Understanding Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Understanding Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Every parent and teacher has met the moment. You give a simple instruction. The child says no. You repeat it, firmer. Louder no. You threaten a consequence. They dig in like the fate of nations depends on this argument about a school bag. Ten minutes later you’re in a...
What Makes a Quality Behaviour Support Plan?

What Makes a Quality Behaviour Support Plan?

Lessons from the BSP Quality Snapshot’s “underdeveloped” mean score. A deeper understanding of how behaviour support plans are actually scored, why the national average has stalled, and what quality looks like in a document you can hold. At the end of this article,...
Fade-out Plans

Fade-out Plans

There’s a phrase that appears in almost every behaviour support plan containing a restrictive practice: “to be used as a last resort, with the aim of reduction and elimination over time.” Now here’s the question that matters. In how many of those plans does anything...