trying to strengthen systems that aren't quite working, consultation can be tailored around the questions and challenges that matter to your organisation.

Have a particular PBS business or practice challenge you're trying to work through? Get in touch below to arrange an initial conversation about what support might be useful.

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Not sure where to start? Let's have a chat.

Whether you're looking for supervision, practitioner training, support with registration or endorsement, document review, or consultation for your PBS business or team, you're welcome to get in touch.

Tell me a little about where you're at, what you're working towards, and what you'd like some help with. You don't need to know exactly which service you need — we can work that out together.

Complete the enquiry form here, or book a free 20-minute chat to see how The PBS Practitioner Place might be able to support you.

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