What is a Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plan?
A comprehensive behaviour support plan is a detailed, tailored plan written by a registered NDIS behaviour support practitioner. It is designed to meet your specific needs and help you live a safer, more independent, and fulfilling life.
Before developing your plan, your practitioner will complete a behaviour assessment. This assessment ensures your plan:
Reflects your needs
Identifies positive support strategies
Promotes safety and wellbeing
Builds your skills and independence
Positive Behaviour Support Strategies
Your plan includes positive behaviour support strategies, which:
Guide your support team on the best ways to support you
Enhance your safety and wellbeing
Build on your skills, interests, and strengths
Increase your independence and life skills
Connect you with community and mainstream supports
Help you pursue your personal goals over time
These strategies are designed to grow with you, ensuring your plan continues to meet your needs.
👉 Learn more: Positive Behaviour Support – NDIS Commission
Regulated Restrictive Practices
Sometimes, your plan may include regulated restrictive practices (such as physical, chemical, or environmental restraints). These are only used as a last resort to protect you and others from harm.
Your plan must:
Clearly state when and why restrictive practices may be used
Provide strategies for reducing and eliminating these practices over time
Be reviewed at least every 12 months if restrictive practices are included
👉 Learn more: NDIS Restrictive Practices Guidance
Monitoring and Reviewing Your Plan
Your behaviour support practitioner is responsible for regularly reviewing and updating your plan. This process includes:
Talking with you, your family, carers, and support team
Reviewing your progress toward your goals
Making adjustments if your needs, environment, or providers change
Ensuring your plan continues to improve your quality of life
If your situation changes — such as moving house or starting with new providers — your practitioner may develop a new plan. You’ll need to provide a copy of this updated plan to the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.
Example:
Case Study – Sarah’s Story
Sarah, 29, lives with an intellectual disability and recently moved into shared housing. Her behaviour support practitioner completed a comprehensive assessment and found that changes in routine caused anxiety and behaviours of concern.
Her comprehensive behaviour support plan included:
Predictable daily schedules
Visual prompts for communication
Training for her support workers to understand her needs
Over time, Sarah built confidence in her routines, improved her communication skills, and required less intensive support. Her plan is reviewed regularly to ensure strategies remain effective.
Why Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plans Matter
These plans are essential for:
Protecting safety and dignity
Providing structure and consistency
Reducing behaviours of concern
Building independence and life skills
Connecting participants to their goals and communities
At Complete Money Management, we work alongside participants and families to help them understand and manage their NDIS funding — including behaviour support plans.
➡️ Contact us today to learn more about how we can help you manage your plan.
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