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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?
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.
Research: A Health Problem Usually Precedes a Decline in Behaviour
A new study of 166,989 people found that four in ten episodes of challenging behaviour were preceded by a newly recorded physical health problem. The study. Millington, Rydzewska, Jahoda and colleagues at the University of Glasgow, published in BMJ Open on 3 July...
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.”
The NDIS Bill Has Passed the Senate. What Actually Changed?
Sixty-three amendments, one very long Tuesday night, and a set of changes that reach directly into behaviour support practice. The National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 passed the Senate at around 8pm on...
Setting Events and Triggers
Why yesterday’s bad sleep matters as much as today’s trigger. Understanding the two-layer system behind almost every behaviour of concern.
What is a Capable Environment?
A deeper understanding of why the environments around a person may matter more than anything about the person themselves.
5 Ways Positive Behaviour Support Directly Improves Quality Of Life For People Living With Disabilities
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is more than a set of strategies to address challenging behaviours. It is a holistic, person-centred framework designed to uplift individuals and foster a meaningful, fulfilling existence. In this guide, the team at Insight PBS...
Quality of Life as the Primary Goal of PBS
Measuring what matters beyond behaviour reduction. Why the NDIS Commission calls quality of life the primary goal, and what that changes in practice.
The Four Functions of Behaviour
Escape, attention, tangibles, sensory. The core concept behind every functional behaviour assessment, explained properly.