Positive Behaviour Support Melbourne
Helping children replace challenging behaviours with positive ones through proactive, strengths-based strategies.
What you can expect:
A focus on understanding the underlying reasons for challenging behaviours
Practical strategies to support positive behaviour development
Collaboration with families to implement changes across home, school, and the community
Progress tracking and regular updates to ensure continuous improvement.
Our Positive Behaviour Support services aim to create a harmonious, stress-free environment for your child and your family.
Who Is Positive Behaviour Support For?
Children experiencing difficulty with social skills, communication, or emotional regulation.
Children experiencing behaviours of concerns such as aggression, self-injury, property destruction.
Children needing support with flexibility and managing rigid behaviours and needs.
Children needing support with managing transitions and unpreferred expectations
Children having trouble with social skills and relationship building, communication, or emotional regulation.
Children struggling with activities involving attention, focus and organisational skills.
Families seeking a supportive, holistic, and proactive approach to behavioural concerns
How We Help Support Positive Behaviour:
Positive Behaviour Support Plans: Developed through thorough assessment, tailored strategies, and collaboration with families and support teams to teach new skills, enhance quality of life, and foster long-term positive change.
One to one behaviour therapy sessions with an expert; To develop personalised strategies that address specific challenges, build skills, and enhance quality of life in a supportive and collaborative way
Practical Functional Assessment and Skill-Based Treatment (PFA-SBT): A holistic and adaptive approach based on principles of ABA to reduce behaviours of concern and promote empowerment and resilience.
Accept, Identify, Move (AIM): A behaviour analytic curriculum designed to enhance social and emotional development by integrating concepts from Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Behaviour Analysis.
Our Approach To PBS
We know that every child’s behaviour has meaning. Our Positive Behaviour Support approach is all about understanding what’s behind the behaviour and working together to build practical, supportive strategies.
Working Together
We team up with families and other supports to create plans that make sense for your child’s everyday life.
Tailored To Your Child
Plans are built around your child’s strengths, needs, and what’s most important to them and your family.
Kind & Respectful
We support children with care, patience and respect, always keeping their dignity and well-being in mind.
Looking At The Big Picture
We consider the whole child and their environment, not just the behaviour, to help make lasting changes.
With regular check-ins and clear progress tracking, we make sure the support grows with your child.
Ready to Take the Next Step With Positive Behaviour Support?
Whether you’re looking to start Positive Behavior Support or need support with a specific challenge, we’re here to help. Let us guide your family toward positive, lasting change.
Positive Behaviour Support FAQs
When should I consider Positive Behaviour Support for my child?
You might consider Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) when your child is experiencing behaviours that are impacting their ability to participate in everyday routines, learn new skills, or connect with others. PBS is a proactive and evidence-based approach that focuses on understanding the reasons behind behaviours and building practical strategies to support meaningful change.
These services are suitable for both neurotypical children (those without a diagnosis) and neurodivergent children, including those with Autism, ADHD, global developmental delay, or intellectual disability.
At The Little Co, PBS may be a good fit if your child is experiencing challenges such as:
You might consider PBS if your child:
- Has big reactions that include aggression, self-injury, or unsafe play
- Struggles with transitions, like leaving the playground or turning off a device
- Finds it hard to accept “no” or cope when something is taken away
- Is highly rigid or becomes distressed when things don’t go a certain way
- Has ongoing difficulties with sleep or toilet training
- Shows picky eating habits that limit mealtime success
- Frequently protests, refuses, or has tantrums during everyday routines
- Needs support building stronger relationships with siblings or caregivers
- Has difficulty following instructions or cooperating with adults
What is a behaviour of concern?
A behaviour of concern is any behaviour that puts your child or others at risk, causes significant stress, or makes it harder for them to take part in everyday activities. These behaviours might be frequent, intense, or difficult to manage on your own.
Examples can include things like hitting, kicking, biting, self-injury, throwing objects, or running away. But behaviours of concern can also look like constant tantrums, extreme distress during changes in routine, or emotional outbursts that feel out of proportion to the situation.
It’s important to remember that all behaviour is a form of communication. When a child is struggling to express a need, manage their emotions, or feel safe and understood, those needs can sometimes show up in ways that are challenging.
Positive Behaviour Support works to understand why these behaviours are happening, and helps teach safer, more helpful ways for your child to get their needs met, while making life a little calmer for the whole family.
Is Positive Behaviour Support covered by the NDIS?
Yes, ABA services and Behaviour Support is funded under the NDIS for children who require support with behaviours that are impacting their daily life or participation.
At The Little Co, we are not currently a registered NDIS provider, which means we can only work with families who have self-managed or plan-managed NDIS funding. If your child’s plan is currently agency-managed and you’re interested in accessing our services, you can speak with your Support Coordinator or LAC about switching to a different management option that gives you more flexibility.
If you’re unsure how your plan is managed or whether PBS is included in your funding, we’re happy to walk you through it.
Can PBS sessions happen at school, kinder, or childcare?
Yes, PBS sessions can absolutely take place in educational settings like school, kinder, or childcare. In fact, supporting your child in the environments where they spend most of their time can be incredibly helpful for building skills that are meaningful and lasting.
Depending on your child’s goals, we can deliver sessions in a range of ways to suit your family’s needs, including:
- Home-based sessions
- Visits to school, kinder, or childcare
- Community-based sessions (like parks, shops, or other everyday settings)
- Phone or telehealth consultations for flexible support
How are Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) and Early Intervention different?
Early Intervention focuses on teaching developmental skills like communication, play, and daily living for children in their early years.
PBS, on the other hand, is a specialised approach used when behaviours of concern are impacting safety, access to community or learning, quality of life, barriers to learning.
PBS looks at why behaviours are happening, and helps build skills and supports to reduce them safely and respectfully, no matter the child’s age.
What are Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) services?
Support usually begins with developing a PBS plan, a practical, tailored guide informed by assessments, observations, and conversations with the child’s care team. The plan aims to reduce behaviours of concern by:
- Understanding why behaviours occur
- Adjusting environments and routines
- Teaching new, more helpful skills
- Providing clear, consistent response strategies
Plans are created to support families, educators, and any other key people in the child’s life, with strategies that are easy to use in real-world settings. Depending on the child’s needs, the plan might be brief and focused or more comprehensive.
Alongside the plan, PBS services can also include behaviour therapy sessions, delivered by a Behaviour Analyst. These can range from 1 to 6 hours per week depending on the child’s needs and are based on the goals and priorities outlined in the PBS plan.
What’s included in a PBS plan?
A PBS plan is a tailored document that includes:
- A clear understanding of the behaviour (based on functional assessment)
- Strategies for prevention (adjusting environments, routines, or expectations)
- Teaching new skills to replace behaviours of concern
- Response strategies that are safe and respectful
- A support plan for everyone involved, parents, teachers, therapists
This plan is designed to be practical and usable in real life, not just on paper.
What do ongoing behaviour therapy sessions look like after the plan is in place?
Once the plan is approved, sessions usually focus on:
- Teaching replacement skills (like asking for help, tolerating change, or emotional regulation)
- Coaching families and support teams to respond consistently
- Practising new strategies in real time with the child and team
Sessions might take place at home, school, or in the community, depending on what’s most relevant to the behaviours we’re working on.
These sessions implement the evidence-based approaches outlined in our “How We Help Support Positive Behaviour”